Index: .fossil-settings/crlf-glob
==================================================================
--- .fossil-settings/crlf-glob
+++ .fossil-settings/crlf-glob
@@ -10,8 +10,10 @@
 tools/tcl.wse.in
 win/buildall.vc.bat
 win/coffbase.txt
 win/makefile.vc
 win/rules.vc
+win/rules-ext.vc
+win/targets.vc
 win/tcl.dsp
 win/tcl.dsw
 win/tcl.hpj.in

Index: .fossil-settings/crnl-glob
==================================================================
--- .fossil-settings/crnl-glob
+++ .fossil-settings/crnl-glob
@@ -10,8 +10,10 @@
 tools/tcl.wse.in
 win/buildall.vc.bat
 win/coffbase.txt
 win/makefile.vc
 win/rules.vc
+win/rules-ext.vc
+win/targets.vc
 win/tcl.dsp
 win/tcl.dsw
 win/tcl.hpj.in

Index: .fossil-settings/ignore-glob
==================================================================
--- .fossil-settings/ignore-glob
+++ .fossil-settings/ignore-glob
@@ -42,7 +42,8 @@
 unix/tclIndex
 unix/pkgs/*
 win/Debug*
 win/Release*
 win/pkgs/*
+win/coffbase.txt
 win/tcl.hpj
 win/nmhlp-out.txt

Index: .project
==================================================================
--- .project
+++ .project
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
 <projectDescription>
-	<name>tcl9</name>
+	<name>tcl8</name>
 	<comment></comment>
 	<projects>
 	</projects>
 	<buildSpec>
 	</buildSpec>

Index: README
==================================================================
--- README
+++ README
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 README:  Tcl
-    This is the Tcl 9.0a0 source distribution.
+    This is the Tcl 8.7a2 source distribution.
 	http://sourceforge.net/projects/tcl/files/Tcl/
     You can get any source release of Tcl from the URL above.
 
 Contents
 --------

Index: changes
==================================================================
--- changes
+++ changes
@@ -8232,11 +8232,11 @@
 
 2013-05-15 (enhancement) Improved [list {*}...] compile (fellows)
 
 2013-05-16 (platform support) mingw-4.0 (nijtmans)
 
-2013-05-19 (platform support) FreeBSD updates (gahr)
+2013-05-19 (platform support) FreeBSD updates (cerutti)
 
 2013-05-20 (bug fix)[3613567] access error temp file creation (keene)
 
 2013-05-20 (bug fix)[3613569] temp file open fail can crash [load] (keene)
 
@@ -8655,11 +8655,11 @@
 2016-05-13 (bug) registry package support any Unicode env (nijtmans)
 => registry 1.3.2
 
 2016-05-21 (bug)[f7d4e] [namespace delete] performance (fellows)
 
-2016-06-02 (TIP 447) execution time verbosity option (gahr)
+2016-06-02 (TIP 447) execution time verbosity option (cerutti)
 => tcltest 2.4.0
 
 2016-06-16 (bug)[16828b] crash due to [vwait] trace undo fail (dah,porter)
 
 2016-06-16 (enhancement)[4b61af] good [info frame] from more cases (beric)
@@ -8794,10 +8794,49 @@
 
 2017-07-17 (bug)[fb2208] Repeatable tclIndex generation (wiedemann,nijtmans)
 
 --- Released 8.6.7, August 9, 2017 --- http://core.tcl.tk/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)
+
+2017-08-29 (bug)[b50fb2] exec redir append stdout and stderr to file (coulter)
+
+2017-08-31 (bug)[2a9465] http state 100 continue handling broken (oehlmann)
+=> http 2.8.12
+
+2017-09-02 (bug)[0e4d88] replace command, delete trace kills namespace (porter)
+
+2017-10-19 (bug)[1a5655] [info * methods] includes mixins (fellows)
+
+2017-10-23 tzdata updated to Olson's tzdata2017c (jima)
+
+2017-10-24 (bug)[fc1409] segfault in method cloning, oo-15.15 (coulter,fellows)
+
+2017-11-03 (bug)[6f2f83] More robust [load] for ReactOS (werner)
+
+2017-11-08 (bug)[3298012] Stop crash when hash tables overflow 32 bits (porter)
+
+2017-11-14 (bug)[5d6de6] Close failing case of [package prefer stable] (kupries)
+
+2017-11-17 (bug)[fab924] Fix misleading [load] message on Windows (oehlmann)
+
+2017-12-05 (bug)[4f6a1e] Crash when ensemble map and list are same (sebres)
+
+2017-12-06 (bug)[ce3a21] file normalize failure when tail is empty (porter)
+
+2017-12-08 (new)[TIP 477] nmake build system reform (nadkarni)
+
+2017-12-19 (bug)[586e71] EvalObjv exception handling at level #0 (sebres,porter)
+
+--- Released 8.6.8, December 22, 2017 --- http://core.tcl.tk/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)
 
@@ -8834,10 +8873,14 @@
 => 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)
-=> http 2.8.12
 
 2017-09-02 (bug)[0e4d88] replace command, delete trace kills namespace (porter)
 
 --- Released 8.7a1, September 8, 2017 --- http://core.tcl.tk/tcl/ for details
+
+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

DELETED compat/float.h
Index: compat/float.h
==================================================================
--- compat/float.h
+++ /dev/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.
- */

Index: doc/Encoding.3
==================================================================
--- doc/Encoding.3
+++ doc/Encoding.3
@@ -258,14 +258,10 @@
 \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.
-These functions are essentially wrappers around
-\fBTcl_UtfToExternalDString\fR and
-\fBTcl_ExternalToUtfDString\fR that convert to and from the
-Unicode encoding.
 .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

Index: doc/Eval.3
==================================================================
--- doc/Eval.3
+++ doc/Eval.3
@@ -174,14 +174,14 @@
 bytecodes will not be reused in a future execution.  In this case,
 it is faster to execute the script directly.
 .TP 23
 \fBTCL_EVAL_GLOBAL\fR
 .
-If this flag is set, the script is processed at global level.  This
-means that it is evaluated in the global namespace and its variable
-context consists of global variables only (it ignores any Tcl
-procedures that are active).
+If this flag is set, the script is evaluated in the global namespace instead of
+the current namespace and its variable context consists of global variables
+only (it ignores any Tcl procedures that are active).
+.\" TODO: document TCL_EVAL_INVOKE and TCL_EVAL_NOERR.
 
 .SH "MISCELLANEOUS DETAILS"
 .PP
 During the processing of a Tcl command it is legal to make nested
 calls to evaluate other commands (this is how procedures and

Index: doc/GetInt.3
==================================================================
--- doc/GetInt.3
+++ doc/GetInt.3
@@ -62,13 +62,16 @@
 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 binary form;  otherwise, \fIsrc\fR is
-expected to be in decimal form.
+is expected to be in octal form;  otherwise, \fIsrc\fR
+is expected to be in decimal form.
 .PP
 \fBTcl_GetDouble\fR expects \fIsrc\fR to consist of a floating-point
 number, which is:  white space;  a sign; a sequence of digits;  a
 decimal point
 .QW \fB.\fR ;

Index: doc/IntObj.3
==================================================================
--- doc/IntObj.3
+++ doc/IntObj.3
@@ -95,11 +95,11 @@
 \fBTcl_WideInt\fR, and \fBmp_int\fR.  The \fBint\fR and \fBlong int\fR types
 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, \fB__int64\fR, or something else.
 The \fBmp_int\fR type is a multiple-precision integer type defined
 by the LibTomMath multiple-precision integer library.
 .PP
 The \fBTcl_NewIntObj\fR, \fBTcl_NewLongObj\fR, \fBTcl_NewWideIntObj\fR,
 and \fBTcl_NewBignumObj\fR routines each create and return a new

Index: doc/Interp.3
==================================================================
--- doc/Interp.3
+++ doc/Interp.3
@@ -31,10 +31,23 @@
 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
@@ -86,11 +99,11 @@
 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).
+part of an array of approximately 200 characters.
 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

Index: doc/NRE.3
==================================================================
--- doc/NRE.3
+++ doc/NRE.3
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 .\"
 .\" Copyright (c) 2008 by Kevin B. Kenny.
+.\" Copyright (c) 2018 by Nathan Coulter. 
 .\"
 '\" See the file "license.terms" for information on usage and redistribution
 '\" of this file, and for a DISCLAIMER OF ALL WARRANTIES.
 '\"
 .TH NRE 3 8.6 Tcl "Tcl Library Procedures"
@@ -36,176 +37,113 @@
 \fBTcl_NRAddCallback\fR(\fIinterp, postProcPtr, data0, data1, data2, data3\fR)
 .fi
 .SH ARGUMENTS
 .AS Tcl_CmdDeleteProc *interp in
 .AP Tcl_Interp *interp in
-Interpreter in which to create or evaluate a command.
+The relevant Interpreter.
 .AP char *cmdName in
-Name of a new command to create.
+Name of the command to create.
 .AP Tcl_ObjCmdProc *proc in
-Implementation of a command that will be called whenever \fIcmdName\fR
-is invoked as a command in the unoptimized way.
+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_ObjCmdProc *nreProc in
-Implementation of a command that will be called whenever \fIcmdName\fR
-is invoked and requested to conserve the C stack.
+Called instead of \fIproc\fR when a trampoline is already in use.
 .AP ClientData clientData in
-Arbitrary one-word value that will be passed to \fIproc\fR, \fInreProc\fR,
-\fIdeleteProc\fR and \fIobjProc\fR.
+Arbitrary one-word value passed to \fIproc\fR, \fInreProc\fR, \fIdeleteProc\fR
+and \fIobjProc\fR.
 .AP Tcl_CmdDeleteProc *deleteProc in/out
-Procedure to call before \fIcmdName\fR is deleted from the interpreter.
-This procedure allows for command-specific cleanup. If \fIdeleteProc\fR
-is \fBNULL\fR, then no procedure is called before the command is deleted.
+Called before \fIcmdName\fR is deleted from the interpreter, allowing for
+command-specific cleanup. May be NULL.
 .AP int objc in
-Count of parameters provided to the implementation of a command.
+Number of items in \fIobjv\fR.
 .AP Tcl_Obj **objv in
-Pointer to an array of Tcl values. Each value holds the value of a
-single word in the command to execute.
+Words in the command.
 .AP Tcl_Obj *objPtr in
-Pointer to a Tcl_Obj whose value is a script or expression to execute.
+A script or expression to evaluate.
 .AP int flags in
-ORed combination of flag bits that specify additional options.
-\fBTCL_EVAL_GLOBAL\fR is the only flag that is currently supported.
-.\" TODO: This is a lie. But kbk didn't grasp TCL_EVAL_INVOKE and
-.\"       TCL_EVAL_NOERR well enough to document them.
+As described for \fITcl_EvalObjv\fR.
+.PP
 .AP Tcl_Command cmd in
-Token for a command that is to be used instead of the currently
-executing command.
+Token to use instead of one derived from the first word of \fIobjv\fR in order
+to evaluate a command.
 .AP Tcl_Obj *resultPtr out
-Pointer to an unshared Tcl_Obj where the result of expression
-evaluation is written.
+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
-Pointer to a function that will be invoked when the command currently
-executing in the interpreter designated by \fIinterp\fR completes.
+A function to push.
 .AP ClientData data0 in
 .AP ClientData data1 in
 .AP ClientData data2 in
 .AP ClientData 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
 .SH DESCRIPTION
 .PP
-This series of C functions provides an interface whereby commands that
-are implemented in C can be evaluated, and invoke Tcl commands scripts
-and scripts, without consuming space on the C stack. The non-recursive
-evaluation is done by installing a \fItrampoline\fR, a small piece of
-code that invokes a command or script, and then executes a series of
-callbacks when the command or script returns.
-.PP
-The \fBTcl_NRCreateCommand\fR function creates a Tcl command in the
-interpreter designated by \fIinterp\fR that is prepared to handle
-nonrecursive evaluation with a trampoline. The \fIcmdName\fR argument
-gives the name of the new command. If \fIcmdName\fR contains any
-namespace qualifiers, then the new command is added to the specified
-namespace; otherwise, it is added to the global namespace. \fIproc\fR
-gives the procedure that will be called when the interpreter wishes to
-evaluate the command in an unoptimized manner, and \fInreProc\fR is
-the procedure that will be called when the interpreter wishes to
-evaluate the command using a trampoline. \fIdeleteProc\fR is a
-function that will be called before the command is deleted from the
-interpreter. When any of the three functions is invoked, it is passed
-the \fIclientData\fR parameter.
-.PP
-\fBTcl_NRCreateCommand\fR deletes any existing command
-\fIname\fR already associated with the interpreter
-(however see below for an exception where the existing command
-is not deleted).
-It returns a token that may be used to refer
-to the command in subsequent calls to \fBTcl_GetCommandName\fR.
-If \fBTcl_NRCreateCommand\fR is called for an interpreter that is in
-the process of being deleted, then it does not create a new command,
-does not delete any existing command of the same name, and returns NULL.
-.PP
-The \fIproc\fR and \fInreProc\fR function are expected to conform to
-all the rules set forth for the \fIproc\fR argument to
-\fBTcl_CreateObjCommand\fR(3) (\fIq.v.\fR).
-.PP
-When a command that is written to cope with evaluation via trampoline
-is invoked without a trampoline on the stack, it will usually respond
-to the invocation by creating a trampoline and calling the
-trampoline-enabled implementation of the same command. This call is done by
-means of \fBTcl_NRCallObjProc\fR. In the call to
-\fBTcl_NRCallObjProc\fR, the \fIinterp\fR, \fIclientData\fR,
-\fIobjc\fR and \fIobjv\fR parameters should be the same ones that were
-passed to \fIproc\fR. The \fInreProc\fR parameter should designate the
-trampoline-enabled implementation of the command.
-.PP
-\fBTcl_NREvalObj\fR arranges for the script contained in \fIobjPtr\fR
-to be evaluated in the interpreter designated by \fIinterp\fR after
-the current command (which must be trampoline-enabled) returns. It is
-the method by which a command may invoke a script without consuming
-space on the C stack. Similarly, \fBTcl_NREvalObjv\fR arranges to
-invoke a single Tcl command whose words have already been separated
-and substituted. The \fIobjc\fR and \fIobjv\fR parameters give the
-words of the command to be evaluated when execution reaches the
-trampoline.
-.PP
-\fBTcl_NRCmdSwap\fR allows for trampoline evaluation of a command whose
-resolution is already known.  The \fIcmd\fR parameter gives a
-\fBTcl_Command\fR token (returned from \fBTcl_CreateObjCommand\fR or
-\fBTcl_GetCommandFromObj\fR) identifying the command to be invoked in
-the trampoline; this command must match the word in \fIobjv[0]\fR.
-The remaining arguments are as for \fBTcl_NREvalObjv\fR.
-.PP
-\fBTcl_NREvalObj\fR, \fBTcl_NREvalObjv\fR and \fBTcl_NRCmdSwap\fR
-all accept a \fIflags\fR parameter, which is an OR-ed-together set of
-bits to control evaluation. At the present time, the only supported flag
-available to callers is \fBTCL_EVAL_GLOBAL\fR.
-.\" TODO: Again, this is a lie. Do we want to explain TCL_EVAL_INVOKE
-.\"       and TCL_EVAL_NOERR?
-If the \fBTCL_EVAL_GLOBAL\fR flag is set, the script or command is
-evaluated in the global namespace. If it is not set, it is evaluated
-in the current namespace.
-.PP
-\fBTcl_NRExprObj\fR arranges for the expression contained in \fIobjPtr\fR
-to be evaluated in the interpreter designated by \fIinterp\fR after
-the current command (which must be trampoline-enabled) returns. It is
-the method by which a command may evaluate a Tcl expression without consuming
-space on the C stack.  The argument \fIresultPtr\fR is a pointer to an
-unshared Tcl_Obj where the result of expression evaluation is to be written.
-If expression evaluation returns any code other than TCL_OK, the
-\fIresultPtr\fR value is left untouched.
-.PP
-All of the routines return \fBTCL_OK\fR if command or expression invocation
-has been scheduled successfully. If for any reason the scheduling cannot
-be completed (for example, if the interpreter is unable to find
-the requested command), they return \fBTCL_ERROR\fR with an
-appropriate message left in the interpreter's result.
-.PP
-\fBTcl_NRAddCallback\fR arranges to have a C function called when the
-current trampoline-enabled command in the Tcl interpreter designated
-by \fIinterp\fR returns.  The \fIpostProcPtr\fR argument is a pointer
-to the callback function, which must have arguments and return value
-consistent with the \fBTcl_NRPostProc\fR data type:
+These functions provide an interface to the function stack that an interpreter
+iterates through to evaluate commands.  The routine behind a command is
+implemented by an initial function and any additional functions that the
+routine pushes onto the stack as it progresses.  The interpreter itself pushes
+functions onto the stack to react to the end of a routine and to exercise other
+forms of control such as switching between in-progress stacks and the
+evaluation of other scripts at additional levels without adding frames to the C
+stack.  To execute a routine, the initial function for the routine is called
+and then a small bit of code called a \fItrampoline\fR iteratively takes
+functions off the stack and calls them, using the value of the last call as the
+value of the routine.
+.PP
+\fBTcl_NRCallObjProc\fR calls \fInreProc\fR using a new trampoline.
+.PP
+\fBTcl_NRCreateCommand\fR, an alternative to \fBTcl_CreateObjCommand\fR,
+resolves \fIcmdName\fR, which may contain namespace qualifiers, relative to the
+current namespace, creates a command by that name, and returns a token for the
+command which may be used in subsequent calls to \fBTcl_GetCommandName\fR.
+Except for a few cases noted below any existing command by the same name is
+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_NREvalObj\fR pushes a function that is like \fBTcl_EvalObjEx\fR but
+consumes no space on the C stack.
+.PP
+\fBTcl_NREvalObjv\fR pushes a function that is like \fBTcl_EvalObjv\fR but
+consumes no space on the C stack.
+.PP
+\fBTcl_NRCmdSwap\fR is like \fBTcl_NREvalObjv\fR, but uses \fIcmd\fR, a token
+previously returned by \fBTcl_CreateObjCommand\fR or
+\fBTcl_GetCommandFromObj\fR, instead of resolving the first word of \fIobjv\fR.
+.  The name of this command must be the same as \fIobjv[0]\fR.
+.PP
+\fBTcl_NRExprObj\fR pushes a function that evaluates \fIobjPtr\fR as an
+expression in the same manner as \fBTcl_ExprObj\fR but without consuming space
+on the C stack.
+.PP
+All of the functions return \fBTCL_OK\fR if the evaluation of the script,
+command, or expression has been scheduled successfully.  Otherwise (for example
+if the command name cannot be resolved), they return \fBTCL_ERROR\fR and store
+a message as the interpreter's result.
+.PP
+\fBTcl_NRAddCallback\fR pushes \fIpostProcPtr\fR.  The signature for
+\fBTcl_NRPostProc\fR is:
 .PP
 .CS
 typedef int
 \fBTcl_NRPostProc\fR(
         \fBClientData\fR \fIdata\fR[],
         \fBTcl_Interp\fR *\fIinterp\fR,
         int \fIresult\fR);
 .CE
 .PP
-When the trampoline invokes the callback function, the \fIdata\fR
-parameter will point to an array containing the four one-word
-quantities that were passed to \fBTcl_NRAddCallback\fR in the
-\fIdata0\fR through \fIdata3\fR parameters. The Tcl interpreter will
-be designated by the \fIinterp\fR parameter, and the \fIresult\fR
-parameter will contain the result (\fBTCL_OK\fR, \fBTCL_ERROR\fR,
-\fBTCL_RETURN\fR, \fBTCL_BREAK\fR or \fBTCL_CONTINUE\fR) that was
-returned by the command evaluation. The callback function is expected,
-in turn, either to return a \fIresult\fR to control further evaluation.
-.PP
-Multiple \fBTcl_NRAddCallback\fR invocations may request multiple
-callbacks, which may be to the same or different callback
-functions. If multiple callbacks are requested, they are executed in
-last-in, first-out order, that is, the most recently requested
-callback is executed first.
+\fIdata\fR is a pointer to an array containing \fIdata0\fR through \fIdata3\fR.
+\fIresult\fR is the value returned by the previous function implementing part
+the routine.
 .SH EXAMPLE
 .PP
-The usual pattern for Tcl commands that invoke other Tcl commands
-is something like:
+The following command uses \fBTcl_EvalObjEx\fR, which consumes space on the C
+stack, to evalute a script:
 .PP
 .CS
 int
 \fITheCmdOldObjProc\fR(
     ClientData clientData,
@@ -226,32 +164,21 @@
 }
 \fBTcl_CreateObjCommand\fR(interp, "theCommand",
         \fITheCmdOldObjProc\fR, clientData, TheCmdDeleteProc);
 .CE
 .PP
-To enable a command like this one for trampoline-based evaluation,
-it must be split into three pieces:
-.IP \(bu
-A non-trampoline implementation, \fITheCmdNewObjProc\fR,
-which will simply create a trampoline
-and invoke the trampoline-based implementation.
-.IP \(bu
-A trampoline-enabled implementation, \fITheCmdNRObjProc\fR.  This
-function will perform the initialization, request that the trampoline
-call the postprocessing routine after command evaluation, and finally,
-request that the trampoline call the inner command.
-.IP \(bu
-A postprocessing routine, \fITheCmdPostProc\fR. This function will
-perform the postprocessing formerly done after the return from the
-inner command in \fITheCmdObjProc\fR.
-.PP
-The non-trampoline implementation is simple and stylized, containing
-a single statement:
+To avoid consuming space on the C stack, \fITheCmdOldObjProc\fR is renamed to
+\fITheCmdNRObjProc\fR and the postprocessing step is split into a separate
+function, \fITheCmdPostProc\fR, which is pushed onto the function stack.
+\fITcl_EvalObjEx\fR is replaced with \fITcl_NREvalObj\fR, which uses a
+trampoline instead of consuming space on the C stack.  A new version of
+\fITheCmdOldObjProc\fR is just a a wrapper that uses \fBTcl_NRCallObjProc\fR to
+call \fITheCmdNRObjProc\fR:
 .PP
 .CS
 int
-\fITheCmdNewObjProc\fR(
+\fITheCmdOldObjProc\fR(
     ClientData clientData,
     Tcl_Interp *interp,
     int objc,
     Tcl_Obj *const objv[])
 {
@@ -258,13 +185,10 @@
     return \fBTcl_NRCallObjProc\fR(interp, \fITheCmdNRObjProc\fR,
             clientData, objc, objv);
 }
 .CE
 .PP
-The trampoline-enabled implementation requests postprocessing,
-and returns to the trampoline requesting command evaluation.
-.PP
 .CS
 int
 \fITheCmdNRObjProc\fR
     ClientData clientData,
     Tcl_Interp *interp,
@@ -282,13 +206,10 @@
 
     return \fBTcl_NREvalObj\fR(interp, objPtr, 0);
 }
 .CE
 .PP
-The postprocessing procedure does whatever the original command did
-upon return from the inner evaluation.
-.PP
 .CS
 int
 \fITheCmdNRPostProc\fR(
     ClientData data[],
     Tcl_Interp *interp,
@@ -301,28 +222,15 @@
 
     return result;
 }
 .CE
 .PP
-If \fItheCommand\fR is a command that results in multiple commands or
-scripts being evaluated, its postprocessing routine may schedule
-additional postprocessing and then request another command evaluation
-by means of \fBTcl_NREvalObj\fR or one of the other evaluation
-routines. Looping and sequencing constructs may be implemented in this way.
-.PP
-Finally, to install a trampoline-enabled command in the interpreter,
-\fBTcl_NRCreateCommand\fR is used in place of
-\fBTcl_CreateObjCommand\fR.  It accepts two command procedures instead
-of one. The first is for use when no trampoline is yet on the stack,
-and the second is for use when there is already a trampoline in place.
-.PP
-.CS
-\fBTcl_NRCreateCommand\fR(interp, "theCommand",
-        \fITheCmdNewObjProc\fR, \fITheCmdNRObjProc\fR, clientData,
-        TheCmdDeleteProc);
-.CE
+Any function comprising a routine can push other functions, making it possible
+implement looping and sequencing constructs using the function stack.
+.PP
 .SH "SEE ALSO"
 Tcl_CreateCommand(3), Tcl_CreateObjCommand(3), Tcl_EvalObjEx(3), Tcl_GetCommandFromObj(3), Tcl_ExprObj(3)
 .SH KEYWORDS
 stackless, nonrecursive, execute, command, global, value, result, script
 .SH COPYRIGHT
-Copyright (c) 2008 by Kevin B. Kenny
+Copyright (c) 2008 by Kevin B. Kenny.
+Copyright (c) 2018 by Nathan Coulter.

Index: doc/Object.3
==================================================================
--- doc/Object.3
+++ doc/Object.3
@@ -255,11 +255,11 @@
 .PP
 The \fBincr\fR command first gets an integer from \fIx\fR's value
 by calling \fBTcl_GetIntFromObj\fR.
 This procedure checks whether the value is already an integer value.
 Since it is not, it converts the value
-by setting the value's \fIinternalRep.longValue\fR member
+by setting the value's internal representation
 to the integer \fB123\fR
 and setting the value's \fItypePtr\fR
 to point to the integer Tcl_ObjType structure.
 Both representations are now valid.
 \fBincr\fR increments the value's integer internal representation

Index: doc/Panic.3
==================================================================
--- doc/Panic.3
+++ doc/Panic.3
@@ -5,11 +5,11 @@
 .TH Tcl_Panic 3 8.4 Tcl "Tcl Library Procedures"
 .so man.macros
 .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_PanicVA, Tcl_SetPanicProc, Tcl_ConsolePanic \- report fatal error and abort
 .SH SYNOPSIS
 .nf
 \fB#include <tcl.h>\fR
 .sp
 void
@@ -19,10 +19,13 @@
 \fBTcl_PanicVA\fR(\fIformat\fR, \fIargList\fR)
 .sp
 void
 \fBTcl_SetPanicProc\fR(\fIpanicProc\fR)
 .sp
+void
+\fBTcl_ConsolePanic\fR(\fIformat\fR, \fIarg\fR, \fIarg\fR, \fI...\fR)
+.sp
 .SH ARGUMENTS
 .AS Tcl_PanicProc *panicProc
 .AP "const char*" format in
 A printf-style format string.
 .AP "" arg in
@@ -51,10 +54,18 @@
 calls \fBabort\fR to terminate the process.  \fBTcl_Panic\fR does not
 return. On Windows, when a debugger is running, the formatted error
 message is sent to the debugger in stead. 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 (in stead 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:
 .PP

Index: doc/SetResult.3
==================================================================
--- doc/SetResult.3
+++ doc/SetResult.3
@@ -195,10 +195,23 @@
 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
 the Tcl system is to manage the storage for the \fIresult\fR argument.
 If \fBTcl_SetResult\fR or \fBTcl_SetObjResult\fR are called

Index: doc/ToUpper.3
==================================================================
--- doc/ToUpper.3
+++ doc/ToUpper.3
@@ -31,11 +31,11 @@
 int
 \fBTcl_UtfToTitle\fR(\fIstr\fR)
 .SH ARGUMENTS
 .AS char *str in/out
 .AP int ch in
-The Tcl_UniChar to be converted.
+The Unicode character to be converted.
 .AP char *str in/out
 Pointer to UTF-8 string to be converted in place.
 .BE
 
 .SH DESCRIPTION

Index: doc/UniCharIsAlpha.3
==================================================================
--- doc/UniCharIsAlpha.3
+++ doc/UniCharIsAlpha.3
@@ -46,23 +46,20 @@
 int
 \fBTcl_UniCharIsWordChar\fR(\fIch\fR)
 .SH ARGUMENTS
 .AS int ch
 .AP int ch in
-The Tcl_UniChar to be examined.
+The Unicode character to be examined.
 .BE
 
 .SH DESCRIPTION
 .PP
-All of the routines described examine Tcl_UniChars and return a
+All of the routines described examine Unicode characters and return a
 boolean value. A non-zero return value means that the character does
 belong to the character class associated with the called routine. The
 rest of this document just describes the character classes associated
 with the various routines.
-.PP
-Note: A Tcl_UniChar is a Unicode character represented as an unsigned,
-fixed-size quantity.
 
 .SH "CHARACTER CLASSES"
 .PP
 \fBTcl_UniCharIsAlnum\fR tests if the character is an alphanumeric Unicode character.
 .PP

Index: doc/Utf.3
==================================================================
--- doc/Utf.3
+++ doc/Utf.3
@@ -75,11 +75,11 @@
 .AS "const Tcl_UniChar" *uniPattern in/out
 .AP char *buf out
 Buffer in which the UTF-8 representation of the Tcl_UniChar is stored.  At most
 \fBTCL_UTF_MAX\fR bytes are stored in the buffer.
 .AP int ch in
-The Tcl_UniChar to be converted or examined.
+The Unicode character to be converted or examined.
 .AP Tcl_UniChar *chPtr out
 Filled with the Tcl_UniChar represented by the head of the UTF-8 string.
 .AP "const char" *src in
 Pointer to a UTF-8 string.
 .AP "const char" *cs in

Index: doc/expr.n
==================================================================
--- doc/expr.n
+++ doc/expr.n
@@ -48,11 +48,13 @@
 ignored.
 An integer operand may be specified in decimal (the normal case, the optional
 first two characters are \fB0d\fR), binary
 (the first two characters are \fB0b\fR), octal
 (the first two characters are \fB0o\fR), or hexadecimal
-(the first two characters are \fB0x\fR) form.
+(the first two characters are \fB0x\fR) form.  For
+compatibility with older Tcl releases, an operand that begins with \fB0\fR is
+interpreted as an octal integer even if the second character is not \fBo\fR.
 A floating-point number may be specified in any of several
 common decimal formats, and may use the decimal point \fB.\fR,
 \fBe\fR or \fBE\fR for scientific notation, and
 the sign characters \fB+\fR and \fB\-\fR.  The
 following are all valid floating-point numbers:  2.1, 3., 6e4, 7.91e+16.

Index: doc/format.n
==================================================================
--- doc/format.n
+++ doc/format.n
@@ -81,18 +81,19 @@
 \fB0\fR
 Specifies that the number should be padded on the left with
 zeroes instead of spaces.
 .TP 10
 \fB#\fR
-Requests an alternate output form. For \fBo\fR and \fBO\fR
-conversions it guarantees that the first digit is always \fB0\fR.
-For \fBx\fR or \fBX\fR conversions, \fB0x\fR or \fB0X\fR (respectively)
+Requests an alternate output form. For \fBo\fR conversions,
+\fB0o\fR will be added to the beginning of the result unless
+it is zero. For \fBx\fR or \fBX\fR conversions, \fB0x\fR
 will be added to the beginning of the result unless it is zero.
 For \fBb\fR conversions, \fB0b\fR
 will be added to the beginning of the result unless it is zero.
-For \fBd\fR conversions, \fB0d\fR will be added to the beginning
-of the result unless it is zero.
+For \fBd\fR conversions, \fB0d\fR there is no effect unless
+the \fB0\fR specifier is used as well: In that case, \fB0d\fR
+will be added to the beginning.
 For all floating-point conversions (\fBe\fR, \fBE\fR, \fBf\fR,
 \fBg\fR, and \fBG\fR) it guarantees that the result always
 has a decimal point.
 For \fBg\fR and \fBG\fR conversions it specifies that
 trailing zeroes should not be removed.
@@ -130,19 +131,21 @@
 then the next argument to the \fBformat\fR command determines the precision;
 it must be a numeric string.
 .SS "OPTIONAL SIZE MODIFIER"
 .PP
 The fifth part of a conversion specifier is a size modifier,
-which must be \fBll\fR, \fBh\fR, or \fBl\fR.
+which must be \fBll\fR, \fBh\fR, \fBl\fR, or \fBL\fR.
 If it is \fBll\fR it specifies that an integer value is taken
 without truncation for conversion to a formatted substring.
 If it is \fBh\fR it specifies that an integer value is
 truncated to a 16-bit range before converting.  This option is rarely useful.
 If it is \fBl\fR it specifies that the integer value is
 truncated to the same range as that produced by the \fBwide()\fR
 function of the \fBexpr\fR command (at least a 64-bit range).
-If neither \fBh\fR nor \fBl\fR are present, the integer value is
+If it is \fBL\fR it specifies that an integer or double value is taken
+without truncation for conversion to a formatted substring.
+If neither \fBh\fR nor \fBl\fR nor \fBL\fR are present, the integer value is
 truncated to the same range as that produced by the \fBint()\fR
 function of the \fBexpr\fR command (at least a 32-bit range, but
 determined by the value of the \fBwordSize\fR element of the
 \fBtcl_platform\fR array).
 .SS "MANDATORY CONVERSION TYPE"
@@ -169,11 +172,11 @@
 for \fBx\fR and
 .QW 0123456789ABCDEF
 for \fBX\fR).
 .TP 10
 \fBb\fR
-Convert integer to binary string, using digits 0 and 1.
+Convert integer to unsigned binary string, using digits 0 and 1.
 .TP 10
 \fBc\fR
 Convert integer to the Unicode character it represents.
 .TP 10
 \fBs\fR
@@ -198,27 +201,37 @@
 precision, then convert number as for \fB%e\fR or
 \fB%E\fR.
 Otherwise convert as for \fB%f\fR.
 Trailing zeroes and a trailing decimal point are omitted.
 .TP 10
+\fBa\fR or \fBA\fR
+Convert double to hexadecimal notation in the form
+\fI0x1.yyy\fBp\(+-\fIzz\fR, where the number of \fIy\fR's is
+determined by the precision (default: 13).
+If the \fBA\fR form is used then the hex characters
+are printed in uppercase.
+.TP 10
 \fB%\fR
 No conversion: just insert \fB%\fR.
+.TP 10
+\fBp\fR
+Shorthand form for \fB0x%zx\fR, so it outputs the integer in
+hexadecimal form with \fB0x\fR prefix.
 .SH "DIFFERENCES FROM ANSI SPRINTF"
 .PP
 The behavior of the format command is the same as the
 ANSI C \fBsprintf\fR procedure except for the following
 differences:
 .IP [1]
 Tcl guarantees that it will be working with UNICODE characters.
 .IP [2]
-\fB%p\fR and \fB%n\fR specifiers are not supported.
+\fB%n\fR specifier is not supported.
 .IP [3]
 For \fB%c\fR conversions the argument must be an integer value,
 which will then be converted to the corresponding character value.
 .IP [4]
 The size modifiers are ignored when formatting floating-point values.
-The \fBll\fR modifier has no \fBsprintf\fR counterpart.
 The \fBb\fR specifier has no \fBsprintf\fR counterpart.
 .SH EXAMPLES
 .PP
 Convert the numeric value of a UNICODE character to the character
 itself:

Index: doc/lsearch.n
==================================================================
--- doc/lsearch.n
+++ doc/lsearch.n
@@ -145,10 +145,23 @@
 .VE 8.6
 .SS "NESTED LIST OPTIONS"
 .PP
 These options are used to search lists of lists.  They may be used
 with any other options.
+.TP
+\fB\-stride\0\fIstrideLength\fR
+.
+If this option is specified, the list is treated as consisting of
+groups of \fIstrideLength\fR elements and the groups are searched by
+either their first element or, if the \fB\-index\fR option is used,
+by the element within each group given by the first index passed to
+\fB\-index\fR (which is then ignored by \fB\-index\fR). The resulting
+index always points to the first element in a group.
+.PP
+The list length must be an integer multiple of \fIstrideLength\fR, which
+in turn must be at least 1. A \fIstrideLength\fR of 1 is the default and
+indicates no grouping.
 .TP
 \fB\-index\fR\0\fIindexList\fR
 .
 This option is designed for use when searching within nested lists.
 The \fIindexList\fR argument gives a path of indices (much as might be
@@ -206,10 +219,17 @@
 .PP
 .CS
 \fBlsearch\fR -index 1 -all -inline {{a abc} {b bcd} {c cde}} *bc*
       \fI\(-> {a abc} {b bcd}\fR
 .CE
+.PP
+The same thing for a flattened list:
+.PP
+.CS
+\fBlsearch\fR -stride 2 -index 1 -all -inline {a abc b bcd c cde} *bc*
+      \fI\(-> {a abc b bcd}\fR
+.CE
 .SH "SEE ALSO"
 foreach(n), list(n), lappend(n), lindex(n), linsert(n), llength(n),
 lset(n), lsort(n), lrange(n), lreplace(n),
 string(n)
 .SH KEYWORDS

Index: doc/msgcat.n
==================================================================
--- doc/msgcat.n
+++ doc/msgcat.n
@@ -9,25 +9,31 @@
 .BS
 '\" Note:  do not modify the .SH NAME line immediately below!
 .SH NAME
 msgcat \- Tcl message catalog
 .SH SYNOPSIS
-\fBpackage require Tcl 8.5\fR
+\fBpackage require Tcl 8.7\fR
 .sp
-\fBpackage require msgcat 1.6\fR
+\fBpackage require msgcat 1.7\fR
 .sp
 \fB::msgcat::mc \fIsrc-string\fR ?\fIarg arg ...\fR?
 .sp
 \fB::msgcat::mcmax ?\fIsrc-string src-string ...\fR?
 .sp
 .VS "TIP 412"
 \fB::msgcat::mcexists\fR ?\fB-exactnamespace\fR? ?\fB-exactlocale\fR? \fIsrc-string\fR
 .VE "TIP 412"
+.sp
+.VS "TIP 490"
+\fB::msgcat::mcpackagenamespaceget\fR
+.VE "TIP 490"
 .sp
 \fB::msgcat::mclocale \fR?\fInewLocale\fR?
 .sp
-\fB::msgcat::mcpreferences\fR
+.VS "TIP 499"
+\fB::msgcat::mcpreferences\fR ?\fIlocale preference\fR? ...
+.VE "TIP 499"
 .sp
 .VS "TIP 412"
 \fB::msgcat::mcloadedlocales subcommand\fR ?\fIlocale\fR?
 .VE "TIP 412"
 .sp
@@ -48,10 +54,14 @@
 .sp
 \fB::msgcat::mcpackageconfig subcommand\fR \fIoption\fR ?\fIvalue\fR?
 .sp
 \fB::msgcat::mcforgetpackage\fR
 .VE "TIP 412"
+.sp
+.VS "TIP 499"
+\fB::msgcat::mcutil subcommand\fR ?\fIlocale\fR?
+.VS "TIP 499"
 .BE
 .SH DESCRIPTION
 .PP
 The \fBmsgcat\fR package provides a set of functions
 that can be used to manage multi-lingual user interfaces.
@@ -69,10 +79,15 @@
 A \fIlocale\fR is a specification string describing a user language like \fBde_ch\fR for Swiss German.
 In \fBmsgcat\fR, there is a global locale initialized by the system locale of the current system.
 Each package may decide to use the global locale or to use a package specific locale.
 .PP
 The global locale may be changed on demand, for example by a user initiated language change or within a multi user application like a web server.
+.PP
+.VS tip490
+Object oriented programming is supported by the use of a package namespace.
+.VE tip490
+.PP
 .SH COMMANDS
 .TP
 \fB::msgcat::mc \fIsrc-string\fR ?\fIarg arg ...\fR?
 .
 Returns a translation of \fIsrc-string\fR according to the
@@ -93,57 +108,118 @@
 application can pass the English string through \fB::msgcat::mc\fR and
 use the result.  If an application is written for a single language in
 this fashion, then it is easy to add support for additional languages
 later simply by defining new message catalog entries.
 .RE
+.VS "TIP 490"
+.TP
+\fB::msgcat::mcn \fInamespace\fR \fIsrc-string\fR ?\fIarg arg ...\fR?
+.
+Like \fB::msgcat::mc\fR, but with the message namespace specified as first argument.
+.PP
+.RS
+\fBmcn\fR may be used for cases where the package namespace is not the namespace of the caller.
+An example is shown within the description of the command \fB::msgcat::mcpackagenamespaceget\fR below.
+.RE
+.PP
 .TP
 \fB::msgcat::mcmax ?\fIsrc-string src-string ...\fR?
 .
 Given several source strings, \fB::msgcat::mcmax\fR returns the length
 of the longest translated string.  This is useful when designing
 localized GUIs, which may require that all buttons, for example, be a
 fixed width (which will be the width of the widest button).
 .TP
-\fB::msgcat::mcexists\fR ?\fB-exactnamespace\fR? ?\fB-exactlocale\fR? \fIsrc-string\fR
-.
 .VS "TIP 412"
+\fB::msgcat::mcexists\fR ?\fB-exactnamespace\fR? ?\fB-exactlocale\fR? ?\fB-namespace\fR \fInamespace\fR? \fIsrc-string\fR
+.
 Return true, if there is a translation for the given \fIsrc-string\fR.
 .PP
 .RS
 The search may be limited by the option \fB\-exactnamespace\fR to only check the current namespace and not any parent namespaces.
 .PP
 It may also be limited by the option \fB\-exactlocale\fR to only check the first prefered locale (e.g. first element returned by \fB::msgcat::mcpreferences\fR if global locale is used).
-.RE
+.PP
 .VE "TIP 412"
+.VS "TIP 490"
+An explicit package namespace may be specified by the option \fB-namespace\fR.
+The namespace of the caller is used if not explicitly specified.
+.RE
+.PP
+.VE "TIP 490"
+.VS "TIP 490"
+.TP
+\fB::msgcat::mcpackagenamespaceget\fR
+.
+Return the package namespace of the caller.
+This command handles all cases described in section \fBOBJECT ORIENTED PROGRAMMING\fR.
+.PP
+.RS
+Example usage is a tooltip package, which saves the caller package namespace to update the translation each time the tooltip is shown:
+.CS
+proc ::tooltip::tooltip {widget message} {
+    ...
+    set messagenamespace [uplevel 1 {::msgcat::mcpackagenamespaceget}]
+    ...
+    bind $widget  [list ::tooltip::show $widget $messagenamespace $message]
+}
+
+proc ::tooltip::show {widget messagenamespace message} {
+    ...
+    set message [::msgcat::mcn $messagenamespace $message]
+    ...
+}
+.CE
+.RE
+.PP
+.VE "TIP 490"
 .TP
 \fB::msgcat::mclocale \fR?\fInewLocale\fR?
 .
-This function sets the locale to \fInewLocale\fR.  If \fInewLocale\fR
-is omitted, the current locale is returned, otherwise the current locale
-is set to \fInewLocale\fR.  msgcat stores and compares the locale in a
+If \fInewLocale\fR is omitted, the current locale is returned, otherwise the current locale
+is set to \fInewLocale\fR.
+.PP
+.RS
+If the new locale is set to \fInewLocale\fR, the corresponding preferences are calculated and set.
+For example, if the current locale is en_US_funky, then \fB::msgcat::mcpreferences\fR returns \fB{en_us_funky en_us en {}}\fR.
+.PP
+The same result may be acheved by \fB::msgcat::mcpreferences\fR {*}[\fB::msgcat::mcutil getpreferences\fR \fInewLocale\fR].
+.PP
+The current locale is always the first element of the list returned by \fBmcpreferences\fR.
+.PP
+msgcat stores and compares the locale in a
 case-insensitive manner, and returns locales in lowercase.
 The initial locale is determined by the locale specified in
 the user's environment.  See \fBLOCALE SPECIFICATION\fR
 below for a description of the locale string format.
-.RS
 .PP
 .VS "TIP 412"
 If the locale is set, the preference list of locales is evaluated.
 Locales in this list are loaded now, if not jet loaded.
 .VE "TIP 412"
 .RE
 .TP
-\fB::msgcat::mcpreferences\fR
-.
-Returns an ordered list of the locales preferred by
-the user, based on the user's language specification.
-The list is ordered from most specific to least
-preference.  The list is derived from the current
-locale set in msgcat by \fB::msgcat::mclocale\fR, and
-cannot be set independently.  For example, if the
-current locale is en_US_funky, then \fB::msgcat::mcpreferences\fR
-returns \fB{en_us_funky en_us en {}}\fR.
+\fB::msgcat::mcpreferences\fR ?\fIlocale preference\fR? ...
+.
+Without arguments, returns an ordered list of the locales preferred by
+the user.
+The list is ordered from most specific to least preference.
+.PP
+.VS "TIP 499"
+.RS
+A set of locale preferences may be given to set the list of locale preferences.
+The current locale is also set, which is the first element of the locale preferences list.
+.PP
+Locale preferences are loaded now, if not jet loaded.
+.PP
+As an example, the user may prefer French or English text. This may be configured by:
+.CS
+::msgcat::mcpreferences fr en {}
+.CE
+.RE
+.PP
+.VS "TIP 499"
 .TP
 \fB::msgcat:mcloadedlocales subcommand\fR ?\fIlocale\fR?
 .
 This group of commands manage the list of loaded locales for packages not setting a package locale.
 .PP
@@ -229,10 +305,26 @@
 .TP
 \fB::msgcat::mcforgetpackage\fR
 .
 The calling package clears all its state within the \fBmsgcat\fR package including all settings and translations.
 .VE "TIP 412"
+.PP
+.VS "TIP 499"
+.TP
+\fB::msgcat::mcutil getpreferences\fR \fIlocale\fR
+.
+Return the preferences list of the given locale as described in section \fBLOCALE SPECIFICATION\fR.
+An example is the composition of a preference list for the bilingual region "Biel/Bienne" as a concatenation of swiss german and swiss french:
+.CS
+% concat [lrange [msgcat::mcutil getpreferences fr_CH] 0 end-1] [msgcat::mcutil getpreferences de_CH]
+fr_ch fr de_ch de {}
+.CE
+.TP
+\fB::msgcat::mcutil getsystemlocale\fR
+.
+The system locale is returned as described by the section \fBLOCALE SPECIFICATION\fR.
+.VE "TIP 499"
 .PP
 .SH "LOCALE SPECIFICATION"
 .PP
 The locale is specified to \fBmsgcat\fR by a locale string
 passed to \fB::msgcat::mclocale\fR.
@@ -435,11 +527,11 @@
 \fBmsgcat::mc\fR {Produced %1$d at %2$s} $num $city
 # ... where that key is mapped to one of the
 # human-oriented versions by \fBmsgcat::mcset\fR
 .CE
 .VS "TIP 412"
-.SH Package private locale
+.SH "PACKAGE PRIVATE LOCALE"
 .PP
 A package using \fBmsgcat\fR may choose to use its own package private
 locale and its own set of loaded locales, independent to the global
 locale set by \fB::msgcat::mclocale\fR.
 .PP
@@ -459,14 +551,26 @@
 .TP
 \fB::msgcat::mcpackagelocale get\fR
 .
 Return the package private locale or the global locale, if no package private locale is set.
 .TP
-\fB::msgcat::mcpackagelocale preferences\fR
+\fB::msgcat::mcpackagelocale preferences\fR ?\fIlocale preference\fR? ...
 .
-Return the package private preferences or the global preferences,
+With no parameters, return the package private preferences or the global preferences,
 if no package private locale is set.
+The package locale state (set or not) is not changed (in contrast to the command \fB::msgcat::mcpackagelocale set\fR).
+.PP
+.RS
+.VS "TIP 499"
+If a set of locale preferences is given, it is set as package locale preference list.
+The package locale is set to the first element of the preference list.
+A package locale is activated, if it was not set so far.
+.PP
+Locale preferences are loaded now for the package, if not jet loaded.
+.VE "TIP 499"
+.RE
+.PP
 .TP
 \fB::msgcat::mcpackagelocale loaded\fR
 .
 Return the list of locales loaded for this package.
 .TP
@@ -486,11 +590,11 @@
 .TP
 \fB::msgcat::mcpackagelocale clear\fR
 .
 Clear any loaded locales of the package not present in the package preferences.
 .PP
-.SH Changing package options
+.SH "CHANGING PACKAGE OPTIONS"
 .PP
 Each package using msgcat has a set of options within \fBmsgcat\fR.
 The package options are described in the next sectionPackage options.
 Each package option may be set or unset individually using the following ensemble:
 .TP
@@ -561,11 +665,11 @@
 A generic unknown handler is used if set to the empty string. This consists in returning the key if no arguments are given. With given arguments, format is used to process the arguments.
 .PP
 See section \fBcallback invocation\fR below.
 The appended arguments are identical to \fB::msgcat::mcunknown\fR.
 .RE
-.SS Callback invocation
+.SH "Callback invocation"
 A package may decide to register one or multiple callbacks, as described above.
 .PP
 Callbacks are invoked, if:
 .PP
 1. the callback command is set,
@@ -575,11 +679,58 @@
 3. the registering namespace exists.
 .PP
 If a called routine fails with an error, the \fBbgerror\fR routine for the interpreter is invoked after command completion.
 Only exception is the callback \fBunknowncmd\fR, where an error causes the invoking \fBmc\fR-command to fail with that error.
 .PP
-.SS Examples
+.VS tip490
+.SH "OBJECT ORIENTED PROGRAMMING"
+\fBmsgcat\fR supports packages implemented by object oriented programming.
+Objects and classes should be defined within a package namespace.
+.PP
+There are 3 supported cases where package namespace sensitive commands of msgcat (\fBmc\fR, \fBmcexists\fR, \fBmcpackagelocale\fR, \fBmcforgetpackage\fR, \fBmcpackagenamespaceget\fR, \fBmcpackageconfig\fR, \fBmcset\fR and \fBmcmset\fR) may be called:
+.PP
+.TP
+\fB1) In class definition script\fR
+.
+\fBmsgcat\fR command is called within a class definition script.
+.CS
+namespace eval ::N2 {
+    mcload $dir/msgs
+    oo::class create C1 {puts [mc Hi!]}
+}
+.CE
+.PP
+.TP
+\fB2) method defined in a class\fR
+.
+\fBmsgcat\fR command is called from a method in an object and the method is defined in a class.
+.CS
+namespace eval ::N3Class {
+    mcload $dir/msgs
+    oo::class create C1
+    oo::define C1 method m1 {
+        puts [mc Hi!]
+    }
+}
+.CE
+.PP
+.TP
+\fB3) method defined in a classless object\fR
+.
+\fBmsgcat\fR command is called from a method of a classless object.
+.CS
+namespace eval ::N4 {
+    mcload $dir/msgs
+    oo::object create O1
+    oo::objdefine O1 method m1 {} {
+        puts [mc Hi!]
+    }
+}
+.CE
+.PP
+.VE tip490
+.SH EXAMPLES
 Packages which display a GUI may update their widgets when the global locale changes.
 To register to a callback, use:
 .CS
 namespace eval gui {
     msgcat::mcpackageconfig changecmd updateGUI
@@ -641,11 +792,11 @@
 .VE "TIP 412"
 .SH CREDITS
 .PP
 The message catalog code was developed by Mark Harrison.
 .SH "SEE ALSO"
-format(n), scan(n), namespace(n), package(n)
+format(n), scan(n), namespace(n), package(n), oo::class(n), oo::object
 .SH KEYWORDS
-internationalization, i18n, localization, l10n, message, text, translation
+internationalization, i18n, localization, l10n, message, text, translation, class, object
 .\" Local Variables:
 .\" mode: nroff
 .\" End:

Index: doc/scan.n
==================================================================
--- doc/scan.n
+++ doc/scan.n
@@ -222,14 +222,16 @@
 .CS
 set string "#08D03F"
 \fBscan\fR $string "#%2x%2x%2x" r g b
 .CE
 .PP
-Parse a \fIHH:MM\fR time string:
+Parse a \fIHH:MM\fR time string, noting that this avoids problems with
+octal numbers by forcing interpretation as decimals (if we did not
+care, we would use the \fB%i\fR conversion instead):
 .PP
 .CS
-set string "08:08"
+set string "08:08"   ;# *Not* octal!
 if {[\fBscan\fR $string "%d:%d" hours minutes] != 2} {
     error "not a valid time string"
 }
 # We have to understand numeric ranges ourselves...
 if {$minutes < 0 || $minutes > 59} {

Index: generic/tcl.decls
==================================================================
--- generic/tcl.decls
+++ generic/tcl.decls
@@ -30,11 +30,11 @@
 declare 0 {
     int Tcl_PkgProvideEx(Tcl_Interp *interp, const char *name,
 	    const char *version, const void *clientData)
 }
 declare 1 {
-    CONST84_RETURN char *Tcl_PkgRequireEx(Tcl_Interp *interp,
+    const char *Tcl_PkgRequireEx(Tcl_Interp *interp,
 	    const char *name, const char *version, int exact,
 	    void *clientDataPtr)
 }
 declare 2 {
     TCL_NORETURN void Tcl_Panic(const char *format, ...)
@@ -152,11 +152,11 @@
     int Tcl_GetDoubleFromObj(Tcl_Interp *interp, Tcl_Obj *objPtr,
 	    double *doublePtr)
 }
 declare 36 {
     int Tcl_GetIndexFromObj(Tcl_Interp *interp, Tcl_Obj *objPtr,
-	    CONST84 char *const *tablePtr, const char *msg, int flags, int *indexPtr)
+	    const char *const *tablePtr, const char *msg, int flags, int *indexPtr)
 }
 declare 37 {
     int Tcl_GetInt(Tcl_Interp *interp, const char *src, int *intPtr)
 }
 declare 38 {
@@ -283,11 +283,11 @@
     int Tcl_AsyncReady(void)
 }
 declare 76 {
     void Tcl_BackgroundError(Tcl_Interp *interp)
 }
-declare 77 {
+declare 77 {deprecated {Use Tcl_UtfBackslash}} {
     char Tcl_Backslash(const char *src, int *readPtr)
 }
 declare 78 {
     int Tcl_BadChannelOption(Tcl_Interp *interp, const char *optionName,
 	    const char *optionList)
@@ -304,11 +304,11 @@
 }
 declare 82 {
     int Tcl_CommandComplete(const char *cmd)
 }
 declare 83 {
-    char *Tcl_Concat(int argc, CONST84 char *const *argv)
+    char *Tcl_Concat(int argc, const char *const *argv)
 }
 declare 84 {
     int Tcl_ConvertElement(const char *src, char *dst, int flags)
 }
 declare 85 {
@@ -316,11 +316,11 @@
 	    int flags)
 }
 declare 86 {
     int Tcl_CreateAlias(Tcl_Interp *slave, const char *slaveCmd,
 	    Tcl_Interp *target, const char *targetCmd, int argc,
-	    CONST84 char *const *argv)
+	    const char *const *argv)
 }
 declare 87 {
     int Tcl_CreateAliasObj(Tcl_Interp *slave, const char *slaveCmd,
 	    Tcl_Interp *target, const char *targetCmd, int objc,
 	    Tcl_Obj *const objv[])
@@ -350,11 +350,11 @@
     void Tcl_CreateExitHandler(Tcl_ExitProc *proc, ClientData clientData)
 }
 declare 94 {
     Tcl_Interp *Tcl_CreateInterp(void)
 }
-declare 95 {
+declare 95 {deprecated {}} {
     void Tcl_CreateMathFunc(Tcl_Interp *interp, const char *name,
 	    int numArgs, Tcl_ValueType *argTypes,
 	    Tcl_MathProc *proc, ClientData clientData)
 }
 declare 96 {
@@ -459,19 +459,18 @@
 }
 declare 126 {
     int Tcl_Eof(Tcl_Channel chan)
 }
 declare 127 {
-    CONST84_RETURN char *Tcl_ErrnoId(void)
+    const char *Tcl_ErrnoId(void)
 }
 declare 128 {
-    CONST84_RETURN char *Tcl_ErrnoMsg(int err)
+    const char *Tcl_ErrnoMsg(int err)
 }
 declare 129 {
     int Tcl_Eval(Tcl_Interp *interp, const char *script)
 }
-# This is obsolete, use Tcl_FSEvalFile
 declare 130 {
     int Tcl_EvalFile(Tcl_Interp *interp, const char *fileName)
 }
 declare 131 {
     int Tcl_EvalObj(Tcl_Interp *interp, Tcl_Obj *objPtr)
@@ -527,16 +526,16 @@
 declare 147 {
     void Tcl_FreeResult(Tcl_Interp *interp)
 }
 declare 148 {
     int Tcl_GetAlias(Tcl_Interp *interp, const char *slaveCmd,
-	    Tcl_Interp **targetInterpPtr, CONST84 char **targetCmdPtr,
-	    int *argcPtr, CONST84 char ***argvPtr)
+	    Tcl_Interp **targetInterpPtr, const char **targetCmdPtr,
+	    int *argcPtr, const char ***argvPtr)
 }
 declare 149 {
     int Tcl_GetAliasObj(Tcl_Interp *interp, const char *slaveCmd,
-	    Tcl_Interp **targetInterpPtr, CONST84 char **targetCmdPtr,
+	    Tcl_Interp **targetInterpPtr, const char **targetCmdPtr,
 	    int *objcPtr, Tcl_Obj ***objv)
 }
 declare 150 {
     ClientData Tcl_GetAssocData(Tcl_Interp *interp, const char *name,
 	    Tcl_InterpDeleteProc **procPtr)
@@ -557,11 +556,11 @@
 }
 declare 155 {
     int Tcl_GetChannelMode(Tcl_Channel chan)
 }
 declare 156 {
-    CONST84_RETURN char *Tcl_GetChannelName(Tcl_Channel chan)
+    const char *Tcl_GetChannelName(Tcl_Channel chan)
 }
 declare 157 {
     int Tcl_GetChannelOption(Tcl_Interp *interp, Tcl_Channel chan,
 	    const char *optionName, Tcl_DString *dsPtr)
 }
@@ -571,18 +570,18 @@
 declare 159 {
     int Tcl_GetCommandInfo(Tcl_Interp *interp, const char *cmdName,
 	    Tcl_CmdInfo *infoPtr)
 }
 declare 160 {
-    CONST84_RETURN char *Tcl_GetCommandName(Tcl_Interp *interp,
+    const char *Tcl_GetCommandName(Tcl_Interp *interp,
 	    Tcl_Command command)
 }
 declare 161 {
     int Tcl_GetErrno(void)
 }
 declare 162 {
-    CONST84_RETURN char *Tcl_GetHostName(void)
+    const char *Tcl_GetHostName(void)
 }
 declare 163 {
     int Tcl_GetInterpPath(Tcl_Interp *askInterp, Tcl_Interp *slaveInterp)
 }
 declare 164 {
@@ -621,18 +620,18 @@
 }
 declare 173 {
     Tcl_Channel Tcl_GetStdChannel(int type)
 }
 declare 174 {
-    CONST84_RETURN char *Tcl_GetStringResult(Tcl_Interp *interp)
+    const char *Tcl_GetStringResult(Tcl_Interp *interp)
 }
 declare 175 {
-    CONST84_RETURN char *Tcl_GetVar(Tcl_Interp *interp, const char *varName,
+    const char *Tcl_GetVar(Tcl_Interp *interp, const char *varName,
 	    int flags)
 }
 declare 176 {
-    CONST84_RETURN char *Tcl_GetVar2(Tcl_Interp *interp, const char *part1,
+    const char *Tcl_GetVar2(Tcl_Interp *interp, const char *part1,
 	    const char *part2, int flags)
 }
 declare 177 {
     int Tcl_GlobalEval(Tcl_Interp *interp, const char *command)
 }
@@ -661,11 +660,11 @@
 declare 185 {
     int Tcl_IsSafe(Tcl_Interp *interp)
 }
 # Obsolete, use Tcl_FSJoinPath
 declare 186 {
-    char *Tcl_JoinPath(int argc, CONST84 char *const *argv,
+    char *Tcl_JoinPath(int argc, const char *const *argv,
 	    Tcl_DString *resultPtr)
 }
 declare 187 {
     int Tcl_LinkVar(Tcl_Interp *interp, const char *varName, char *addr,
 	    int type)
@@ -684,11 +683,11 @@
 }
 declare 191 {
     Tcl_Channel Tcl_MakeTcpClientChannel(ClientData tcpSocket)
 }
 declare 192 {
-    char *Tcl_Merge(int argc, CONST84 char *const *argv)
+    char *Tcl_Merge(int argc, const char *const *argv)
 }
 declare 193 {
     Tcl_HashEntry *Tcl_NextHashEntry(Tcl_HashSearch *searchPtr)
 }
 declare 194 {
@@ -702,11 +701,11 @@
     Tcl_Obj *Tcl_ObjSetVar2(Tcl_Interp *interp, Tcl_Obj *part1Ptr,
 	    Tcl_Obj *part2Ptr, Tcl_Obj *newValuePtr, int flags)
 }
 declare 197 {
     Tcl_Channel Tcl_OpenCommandChannel(Tcl_Interp *interp, int argc,
-	    CONST84 char **argv, int flags)
+	    const char **argv, int flags)
 }
 # This is obsolete, use Tcl_FSOpenFileChannel
 declare 198 {
     Tcl_Channel Tcl_OpenFileChannel(Tcl_Interp *interp, const char *fileName,
 	    const char *modeString, int permissions)
@@ -728,11 +727,11 @@
 }
 declare 203 {
     int Tcl_PutEnv(const char *assignment)
 }
 declare 204 {
-    CONST84_RETURN char *Tcl_PosixError(Tcl_Interp *interp)
+    const char *Tcl_PosixError(Tcl_Interp *interp)
 }
 declare 205 {
     void Tcl_QueueEvent(Tcl_Event *evPtr, Tcl_QueuePosition position)
 }
 declare 206 {
@@ -764,11 +763,11 @@
     int Tcl_RegExpMatch(Tcl_Interp *interp, const char *text,
 	    const char *pattern)
 }
 declare 215 {
     void Tcl_RegExpRange(Tcl_RegExp regexp, int index,
-	    CONST84 char **startPtr, CONST84 char **endPtr)
+	    const char **startPtr, const char **endPtr)
 }
 declare 216 {
     void Tcl_Release(ClientData clientData)
 }
 declare 217 {
@@ -778,12 +777,11 @@
     int Tcl_ScanElement(const char *src, int *flagPtr)
 }
 declare 219 {
     int Tcl_ScanCountedElement(const char *src, int length, int *flagPtr)
 }
-# Obsolete
-declare 220 {
+declare 220 {deprecated {}} {
     int Tcl_SeekOld(Tcl_Channel chan, int offset, int mode)
 }
 declare 221 {
     int Tcl_ServiceAll(void)
 }
@@ -835,43 +833,42 @@
 }
 declare 236 {
     void Tcl_SetStdChannel(Tcl_Channel channel, int type)
 }
 declare 237 {
-    CONST84_RETURN char *Tcl_SetVar(Tcl_Interp *interp, const char *varName,
+    const char *Tcl_SetVar(Tcl_Interp *interp, const char *varName,
 	    const char *newValue, int flags)
 }
 declare 238 {
-    CONST84_RETURN char *Tcl_SetVar2(Tcl_Interp *interp, const char *part1,
+    const char *Tcl_SetVar2(Tcl_Interp *interp, const char *part1,
 	    const char *part2, const char *newValue, int flags)
 }
 declare 239 {
-    CONST84_RETURN char *Tcl_SignalId(int sig)
+    const char *Tcl_SignalId(int sig)
 }
 declare 240 {
-    CONST84_RETURN char *Tcl_SignalMsg(int sig)
+    const char *Tcl_SignalMsg(int sig)
 }
 declare 241 {
     void Tcl_SourceRCFile(Tcl_Interp *interp)
 }
 declare 242 {
     int Tcl_SplitList(Tcl_Interp *interp, const char *listStr, int *argcPtr,
-	    CONST84 char ***argvPtr)
+	    const char ***argvPtr)
 }
 # Obsolete, use Tcl_FSSplitPath
 declare 243 {
-    void Tcl_SplitPath(const char *path, int *argcPtr, CONST84 char ***argvPtr)
+    void Tcl_SplitPath(const char *path, int *argcPtr, const char ***argvPtr)
 }
 declare 244 {
     void Tcl_StaticPackage(Tcl_Interp *interp, const char *pkgName,
 	    Tcl_PackageInitProc *initProc, Tcl_PackageInitProc *safeInitProc)
 }
 declare 245 {
     int Tcl_StringMatch(const char *str, const char *pattern)
 }
-# Obsolete
-declare 246 {
+declare 246 {deprecated {}} {
     int Tcl_TellOld(Tcl_Channel chan)
 }
 declare 247 {
     int Tcl_TraceVar(Tcl_Interp *interp, const char *varName, int flags,
 	    Tcl_VarTraceProc *proc, ClientData clientData)
@@ -943,51 +940,51 @@
     int Tcl_DumpActiveMemory(const char *fileName)
 }
 declare 266 {
     void Tcl_ValidateAllMemory(const char *file, int line)
 }
-declare 267 {
+declare 267 {deprecated {see TIP #422}} {
     void Tcl_AppendResultVA(Tcl_Interp *interp, va_list argList)
 }
-declare 268 {
+declare 268 {deprecated {see TIP #422}} {
     void Tcl_AppendStringsToObjVA(Tcl_Obj *objPtr, va_list argList)
 }
 declare 269 {
     char *Tcl_HashStats(Tcl_HashTable *tablePtr)
 }
 declare 270 {
-    CONST84_RETURN char *Tcl_ParseVar(Tcl_Interp *interp, const char *start,
-	    CONST84 char **termPtr)
+    const char *Tcl_ParseVar(Tcl_Interp *interp, const char *start,
+	    const char **termPtr)
 }
 declare 271 {
-    CONST84_RETURN char *Tcl_PkgPresent(Tcl_Interp *interp, const char *name,
+    const char *Tcl_PkgPresent(Tcl_Interp *interp, const char *name,
 	    const char *version, int exact)
 }
 declare 272 {
-    CONST84_RETURN char *Tcl_PkgPresentEx(Tcl_Interp *interp,
+    const char *Tcl_PkgPresentEx(Tcl_Interp *interp,
 	    const char *name, const char *version, int exact,
 	    void *clientDataPtr)
 }
 declare 273 {
     int Tcl_PkgProvide(Tcl_Interp *interp, const char *name,
 	    const char *version)
 }
 # TIP #268: The internally used new Require function is in slot 573.
 declare 274 {
-    CONST84_RETURN char *Tcl_PkgRequire(Tcl_Interp *interp, const char *name,
+    const char *Tcl_PkgRequire(Tcl_Interp *interp, const char *name,
 	    const char *version, int exact)
 }
-declare 275 {
+declare 275 {deprecated {see TIP #422}} {
     void Tcl_SetErrorCodeVA(Tcl_Interp *interp, va_list argList)
 }
-declare 276 {
+declare 276 {deprecated {see TIP #422}} {
     int  Tcl_VarEvalVA(Tcl_Interp *interp, va_list argList)
 }
 declare 277 {
     Tcl_Pid Tcl_WaitPid(Tcl_Pid pid, int *statPtr, int options)
 }
-declare 278 {
+declare 278 {deprecated {see TIP #422}} {
     TCL_NORETURN void Tcl_PanicVA(const char *format, va_list argList)
 }
 declare 279 {
     void Tcl_GetVersion(int *major, int *minor, int *patchLevel, int *type)
 }
@@ -1085,11 +1082,11 @@
 }
 declare 301 {
     Tcl_Encoding Tcl_GetEncoding(Tcl_Interp *interp, const char *name)
 }
 declare 302 {
-    CONST84_RETURN char *Tcl_GetEncodingName(Tcl_Encoding encoding)
+    const char *Tcl_GetEncodingName(Tcl_Encoding encoding)
 }
 declare 303 {
     void Tcl_GetEncodingNames(Tcl_Interp *interp)
 }
 declare 304 {
@@ -1161,29 +1158,29 @@
 }
 declare 324 {
     int Tcl_UniCharToUtf(int ch, char *buf)
 }
 declare 325 {
-    CONST84_RETURN char *Tcl_UtfAtIndex(const char *src, int index)
+    const char *Tcl_UtfAtIndex(const char *src, int index)
 }
 declare 326 {
     int Tcl_UtfCharComplete(const char *src, int length)
 }
 declare 327 {
     int Tcl_UtfBackslash(const char *src, int *readPtr, char *dst)
 }
 declare 328 {
-    CONST84_RETURN char *Tcl_UtfFindFirst(const char *src, int ch)
+    const char *Tcl_UtfFindFirst(const char *src, int ch)
 }
 declare 329 {
-    CONST84_RETURN char *Tcl_UtfFindLast(const char *src, int ch)
+    const char *Tcl_UtfFindLast(const char *src, int ch)
 }
 declare 330 {
-    CONST84_RETURN char *Tcl_UtfNext(const char *src)
+    const char *Tcl_UtfNext(const char *src)
 }
 declare 331 {
-    CONST84_RETURN char *Tcl_UtfPrev(const char *src, const char *start)
+    const char *Tcl_UtfPrev(const char *src, const char *start)
 }
 declare 332 {
     int Tcl_UtfToExternal(Tcl_Interp *interp, Tcl_Encoding encoding,
 	    const char *src, int srcLen, int flags,
 	    Tcl_EncodingState *statePtr, char *dst, int dstLen,
@@ -1212,14 +1209,14 @@
     int Tcl_WriteObj(Tcl_Channel chan, Tcl_Obj *objPtr)
 }
 declare 340 {
     char *Tcl_GetString(Tcl_Obj *objPtr)
 }
-declare 341 {
-    CONST84_RETURN char *Tcl_GetDefaultEncodingDir(void)
+declare 341 {deprecated {Use Tcl_GetEncodingSearchPath}} {
+    const char *Tcl_GetDefaultEncodingDir(void)
 }
-declare 342 {
+declare 342 {deprecated {Use Tcl_SetEncodingSearchPath}} {
     void Tcl_SetDefaultEncodingDir(const char *path)
 }
 declare 343 {
     void Tcl_AlertNotifier(ClientData clientData)
 }
@@ -1264,11 +1261,11 @@
 }
 declare 356 {
     Tcl_RegExp Tcl_GetRegExpFromObj(Tcl_Interp *interp, Tcl_Obj *patObj,
 	    int flags)
 }
-declare 357 {
+declare 357 {deprecated {Use Tcl_EvalTokensStandard}} {
     Tcl_Obj *Tcl_EvalTokens(Tcl_Interp *interp, Tcl_Token *tokenPtr,
 	    int count)
 }
 declare 358 {
     void Tcl_FreeParse(Tcl_Parse *parsePtr)
@@ -1277,11 +1274,11 @@
     void Tcl_LogCommandInfo(Tcl_Interp *interp, const char *script,
 	    const char *command, int length)
 }
 declare 360 {
     int Tcl_ParseBraces(Tcl_Interp *interp, const char *start, int numBytes,
-	    Tcl_Parse *parsePtr, int append, CONST84 char **termPtr)
+	    Tcl_Parse *parsePtr, int append, const char **termPtr)
 }
 declare 361 {
     int Tcl_ParseCommand(Tcl_Interp *interp, const char *start, int numBytes,
 	    int nested, Tcl_Parse *parsePtr)
 }
@@ -1290,11 +1287,11 @@
 	    Tcl_Parse *parsePtr)
 }
 declare 363 {
     int Tcl_ParseQuotedString(Tcl_Interp *interp, const char *start,
 	    int numBytes, Tcl_Parse *parsePtr, int append,
-	    CONST84 char **termPtr)
+	    const char **termPtr)
 }
 declare 364 {
     int Tcl_ParseVarName(Tcl_Interp *interp, const char *start, int numBytes,
 	    Tcl_Parse *parsePtr, int append)
 }
@@ -1406,11 +1403,11 @@
 }
 declare 397 {
     int Tcl_ChannelBuffered(Tcl_Channel chan)
 }
 declare 398 {
-    CONST84_RETURN char *Tcl_ChannelName(const Tcl_ChannelType *chanTypePtr)
+    const char *Tcl_ChannelName(const Tcl_ChannelType *chanTypePtr)
 }
 declare 399 {
     Tcl_ChannelTypeVersion Tcl_ChannelVersion(
 	    const Tcl_ChannelType *chanTypePtr)
 }
@@ -1546,16 +1543,16 @@
 declare 434 {
     Tcl_UniChar *Tcl_GetUnicodeFromObj(Tcl_Obj *objPtr, int *lengthPtr)
 }
 
 # TIP#15 (math function introspection) dkf
-declare 435 {
+declare 435 {deprecated {}} {
     int Tcl_GetMathFuncInfo(Tcl_Interp *interp, const char *name,
 	    int *numArgsPtr, Tcl_ValueType **argTypesPtr,
 	    Tcl_MathProc **procPtr, ClientData *clientDataPtr)
 }
-declare 436 {
+declare 436 {deprecated {}} {
     Tcl_Obj *Tcl_ListMathFuncs(Tcl_Interp *interp, const char *pattern)
 }
 
 # TIP#36 (better access to 'subst') dkf
 declare 437 {

Index: generic/tcl.h
==================================================================
--- generic/tcl.h
+++ generic/tcl.h
@@ -50,17 +50,17 @@
  * win/README		(not patchlevel) (sections 0 and 2)
  * unix/tcl.spec	(1 LOC patch)
  * tools/tcl.hpj.in	(not patchlevel, for windows installer)
  */
 
-#define TCL_MAJOR_VERSION   9
-#define TCL_MINOR_VERSION   0
+#define TCL_MAJOR_VERSION   8
+#define TCL_MINOR_VERSION   7
 #define TCL_RELEASE_LEVEL   TCL_ALPHA_RELEASE
-#define TCL_RELEASE_SERIAL  0
+#define TCL_RELEASE_SERIAL  2
 
-#define TCL_VERSION	    "9.0"
-#define TCL_PATCH_LEVEL	    "9.0a0"
+#define TCL_VERSION	    "8.7"
+#define TCL_PATCH_LEVEL	    "8.7a2"
 
 #if !defined(TCL_NO_DEPRECATED) || defined(RC_INVOKED)
 /*
  *----------------------------------------------------------------------------
  * The following definitions set up the proper options for Windows compilers.
@@ -135,11 +135,11 @@
  *
  * New code should just directly be written to use stdarg.h conventions.
  */
 
 #include <stdarg.h>
-#ifndef TCL_NO_DEPRECATED
+#if !defined(TCL_NO_DEPRECATED) && TCL_MAJOR_VERSION < 9
 #    define TCL_VARARGS(type, name) (type name, ...)
 #    define TCL_VARARGS_DEF(type, name) (type name, ...)
 #    define TCL_VARARGS_START(type, name, list) (va_start(list, name), name)
 #endif /* !TCL_NO_DEPRECATED */
 #if defined(__GNUC__) && (__GNUC__ > 2)
@@ -252,51 +252,32 @@
  * for compilers written in the pre-prototype era of C.
  *
  * New code should use prototypes.
  */
 
-#ifndef TCL_NO_DEPRECATED
+#if !defined(TCL_NO_DEPRECATED) && TCL_MAJOR_VERSION < 9
 #   undef _ANSI_ARGS_
 #   define _ANSI_ARGS_(x)	x
-#endif /* !TCL_NO_DEPRECATED */
 
 /*
  * Definitions that allow this header file to be used either with or without
  * ANSI C features.
  */
 
 #ifndef INLINE
 #   define INLINE
 #endif
-
-#ifdef NO_CONST
-#   ifndef const
-#      define const
-#   endif
-#endif
 #ifndef CONST
 #   define CONST const
 #endif
-
-#ifdef USE_NON_CONST
-#   ifdef USE_COMPAT_CONST
-#      error define at most one of USE_NON_CONST and USE_COMPAT_CONST
-#   endif
-#   define CONST84
-#   define CONST84_RETURN
-#else
-#   ifdef USE_COMPAT_CONST
-#      define CONST84
-#      define CONST84_RETURN const
-#   else
-#      define CONST84 const
-#      define CONST84_RETURN const
-#   endif
-#endif
+#define CONST84 const
+#define CONST84_RETURN const
+
+#endif /* !TCL_NO_DEPRECATED */
 
 #ifndef CONST86
-#      define CONST86 CONST84
+#      define CONST86 const
 #endif
 
 /*
  * Make sure EXTERN isn't defined elsewhere.
  */
@@ -316,10 +297,11 @@
  * The following code is copied from winnt.h. If we don't replicate it here,
  * then <windows.h> can't be included after tcl.h, since tcl.h also defines
  * VOID. This block is skipped under Cygwin and Mingw.
  */
 
+#if !defined(TCL_NO_DEPRECATED) && TCL_MAJOR_VERSION < 9
 #if defined(_WIN32) && !defined(HAVE_WINNT_IGNORE_VOID)
 #ifndef VOID
 #define VOID void
 typedef char CHAR;
 typedef short SHORT;
@@ -331,27 +313,20 @@
  * Macro to use instead of "void" for arguments that must have type "void *"
  * in ANSI C; maps them to type "char *" in non-ANSI systems.
  */
 
 #ifndef __VXWORKS__
-#   ifndef NO_VOID
-#	define VOID void
-#   else
-#	define VOID char
-#   endif
+#   define VOID void
 #endif
+#endif /* !defined(TCL_NO_DEPRECATED) && TCL_MAJOR_VERSION < 9 */
 
 /*
  * Miscellaneous declarations.
  */
 
 #ifndef _CLIENTDATA
-#   ifndef NO_VOID
-	typedef void *ClientData;
-#   else
-	typedef int *ClientData;
-#   endif
+    typedef void *ClientData;
 #   define _CLIENTDATA
 #endif
 
 /*
  * Darwin specific configure overrides (to support fat compiles, where
@@ -394,48 +369,44 @@
 
 #if !defined(TCL_WIDE_INT_TYPE)&&!defined(TCL_WIDE_INT_IS_LONG)
 #   if defined(_WIN32)
 #      define TCL_WIDE_INT_TYPE __int64
 #      define TCL_LL_MODIFIER	"I64"
+#      if defined(_WIN64)
+#         define TCL_Z_MODIFIER	"I"
+#      endif
 #   elif defined(__GNUC__)
-#      define TCL_WIDE_INT_TYPE long long
-#      define TCL_LL_MODIFIER	"ll"
+#      define TCL_Z_MODIFIER	"z"
 #   else /* ! _WIN32 && ! __GNUC__ */
 /*
  * Don't know what platform it is and configure hasn't discovered what is
  * going on for us. Try to guess...
  */
 #      include <limits.h>
-#      if (INT_MAX < LONG_MAX)
+#      if defined(LLONG_MAX) && (LLONG_MAX == LONG_MAX)
 #         define TCL_WIDE_INT_IS_LONG	1
-#      else
-#         define TCL_WIDE_INT_TYPE long long
 #      endif
 #   endif /* _WIN32 */
 #endif /* !TCL_WIDE_INT_TYPE & !TCL_WIDE_INT_IS_LONG */
-#ifdef TCL_WIDE_INT_IS_LONG
-#   undef TCL_WIDE_INT_TYPE
-#   define TCL_WIDE_INT_TYPE	long
-#endif /* TCL_WIDE_INT_IS_LONG */
+
+#ifndef TCL_WIDE_INT_TYPE
+#   define TCL_WIDE_INT_TYPE		long long
+#endif /* !TCL_WIDE_INT_TYPE */
 
 typedef TCL_WIDE_INT_TYPE		Tcl_WideInt;
 typedef unsigned TCL_WIDE_INT_TYPE	Tcl_WideUInt;
 
-#ifdef TCL_WIDE_INT_IS_LONG
-#   ifndef TCL_LL_MODIFIER
-#      define TCL_LL_MODIFIER		"l"
-#   endif /* !TCL_LL_MODIFIER */
-#else /* TCL_WIDE_INT_IS_LONG */
-/*
- * The next short section of defines are only done when not running on Windows
- * or some other strange platform.
- */
-#   ifndef TCL_LL_MODIFIER
-#      define TCL_LL_MODIFIER		"ll"
-#   endif /* !TCL_LL_MODIFIER */
-#endif /* TCL_WIDE_INT_IS_LONG */
-
+#ifndef TCL_LL_MODIFIER
+#   define TCL_LL_MODIFIER	"ll"
+#endif /* !TCL_LL_MODIFIER */
+#ifndef TCL_Z_MODIFIER
+#   if defined(__GNUC__) && !defined(_WIN32)
+#	define TCL_Z_MODIFIER	"z"
+#   else
+#	define TCL_Z_MODIFIER	""
+#   endif
+#endif /* !TCL_Z_MODIFIER */
 #define Tcl_WideAsLong(val)	((long)((Tcl_WideInt)(val)))
 #define Tcl_LongAsWide(val)	((Tcl_WideInt)((long)(val)))
 #define Tcl_WideAsDouble(val)	((double)((Tcl_WideInt)(val)))
 #define Tcl_DoubleAsWide(val)	((Tcl_WideInt)((double)(val)))
 
@@ -490,11 +461,21 @@
  * Note: Tcl_ObjCmdProc functions do not directly set result and freeProc.
  * Instead, they set a Tcl_Obj member in the "real" structure that can be
  * accessed with Tcl_GetObjResult() and Tcl_SetObjResult().
  */
 
-typedef struct Tcl_Interp Tcl_Interp;
+typedef struct Tcl_Interp
+#if !defined(TCL_NO_DEPRECATED) && TCL_MAJOR_VERSION < 9
+{
+    /* TIP #330: Strongly discourage extensions from using the string
+     * result. */
+    char *resultDontUse; /* Don't use in extensions! */
+    void (*freeProcDontUse) (char *); /* Don't use in extensions! */
+    int errorLineDontUse; /* Don't use in extensions! */
+}
+#endif /* !TCL_NO_DEPRECATED */
+Tcl_Interp;
 
 typedef struct Tcl_AsyncHandler_ *Tcl_AsyncHandler;
 typedef struct Tcl_Channel_ *Tcl_Channel;
 typedef struct Tcl_ChannelTypeVersion_ *Tcl_ChannelTypeVersion;
 typedef struct Tcl_Command_ *Tcl_Command;
@@ -639,10 +620,14 @@
 #define TCL_ERROR		1
 #define TCL_RETURN		2
 #define TCL_BREAK		3
 #define TCL_CONTINUE		4
 
+#if !defined(TCL_NO_DEPRECATED) && TCL_MAJOR_VERSION < 9
+#define TCL_RESULT_SIZE		200
+#endif
+
 /*
  *----------------------------------------------------------------------------
  * Flags to control what substitutions are performed by Tcl_SubstObj():
  */
 
@@ -653,10 +638,11 @@
 
 /*
  * Argument descriptors for math function callbacks in expressions:
  */
 
+#if !defined(TCL_NO_DEPRECATED) && TCL_MAJOR_VERSION < 9
 typedef enum {
     TCL_INT, TCL_DOUBLE, TCL_EITHER, TCL_WIDE_INT
 } Tcl_ValueType;
 
 typedef struct Tcl_Value {
@@ -664,10 +650,14 @@
 				 * or both. */
     long intValue;		/* Integer value. */
     double doubleValue;		/* Double-precision floating value. */
     Tcl_WideInt wideValue;	/* Wide (min. 64-bit) integer value. */
 } Tcl_Value;
+#else
+#define Tcl_ValueType void /* Just enough to prevent compilation error in Tcl */
+#define Tcl_Value void /* Just enough to prevent compilation error in Tcl */
+#endif
 
 /*
  * Forward declaration of Tcl_Obj to prevent an error when the forward
  * reference to Tcl_Obj is encountered in the function types declared below.
  */
@@ -684,14 +674,14 @@
 	int code);
 typedef void (Tcl_ChannelProc) (ClientData clientData, int mask);
 typedef void (Tcl_CloseProc) (ClientData data);
 typedef void (Tcl_CmdDeleteProc) (ClientData clientData);
 typedef int (Tcl_CmdProc) (ClientData clientData, Tcl_Interp *interp,
-	int argc, CONST84 char *argv[]);
+	int argc, const char *argv[]);
 typedef void (Tcl_CmdTraceProc) (ClientData clientData, Tcl_Interp *interp,
 	int level, char *command, Tcl_CmdProc *proc,
-	ClientData cmdClientData, int argc, CONST84 char *argv[]);
+	ClientData cmdClientData, int argc, const char *argv[]);
 typedef int (Tcl_CmdObjTraceProc) (ClientData clientData, Tcl_Interp *interp,
 	int level, const char *command, Tcl_Command commandInfo, int objc,
 	struct Tcl_Obj *const *objv);
 typedef void (Tcl_CmdObjTraceDeleteProc) (ClientData clientData);
 typedef void (Tcl_DupInternalRepProc) (struct Tcl_Obj *srcPtr,
@@ -724,11 +714,11 @@
 	char *address, int port);
 typedef void (Tcl_TimerProc) (ClientData clientData);
 typedef int (Tcl_SetFromAnyProc) (Tcl_Interp *interp, struct Tcl_Obj *objPtr);
 typedef void (Tcl_UpdateStringProc) (struct Tcl_Obj *objPtr);
 typedef char * (Tcl_VarTraceProc) (ClientData clientData, Tcl_Interp *interp,
-	CONST84 char *part1, CONST84 char *part2, int flags);
+	const char *part1, const char *part2, int flags);
 typedef void (Tcl_CommandTraceProc) (ClientData clientData, Tcl_Interp *interp,
 	const char *oldName, const char *newName, int flags);
 typedef void (Tcl_CreateFileHandlerProc) (int fd, int mask, Tcl_FileProc *proc,
 	ClientData clientData);
 typedef void (Tcl_DeleteFileHandlerProc) (int fd);
@@ -823,15 +813,24 @@
 void		Tcl_DecrRefCount(Tcl_Obj *objPtr);
 int		Tcl_IsShared(Tcl_Obj *objPtr);
 
 /*
  *----------------------------------------------------------------------------
- * The following type contains the state needed by Tcl_SaveResult. It
- * is typically allocated on the stack.
+ * The following structure contains the state needed by Tcl_SaveResult. No-one
+ * outside of Tcl should access any of these fields. This structure is
+ * typically allocated on the stack.
  */
 
-typedef Tcl_Obj *Tcl_SavedResult;
+typedef struct Tcl_SavedResult {
+    char *result;
+    Tcl_FreeProc *freeProc;
+    Tcl_Obj *objResultPtr;
+    char *appendResult;
+    int appendAvl;
+    int appendUsed;
+    char resultSpace[200+1];
+} Tcl_SavedResult;
 
 /*
  *----------------------------------------------------------------------------
  * The following definitions support Tcl's namespace facility. Note: the first
  * five fields must match exactly the fields in a Namespace structure (see
@@ -952,11 +951,11 @@
 				 * small. */
 } Tcl_DString;
 
 #define Tcl_DStringLength(dsPtr) ((dsPtr)->length)
 #define Tcl_DStringValue(dsPtr) ((dsPtr)->string)
-#ifndef TCL_NO_DEPRECATED
+#if !defined(TCL_NO_DEPRECATED) && TCL_MAJOR_VERSION < 9
 #   define Tcl_DStringTrunc Tcl_DStringSetLength
 #endif /* !TCL_NO_DEPRECATED */
 
 /*
  * Definitions for the maximum number of digits of precision that may be
@@ -1080,11 +1079,11 @@
  * always parsed whenever the part2 is NULL. (This is to avoid a common error
  * when converting code to use the new object based APIs and forgetting to
  * give the flag)
  */
 
-#ifndef TCL_NO_DEPRECATED
+#if !defined(TCL_NO_DEPRECATED) && TCL_MAJOR_VERSION < 9
 #   define TCL_PARSE_PART1	0x400
 #endif /* !TCL_NO_DEPRECATED */
 
 /*
  * Types for linked variables:
@@ -1433,18 +1432,18 @@
 typedef int	(Tcl_DriverClose2Proc) (ClientData instanceData,
 			Tcl_Interp *interp, int flags);
 typedef int	(Tcl_DriverInputProc) (ClientData instanceData, char *buf,
 			int toRead, int *errorCodePtr);
 typedef int	(Tcl_DriverOutputProc) (ClientData instanceData,
-			CONST84 char *buf, int toWrite, int *errorCodePtr);
+			const char *buf, int toWrite, int *errorCodePtr);
 typedef int	(Tcl_DriverSeekProc) (ClientData instanceData, long offset,
 			int mode, int *errorCodePtr);
 typedef int	(Tcl_DriverSetOptionProc) (ClientData instanceData,
 			Tcl_Interp *interp, const char *optionName,
 			const char *value);
 typedef int	(Tcl_DriverGetOptionProc) (ClientData instanceData,
-			Tcl_Interp *interp, CONST84 char *optionName,
+			Tcl_Interp *interp, const char *optionName,
 			Tcl_DString *dsPtr);
 typedef void	(Tcl_DriverWatchProc) (ClientData instanceData, int mask);
 typedef int	(Tcl_DriverGetHandleProc) (ClientData instanceData,
 			int direction, ClientData *handlePtr);
 typedef int	(Tcl_DriverFlushProc) (ClientData instanceData);
@@ -1933,11 +1932,11 @@
  *				the operator, then TCL_TOKEN_SUB_EXPR tokens
  *				for the left then the right operands.
  * TCL_TOKEN_OPERATOR -		The token describes one expression operator.
  *				An operator might be the name of a math
  *				function such as "abs". A TCL_TOKEN_OPERATOR
- *				token is always preceeded by one
+ *				token is always preceded by one
  *				TCL_TOKEN_SUB_EXPR token for the operator's
  *				subexpression, and is followed by zero or more
  *				TCL_TOKEN_SUB_EXPR tokens for the operator's
  *				operands. NumComponents is always 0.
  * TCL_TOKEN_EXPAND_WORD -	This token is just like TCL_TOKEN_WORD except
@@ -2362,10 +2361,15 @@
 
 const char *		Tcl_InitStubs(Tcl_Interp *interp, const char *version,
 			    int exact, int magic);
 const char *		TclTomMathInitializeStubs(Tcl_Interp *interp,
 			    const char *version, int epoch, int revision);
+#if defined(_WIN32)
+    TCL_NORETURN void Tcl_ConsolePanic(const char *format, ...);
+#else
+#   define Tcl_ConsolePanic ((Tcl_PanicProc *)0)
+#endif
 
 #ifdef USE_TCL_STUBS
 #if TCL_RELEASE_LEVEL == TCL_FINAL_RELEASE
 #   define Tcl_InitStubs(interp, version, exact) \
 	(Tcl_InitStubs)(interp, version, \
@@ -2393,11 +2397,11 @@
  * Public functions that are not accessible via the stubs table.
  * Tcl_GetMemoryInfo is needed for AOLserver. [Bug 1868171]
  */
 
 #define Tcl_Main(argc, argv, proc) Tcl_MainEx(argc, argv, proc, \
-	    ((Tcl_CreateInterp)()))
+	    ((Tcl_SetPanicProc(Tcl_ConsolePanic), Tcl_CreateInterp)()))
 EXTERN void		Tcl_MainEx(int argc, char **argv,
 			    Tcl_AppInitProc *appInitProc, Tcl_Interp *interp);
 EXTERN const char *	Tcl_PkgInitStubsCheck(Tcl_Interp *interp,
 			    const char *version, int exact);
 EXTERN void		Tcl_GetMemoryInfo(Tcl_DString *dsPtr);
@@ -2512,19 +2516,13 @@
 #  define Tcl_NewByteArrayObj(bytes, len) \
      Tcl_DbNewByteArrayObj(bytes, len, __FILE__, __LINE__)
 #  undef  Tcl_NewDoubleObj
 #  define Tcl_NewDoubleObj(val) \
      Tcl_DbNewDoubleObj(val, __FILE__, __LINE__)
-#  undef  Tcl_NewIntObj
-#  define Tcl_NewIntObj(val) \
-     Tcl_DbNewLongObj(val, __FILE__, __LINE__)
 #  undef  Tcl_NewListObj
 #  define Tcl_NewListObj(objc, objv) \
      Tcl_DbNewListObj(objc, objv, __FILE__, __LINE__)
-#  undef  Tcl_NewLongObj
-#  define Tcl_NewLongObj(val) \
-     Tcl_DbNewLongObj(val, __FILE__, __LINE__)
 #  undef  Tcl_NewObj
 #  define Tcl_NewObj() \
      Tcl_DbNewObj(__FILE__, __LINE__)
 #  undef  Tcl_NewStringObj
 #  define Tcl_NewStringObj(bytes, len) \
@@ -2583,14 +2581,14 @@
 /*
  *----------------------------------------------------------------------------
  * Deprecated Tcl functions:
  */
 
-#ifndef TCL_NO_DEPRECATED
+#if !defined(TCL_NO_DEPRECATED) && TCL_MAJOR_VERSION < 9
 /*
  * These function have been renamed. The old names are deprecated, but we
- * define these macros for backwards compatibilty.
+ * define these macros for backwards compatibility.
  */
 
 #   define Tcl_Ckalloc		Tcl_Alloc
 #   define Tcl_Ckfree		Tcl_Free
 #   define Tcl_Ckrealloc	Tcl_Realloc

Index: generic/tclAlloc.c
==================================================================
--- generic/tclAlloc.c
+++ generic/tclAlloc.c
@@ -659,18 +659,18 @@
 	totalFree += ((size_t)j) * (1 << (i + 3));
     }
 
     fprintf(stderr, "\nused:\t");
     for (i = 0; i < NBUCKETS; i++) {
-	fprintf(stderr, " %" TCL_LL_MODIFIER "d", (Tcl_WideInt)numMallocs[i]);
+	fprintf(stderr, " %" TCL_Z_MODIFIER "u", numMallocs[i]);
 	totalUsed += numMallocs[i] * (1 << (i + 3));
     }
 
-    fprintf(stderr, "\n\tTotal small in use: %" TCL_LL_MODIFIER "d, total free: %" TCL_LL_MODIFIER "d\n",
-	(Tcl_WideInt)totalUsed, (Tcl_WideInt)totalFree);
-    fprintf(stderr, "\n\tNumber of big (>%d) blocks in use: %" TCL_LL_MODIFIER "d\n",
-	    MAXMALLOC, (Tcl_WideInt)numMallocs[NBUCKETS]);
+    fprintf(stderr, "\n\tTotal small in use: %" TCL_Z_MODIFIER "u, total free: %" TCL_Z_MODIFIER "u\n",
+	totalUsed, totalFree);
+    fprintf(stderr, "\n\tNumber of big (>%d) blocks in use: %" TCL_Z_MODIFIER "u\n",
+	    MAXMALLOC, numMallocs[NBUCKETS]);
 
     Tcl_MutexUnlock(allocMutexPtr);
 }
 #endif
 

Index: generic/tclAssembly.c
==================================================================
--- generic/tclAssembly.c
+++ generic/tclAssembly.c
@@ -2244,27 +2244,28 @@
     Tcl_Interp* interp = (Tcl_Interp*) envPtr->iPtr;
 				/* Tcl interpreter */
     Tcl_Token* tokenPtr = *tokenPtrPtr;
 				/* INOUT: Pointer to the next token in the
 				 * source code */
-    Tcl_Obj* intObj;		/* Integer from the source code */
-    int status;			/* Tcl status return */
-
-    /*
-     * Extract the next token as a string.
-     */
-
-    if (GetNextOperand(assemEnvPtr, tokenPtrPtr, &intObj) != TCL_OK) {
+    Tcl_Obj *value;
+    int status;
+
+    /* General operand validity check */
+    if (GetNextOperand(assemEnvPtr, tokenPtrPtr, &value) != TCL_OK) {
 	return TCL_ERROR;
     }
-
+     
+    /* Convert to an integer, advance to the next token and return. */
     /*
-     * Convert to an integer, advance to the next token and return.
+     * NOTE: Indexing a list with an index before it yields the
+     * same result as indexing after it, and might be more easily portable
+     * when list size limits grow.
      */
+    status = TclIndexEncode(interp, value,
+	    TCL_INDEX_BEFORE,TCL_INDEX_BEFORE, result);
 
-    status = TclGetIntForIndex(interp, intObj, -2, result);
-    Tcl_DecrRefCount(intObj);
+    Tcl_DecrRefCount(value);
     *tokenPtrPtr = TokenAfter(tokenPtr);
     return status;
 }
 
 /*
@@ -4264,11 +4265,11 @@
     lineNo = Tcl_NewIntObj(bbPtr->startLine);
     Tcl_IncrRefCount(lineNo);
     Tcl_AppendObjToErrorInfo(interp, lineNo);
     Tcl_AddErrorInfo(interp, " and ");
     if (bbPtr->successor1 != NULL) {
-	TclSetLongObj(lineNo, bbPtr->successor1->startLine);
+	TclSetIntObj(lineNo, bbPtr->successor1->startLine);
 	Tcl_AppendObjToErrorInfo(interp, lineNo);
     } else {
 	Tcl_AddErrorInfo(interp, "end of assembly code");
     }
     Tcl_DecrRefCount(lineNo);

Index: generic/tclBasic.c
==================================================================
--- generic/tclBasic.c
+++ generic/tclBasic.c
@@ -116,10 +116,12 @@
 static Tcl_ObjCmdProc	ExprDoubleFunc;
 static Tcl_ObjCmdProc	ExprEntierFunc;
 static Tcl_ObjCmdProc	ExprFloorFunc;
 static Tcl_ObjCmdProc	ExprIntFunc;
 static Tcl_ObjCmdProc	ExprIsqrtFunc;
+static Tcl_ObjCmdProc	ExprMaxFunc;
+static Tcl_ObjCmdProc	ExprMinFunc;
 static Tcl_ObjCmdProc	ExprRandFunc;
 static Tcl_ObjCmdProc	ExprRoundFunc;
 static Tcl_ObjCmdProc	ExprSqrtFunc;
 static Tcl_ObjCmdProc	ExprSrandFunc;
 static Tcl_ObjCmdProc	ExprUnaryFunc;
@@ -128,12 +130,14 @@
 			    int actual, Tcl_Obj *const *objv);
 static Tcl_NRPostProc	NRCoroutineCallerCallback;
 static Tcl_NRPostProc	NRCoroutineExitCallback;
 static Tcl_NRPostProc	NRCommand;
 
+#if !defined(TCL_NO_DEPRECATED)
 static Tcl_ObjCmdProc	OldMathFuncProc;
 static void		OldMathFuncDeleteProc(ClientData clientData);
+#endif /* !defined(TCL_NO_DEPRECATED) */
 static void		ProcessUnexpectedResult(Tcl_Interp *interp,
 			    int returnCode);
 static int		RewindCoroutine(CoroutineData *corPtr, int result);
 static void		TEOV_SwitchVarFrame(Tcl_Interp *interp);
 static void		TEOV_PushExceptionHandlers(Tcl_Interp *interp,
@@ -201,11 +205,11 @@
      */
 
     {"append",		Tcl_AppendObjCmd,	TclCompileAppendCmd,	NULL,	CMD_IS_SAFE},
     {"apply",		Tcl_ApplyObjCmd,	NULL,			TclNRApplyObjCmd,	CMD_IS_SAFE},
     {"break",		Tcl_BreakObjCmd,	TclCompileBreakCmd,	NULL,	CMD_IS_SAFE},
-#ifndef TCL_NO_DEPRECATED
+#if !defined(TCL_NO_DEPRECATED) && TCL_MAJOR_VERSION < 9
     {"case",		Tcl_CaseObjCmd,		NULL,			NULL,	CMD_IS_SAFE},
 #endif
     {"catch",		Tcl_CatchObjCmd,	TclCompileCatchCmd,	TclNRCatchObjCmd,	CMD_IS_SAFE},
     {"concat",		Tcl_ConcatObjCmd,	TclCompileConcatCmd,	NULL,	CMD_IS_SAFE},
     {"continue",	Tcl_ContinueObjCmd,	TclCompileContinueCmd,	NULL,	CMD_IS_SAFE},
@@ -232,11 +236,11 @@
     {"lreplace",	Tcl_LreplaceObjCmd,	TclCompileLreplaceCmd,	NULL,	CMD_IS_SAFE},
     {"lreverse",	Tcl_LreverseObjCmd,	NULL,			NULL,	CMD_IS_SAFE},
     {"lsearch",		Tcl_LsearchObjCmd,	NULL,			NULL,	CMD_IS_SAFE},
     {"lset",		Tcl_LsetObjCmd,		TclCompileLsetCmd,	NULL,	CMD_IS_SAFE},
     {"lsort",		Tcl_LsortObjCmd,	NULL,			NULL,	CMD_IS_SAFE},
-    {"package",		Tcl_PackageObjCmd,	NULL,			NULL,	CMD_IS_SAFE},
+    {"package",		Tcl_PackageObjCmd,	NULL,			TclNRPackageObjCmd,	CMD_IS_SAFE},
     {"proc",		Tcl_ProcObjCmd,		NULL,			NULL,	CMD_IS_SAFE},
     {"regexp",		Tcl_RegexpObjCmd,	TclCompileRegexpCmd,	NULL,	CMD_IS_SAFE},
     {"regsub",		Tcl_RegsubObjCmd,	TclCompileRegsubCmd,	NULL,	CMD_IS_SAFE},
     {"rename",		Tcl_RenameObjCmd,	NULL,			NULL,	CMD_IS_SAFE},
     {"return",		Tcl_ReturnObjCmd,	TclCompileReturnCmd,	NULL,	CMD_IS_SAFE},
@@ -319,10 +323,12 @@
     { "hypot",	ExprBinaryFunc,	(ClientData) hypot	},
     { "int",	ExprIntFunc,	NULL			},
     { "isqrt",	ExprIsqrtFunc,	NULL			},
     { "log",	ExprUnaryFunc,	(ClientData) log	},
     { "log10",	ExprUnaryFunc,	(ClientData) log10	},
+    { "max",	ExprMaxFunc,	NULL			},
+    { "min",	ExprMinFunc,	NULL			},
     { "pow",	ExprBinaryFunc,	(ClientData) pow	},
     { "rand",	ExprRandFunc,	NULL			},
     { "round",	ExprRoundFunc,	NULL			},
     { "sin",	ExprUnaryFunc,	(ClientData) sin	},
     { "sinh",	ExprUnaryFunc,	(ClientData) sinh	},
@@ -508,16 +514,17 @@
      */
 
     iPtr = ckalloc(sizeof(Interp));
     interp = (Tcl_Interp *) iPtr;
 
-    iPtr->legacyResult = NULL;
-    /* Special invalid value: Any attempt to free the legacy result
-     * will cause a crash. */
-    iPtr->legacyFreeProc = (void (*) (void))-1;
+#ifdef TCL_NO_DEPRECATED
+    iPtr->result = &tclEmptyString;
+#else
+    iPtr->result = iPtr->resultSpace;
+#endif
+    iPtr->freeProc = NULL;
     iPtr->errorLine = 0;
-    iPtr->stubTable = &tclStubs;
     iPtr->objResultPtr = Tcl_NewObj();
     Tcl_IncrRefCount(iPtr->objResultPtr);
     iPtr->handle = TclHandleCreate(iPtr);
     iPtr->globalNsPtr = NULL;
     iPtr->hiddenCmdTablePtr = NULL;
@@ -570,10 +577,16 @@
     iPtr->returnLevel = 1;
     iPtr->returnCode = TCL_OK;
 
     iPtr->rootFramePtr = NULL;	/* Initialise as soon as :: is available */
     iPtr->lookupNsPtr = NULL;
+
+#ifndef TCL_NO_DEPRECATED
+    iPtr->appendResult = NULL;
+    iPtr->appendAvl = 0;
+    iPtr->appendUsed = 0;
+#endif
 
     Tcl_InitHashTable(&iPtr->packageTable, TCL_STRING_KEYS);
     iPtr->packageUnknown = NULL;
 
     /* TIP #268 */
@@ -599,10 +612,13 @@
     iPtr->assocData = NULL;
     iPtr->execEnvPtr = NULL;	/* Set after namespaces initialized. */
     iPtr->emptyObjPtr = Tcl_NewObj();
 				/* Another empty object. */
     Tcl_IncrRefCount(iPtr->emptyObjPtr);
+#ifndef TCL_NO_DEPRECATED
+    iPtr->resultSpace[0] = 0;
+#endif
     iPtr->threadId = Tcl_GetCurrentThread();
 
     /* TIP #378 */
 #ifdef TCL_INTERP_DEBUG_FRAME
     iPtr->flags |= INTERP_DEBUG_FRAME;
@@ -708,10 +724,16 @@
     statsPtr->totalLitStringBytes = 0.0;
     statsPtr->currentLitStringBytes = 0.0;
     memset(statsPtr->literalCount, 0, sizeof(statsPtr->literalCount));
 #endif /* TCL_COMPILE_STATS */
 
+    /*
+     * Initialise the stub table pointer.
+     */
+
+    iPtr->stubTable = &tclStubs;
+
     /*
      * Initialize the ensemble error message rewriting support.
      */
 
     TclResetRewriteEnsemble(interp, 1);
@@ -795,10 +817,11 @@
     TclInitFileCmd(interp);
     TclInitInfoCmd(interp);
     TclInitNamespaceCmd(interp);
     TclInitStringCmd(interp);
     TclInitPrefixCmd(interp);
+    TclInitProcessCmd(interp);
 
     /*
      * Register "clock" subcommands. These *do* go through
      * Tcl_CreateObjCommand, since they aren't in the global namespace and
      * involve ensembles.
@@ -932,13 +955,15 @@
      * Set up other variables such as tcl_version and tcl_library
      */
 
     Tcl_SetVar2(interp, "tcl_patchLevel", NULL, TCL_PATCH_LEVEL, TCL_GLOBAL_ONLY);
     Tcl_SetVar2(interp, "tcl_version", NULL, TCL_VERSION, TCL_GLOBAL_ONLY);
+#if !defined(TCL_NO_DEPRECATED) && TCL_MAJOR_VERSION < 9
     Tcl_TraceVar2(interp, "tcl_precision", NULL,
 	    TCL_GLOBAL_ONLY|TCL_TRACE_READS|TCL_TRACE_WRITES|TCL_TRACE_UNSETS,
 	    TclPrecTraceProc, NULL);
+#endif /* !TCL_NO_DEPRECATED */
     TclpSetVariables(interp);
 
 #ifdef TCL_THREADS
     /*
      * The existence of the "threaded" element of the tcl_platform array
@@ -1503,10 +1528,11 @@
      * Free up the result *after* deleting variables, since variable deletion
      * could have transferred ownership of the result string to Tcl.
      */
 
     Tcl_FreeResult(interp);
+    iPtr->result = NULL;
     Tcl_DecrRefCount(iPtr->objResultPtr);
     iPtr->objResultPtr = NULL;
     Tcl_DecrRefCount(iPtr->ecVar);
     if (iPtr->errorCode) {
 	Tcl_DecrRefCount(iPtr->errorCode);
@@ -1524,10 +1550,16 @@
     Tcl_DecrRefCount(iPtr->innerLiteral);
     Tcl_DecrRefCount(iPtr->innerContext);
     if (iPtr->returnOpts) {
 	Tcl_DecrRefCount(iPtr->returnOpts);
     }
+#ifndef TCL_NO_DEPRECATED
+    if (iPtr->appendResult != NULL) {
+	ckfree(iPtr->appendResult);
+	iPtr->appendResult = NULL;
+    }
+#endif
     TclFreePackageInfo(iPtr);
     while (iPtr->tracePtr != NULL) {
 	Tcl_DeleteTrace((Tcl_Interp *) iPtr, (Tcl_Trace) iPtr->tracePtr);
     }
     if (iPtr->execEnvPtr != NULL) {
@@ -2073,17 +2105,17 @@
 	    tail = cmdName;
         }
 
         hPtr = Tcl_CreateHashEntry(&nsPtr->cmdTable, tail, &isNew);
 
-        if (isNew || deleted) {
+	if (isNew || deleted) {
 	    /*
 	     * isNew - No conflict with existing command.
 	     * deleted - We've already deleted a conflicting command
 	     */
 	    break;
-        }
+	}
 
 	/* An existing command conflicts. Try to delete it.. */
 	cmdPtr = Tcl_GetHashValue(hPtr);
 
 	/*
@@ -2220,68 +2252,86 @@
 				 * the global namespace. */
     Tcl_ObjCmdProc *proc,	/* Object-based function to associate with
 				 * name. */
     ClientData clientData,	/* Arbitrary value to pass to object
 				 * function. */
-    Tcl_CmdDeleteProc *deleteProc)
+    Tcl_CmdDeleteProc *deleteProc
 				/* If not NULL, gives a function to call when
 				 * this command is deleted. */
+)
 {
     Interp *iPtr = (Interp *) interp;
-    ImportRef *oldRefPtr = NULL;
     Namespace *nsPtr;
-    Command *cmdPtr;
-    Tcl_HashEntry *hPtr;
     const char *tail;
-    int isNew = 0, deleted = 0;
-    ImportedCmdData *dataPtr;
 
     if (iPtr->flags & DELETED) {
 	/*
 	 * The interpreter is being deleted. Don't create any new commands;
 	 * it's not safe to muck with the interpreter anymore.
 	 */
-
 	return (Tcl_Command) NULL;
     }
 
+    /*
+     * Determine where the command should reside. If its name contains
+     * namespace qualifiers, we put it in the specified namespace;
+     * otherwise, we always put it in the global namespace.
+     */
+
+    if (strstr(cmdName, "::") != NULL) {
+	Namespace *dummy1, *dummy2;
+
+	TclGetNamespaceForQualName(interp, cmdName, NULL,
+	    TCL_CREATE_NS_IF_UNKNOWN, &nsPtr, &dummy1, &dummy2, &tail);
+	if ((nsPtr == NULL) || (tail == NULL)) {
+	    return (Tcl_Command) NULL;
+	}
+    } else {
+	nsPtr = iPtr->globalNsPtr;
+	tail = cmdName;
+    }
+
+    return TclCreateObjCommandInNs(interp, tail, (Tcl_Namespace *) nsPtr,
+	proc, clientData, deleteProc);
+}
+
+Tcl_Command
+TclCreateObjCommandInNs (
+    Tcl_Interp *interp,
+    const char *cmdName,	/* Name of command, without any namespace components */
+    Tcl_Namespace *namespace,   /* The namespace to create the command in */
+    Tcl_ObjCmdProc *proc,	/* Object-based function to associate with
+				 * name. */
+    ClientData clientData,	/* Arbitrary value to pass to object
+				 * function. */
+    Tcl_CmdDeleteProc *deleteProc
+				/* If not NULL, gives a function to call when
+				 * this command is deleted. */
+) {
+    int deleted = 0, isNew = 0;
+    Command *cmdPtr;
+    ImportRef *oldRefPtr = NULL;
+    ImportedCmdData *dataPtr;
+    Tcl_HashEntry *hPtr;
+    Namespace *nsPtr = (Namespace *) namespace;
     /*
      * If the command name we seek to create already exists, we need to
      * delete that first.  That can be tricky in the presence of traces.
      * Loop until we no longer find an existing command in the way, or
      * until we've deleted one command and that didn't finish the job.
      */
-
     while (1) {
-        /*
-         * Determine where the command should reside. If its name contains
-         * namespace qualifiers, we put it in the specified namespace;
-	 * otherwise, we always put it in the global namespace.
-         */
-
-        if (strstr(cmdName, "::") != NULL) {
-	    Namespace *dummy1, *dummy2;
-
-	    TclGetNamespaceForQualName(interp, cmdName, NULL,
-		TCL_CREATE_NS_IF_UNKNOWN, &nsPtr, &dummy1, &dummy2, &tail);
-	    if ((nsPtr == NULL) || (tail == NULL)) {
-	        return (Tcl_Command) NULL;
-	    }
-        } else {
-	    nsPtr = iPtr->globalNsPtr;
-	    tail = cmdName;
-        }
-
-        hPtr = Tcl_CreateHashEntry(&nsPtr->cmdTable, tail, &isNew);
-
-        if (isNew || deleted) {
+	hPtr = Tcl_CreateHashEntry(&nsPtr->cmdTable, cmdName, &isNew);
+
+	if (isNew || deleted) {
 	    /*
 	     * isNew - No conflict with existing command.
 	     * deleted - We've already deleted a conflicting command
 	     */
 	    break;
-        }
+	}
+
 
 	/* An existing command conflicts. Try to delete it.. */
 	cmdPtr = Tcl_GetHashValue(hPtr);
 
 	/*
@@ -2310,21 +2360,26 @@
 
 	cmdPtr->refCount++;
 	if (cmdPtr->importRefPtr) {
 	    cmdPtr->flags |= CMD_REDEF_IN_PROGRESS;
 	}
+
+	/* Make sure namespace doesn't get deallocated. */
+	cmdPtr->nsPtr->refCount++;
 
 	Tcl_DeleteCommandFromToken(interp, (Tcl_Command) cmdPtr);
+	nsPtr = (Namespace *) TclEnsureNamespace(interp,
+	    (Tcl_Namespace *)cmdPtr->nsPtr);
+	TclNsDecrRefCount(cmdPtr->nsPtr);
 
 	if (cmdPtr->flags & CMD_REDEF_IN_PROGRESS) {
 	    oldRefPtr = cmdPtr->importRefPtr;
 	    cmdPtr->importRefPtr = NULL;
 	}
 	TclCleanupCommandMacro(cmdPtr);
 	deleted = 1;
     }
-
     if (!isNew) {
 	/*
 	 * If the deletion callback recreated the command, just throw away
 	 * the new command (if we try to delete it again, we could get
 	 * stuck in an infinite loop).
@@ -2342,11 +2397,11 @@
 	 * Without invalidating a possible CmdName literal here explicitly,
 	 * such literals keep being reused while pointing to overhauled
 	 * commands.
 	 */
 
-	TclInvalidateCmdLiteral(interp, tail, nsPtr);
+	TclInvalidateCmdLiteral(interp, cmdName, nsPtr);
 
 	/*
 	 * The list of command exported from the namespace might have changed.
 	 * However, we do not need to recompute this just yet; next time we
 	 * need the info will be soon enough.
@@ -2457,11 +2512,11 @@
  *	pointer to this function is stored as the Tcl_CmdProc in a Command
  *	structure. It simply turns around and calls the object Tcl_ObjCmdProc
  *	in the Command structure.
  *
  * Results:
- *	A standard Tcl result value.
+ *	A standard Tcl string result value.
  *
  * Side effects:
  *	Besides those side effects of the called Tcl_ObjCmdProc,
  *	TclInvokeObjectCommand allocates and frees storage.
  *
@@ -2497,10 +2552,17 @@
     } else {
 	result = Tcl_NRCallObjProc(interp, cmdPtr->nreProc,
 		cmdPtr->objClientData, argc, objv);
     }
 
+    /*
+     * Move the interpreter's object result to the string result, then reset
+     * the object result.
+     */
+
+    (void) Tcl_GetStringResult(interp);
+
     /*
      * Decrement the ref counts for the argument objects created above, then
      * free the objv array if malloc'ed storage was used.
      */
 
@@ -2565,26 +2627,26 @@
 		((newName == NULL)||(*newName == '\0'))? "delete":"rename",
 		oldName));
         Tcl_SetErrorCode(interp, "TCL", "LOOKUP", "COMMAND", oldName, NULL);
 	return TCL_ERROR;
     }
-    cmdNsPtr = cmdPtr->nsPtr;
-    oldFullName = Tcl_NewObj();
-    Tcl_IncrRefCount(oldFullName);
-    Tcl_GetCommandFullName(interp, cmd, oldFullName);
 
     /*
      * If the new command name is NULL or empty, delete the command. Do this
      * with Tcl_DeleteCommandFromToken, since we already have the command.
      */
 
     if ((newName == NULL) || (*newName == '\0')) {
 	Tcl_DeleteCommandFromToken(interp, cmd);
-	result = TCL_OK;
-	goto done;
+	return TCL_OK;
     }
 
+    cmdNsPtr = cmdPtr->nsPtr;
+    oldFullName = Tcl_NewObj();
+    Tcl_IncrRefCount(oldFullName);
+    Tcl_GetCommandFullName(interp, cmd, oldFullName);
+
     /*
      * Make sure that the destination command does not already exist. The
      * rename operation is like creating a command, so we should automatically
      * create the containing namespaces just like Tcl_CreateCommand would.
      */
@@ -3091,10 +3153,12 @@
 
     /*
      * Call trace functions for the command being deleted. Then delete its
      * traces.
      */
+
+    cmdPtr->nsPtr->refCount++;
 
     if (cmdPtr->tracePtr != NULL) {
 	CommandTrace *tracePtr;
 	CallCommandTraces(iPtr,cmdPtr,NULL,NULL,TCL_TRACE_DELETE);
 
@@ -3119,10 +3183,11 @@
      * However, we do not need to recompute this just yet; next time we need
      * the info will be soon enough.
      */
 
     TclInvalidateNsCmdLookup(cmdPtr->nsPtr);
+    TclNsDecrRefCount(cmdPtr->nsPtr);
 
     /*
      * If the command being deleted has a compile function, increment the
      * interpreter's compileEpoch to invalidate its compiled code. This makes
      * sure that we don't later try to execute old code compiled with
@@ -3456,10 +3521,11 @@
  *	invalidated if the number of arguments has changed.
  *
  *----------------------------------------------------------------------
  */
 
+#if !defined(TCL_NO_DEPRECATED)
 void
 Tcl_CreateMathFunc(
     Tcl_Interp *interp,		/* Interpreter in which function is to be
 				 * available. */
     const char *name,		/* Name of function (e.g. "sin"). */
@@ -3506,11 +3572,11 @@
  *----------------------------------------------------------------------
  */
 
 static int
 OldMathFuncProc(
-    ClientData clientData,	/* Ponter to OldMathFuncData describing the
+    ClientData clientData,	/* Pointer to OldMathFuncData describing the
 				 * function being called */
     Tcl_Interp *interp,		/* Tcl interpreter */
     int objc,			/* Actual parameter count */
     Tcl_Obj *const *objv)	/* Parameter vector */
 {
@@ -3551,10 +3617,11 @@
 	     */
 
 	    Tcl_SetObjResult(interp, Tcl_NewStringObj(
 		    "argument to math function didn't have numeric value",
 		    -1));
+	    TclCheckBadOctal(interp, TclGetString(valuePtr));
 	    ckfree(args);
 	    return TCL_ERROR;
 	}
 
 	/*
@@ -3618,11 +3685,11 @@
     /*
      * Return the result of the call.
      */
 
     if (funcResult.type == TCL_INT) {
-	TclNewLongObj(valuePtr, funcResult.intValue);
+	TclNewIntObj(valuePtr, funcResult.intValue);
     } else if (funcResult.type == TCL_WIDE_INT) {
 	valuePtr = Tcl_NewWideIntObj(funcResult.wideValue);
     } else {
 	return CheckDoubleResult(interp, funcResult.doubleValue);
     }
@@ -3786,10 +3853,11 @@
     Tcl_DecrRefCount(script);
     Tcl_RestoreInterpState(interp, state);
 
     return result;
 }
+#endif /* !defined(TCL_NO_DEPRECATED) */
 
 /*
  *----------------------------------------------------------------------
  *
  * TclInterpReady --
@@ -3800,11 +3868,11 @@
  * Results:
  *	The return value is TCL_OK if it the interpreter is ready, TCL_ERROR
  *	otherwise.
  *
  * Side effects:
- *	The interpreter's result is cleared.
+ *	The interpreters object and string results are cleared.
  *
  *----------------------------------------------------------------------
  */
 
 int
@@ -3812,12 +3880,12 @@
     Tcl_Interp *interp)
 {
     register Interp *iPtr = (Interp *) interp;
 
     /*
-     * Reset the interpreter's result and clear out any previous error
-     * information.
+     * Reset both the interpreter's string and object results and clear out
+     * any previous error information.
      */
 
     Tcl_ResetResult(interp);
 
     /*
@@ -4393,13 +4461,34 @@
     int result,
     struct NRE_callback *rootPtr)
 				/* All callbacks down to rootPtr not inclusive
 				 * are to be run. */
 {
+#if !defined(TCL_NO_DEPRECATED) && TCL_MAJOR_VERSION < 9
+    Interp *iPtr = (Interp *) interp;
+#endif /* !defined(TCL_NO_DEPRECATED) */
     NRE_callback *callbackPtr;
     Tcl_NRPostProc *procPtr;
 
+    /*
+     * If the interpreter has a non-empty string result, the result object is
+     * either empty or stale because some function set interp->result
+     * directly. If so, move the string result to the result object, then
+     * reset the string result.
+     *
+     * This only needs to be done for the first item in the list: all other
+     * are for NR function calls, and those are Tcl_Obj based.
+     */
+
+#if !defined(TCL_NO_DEPRECATED) && TCL_MAJOR_VERSION < 9
+    if (*(iPtr->result) != 0) {
+	(void) Tcl_GetObjResult(interp);
+    }
+#endif /* !defined(TCL_NO_DEPRECATED) */
+
+    /* This is the trampoline. */
+
     while (TOP_CB(interp) != rootPtr) {
 	callbackPtr = TOP_CB(interp);
 	procPtr = callbackPtr->procPtr;
 	TOP_CB(interp) = callbackPtr->nextPtr;
 	result = procPtr(callbackPtr->data, interp, result);
@@ -4529,11 +4618,11 @@
 
     if (result != TCL_OK) {
 	if (result == TCL_RETURN) {
 	    result = TclUpdateReturnInfo(iPtr);
 	}
-	if ((result != TCL_ERROR) && !allowExceptions) {
+	if ((result != TCL_OK) && (result != TCL_ERROR) && !allowExceptions) {
 	    ProcessUnexpectedResult(interp, result);
 	    result = TCL_ERROR;
 	}
     }
 
@@ -4710,11 +4799,11 @@
     int objc,
     Tcl_Obj *const objv[])
 {
     Interp *iPtr = (Interp *) interp;
     Command *cmdPtr = *cmdPtrPtr;
-    size_t newEpoch, cmdEpoch = cmdPtr->cmdEpoch;
+    unsigned int newEpoch, cmdEpoch = cmdPtr->cmdEpoch;
     int length, traceCode = TCL_OK;
     const char *command = TclGetStringFromObj(commandPtr, &length);
 
     /*
      * Call trace functions.
@@ -4853,10 +4942,11 @@
 {
     return TclSubstTokens(interp, tokenPtr, count, /* numLeftPtr */ NULL, 1,
 	    NULL, NULL);
 }
 
+#if !defined(TCL_NO_DEPRECATED) && TCL_MAJOR_VERSION < 9
 /*
  *----------------------------------------------------------------------
  *
  * Tcl_EvalTokens --
  *
@@ -4900,10 +4990,11 @@
     resPtr = Tcl_GetObjResult(interp);
     Tcl_IncrRefCount(resPtr);
     Tcl_ResetResult(interp);
     return resPtr;
 }
+#endif /* !TCL_NO_DEPRECATED */
 
 /*
  *----------------------------------------------------------------------
  *
  * Tcl_EvalEx, TclEvalEx --
@@ -5863,11 +5954,20 @@
 Tcl_Eval(
     Tcl_Interp *interp,		/* Token for command interpreter (returned by
 				 * previous call to Tcl_CreateInterp). */
     const char *script)		/* Pointer to TCL command to execute. */
 {
-    return Tcl_EvalEx(interp, script, -1, 0);
+    int code = Tcl_EvalEx(interp, script, -1, 0);
+
+    /*
+     * For backwards compatibility with old C code that predates the object
+     * system in Tcl 8.0, we have to mirror the object result back into the
+     * string result (some callers may expect it there).
+     */
+
+    (void) Tcl_GetStringResult(interp);
+    return code;
 }
 
 /*
  *----------------------------------------------------------------------
  *
@@ -6286,10 +6386,13 @@
     } else {
 	exprPtr = Tcl_NewStringObj(exprstring, -1);
 	Tcl_IncrRefCount(exprPtr);
 	result = Tcl_ExprLongObj(interp, exprPtr, ptr);
 	Tcl_DecrRefCount(exprPtr);
+	if (result != TCL_OK) {
+	    (void) Tcl_GetStringResult(interp);
+	}
     }
     return result;
 }
 
 int
@@ -6312,10 +6415,13 @@
 	exprPtr = Tcl_NewStringObj(exprstring, -1);
 	Tcl_IncrRefCount(exprPtr);
 	result = Tcl_ExprDoubleObj(interp, exprPtr, ptr);
 	Tcl_DecrRefCount(exprPtr);
 				/* Discard the expression object. */
+	if (result != TCL_OK) {
+	    (void) Tcl_GetStringResult(interp);
+	}
     }
     return result;
 }
 
 int
@@ -6337,10 +6443,18 @@
 	Tcl_Obj *exprPtr = Tcl_NewStringObj(exprstring, -1);
 
 	Tcl_IncrRefCount(exprPtr);
 	result = Tcl_ExprBooleanObj(interp, exprPtr, ptr);
 	Tcl_DecrRefCount(exprPtr);
+	if (result != TCL_OK) {
+	    /*
+	     * Move the interpreter's object result to the string result, then
+	     * reset the object result.
+	     */
+
+	    (void) Tcl_GetStringResult(interp);
+	}
 	return result;
     }
 }
 
 /*
@@ -6395,11 +6509,10 @@
 	    return TCL_ERROR;
 	}
 	resultPtr = Tcl_NewBignumObj(&big);
 	/* FALLTHROUGH */
     }
-    case TCL_NUMBER_LONG:
     case TCL_NUMBER_WIDE:
     case TCL_NUMBER_BIG:
 	result = TclGetLongFromObj(interp, resultPtr, ptr);
 	break;
 
@@ -6651,10 +6764,16 @@
 	if (code == TCL_OK) {
 	    Tcl_SetObjResult(interp, resultPtr);
 	    Tcl_DecrRefCount(resultPtr);
 	}
     }
+
+    /*
+     * Force the string rep of the interp result.
+     */
+
+    (void) Tcl_GetStringResult(interp);
     return code;
 }
 
 /*
  *----------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -6757,11 +6876,24 @@
      * the error message in the interpreter's result.
      */
 
     iPtr->flags |= ERR_LEGACY_COPY;
     if (iPtr->errorInfo == NULL) {
-        iPtr->errorInfo = iPtr->objResultPtr;
+#if !defined(TCL_NO_DEPRECATED) && TCL_MAJOR_VERSION < 9
+	if (*(iPtr->result) != 0) {
+	    /*
+	     * The interp's string result is set, apparently by some extension
+	     * making a deprecated direct write to it. That extension may
+	     * expect interp->result to continue to be set, so we'll take
+	     * special pains to avoid clearing it, until we drop support for
+	     * interp->result completely.
+	     */
+
+	    iPtr->errorInfo = Tcl_NewStringObj(iPtr->result, -1);
+	} else
+#endif /* !defined(TCL_NO_DEPRECATED) */
+	    iPtr->errorInfo = iPtr->objResultPtr;
 	Tcl_IncrRefCount(iPtr->errorInfo);
 	if (!iPtr->errorCode) {
 	    Tcl_SetErrorCode(interp, "NONE", NULL);
 	}
     }
@@ -6835,11 +6967,11 @@
  *	Given a variable number of string arguments, concatenate them all
  *	together and execute the result as a Tcl command.
  *
  * Results:
  *	A standard Tcl return result. An error message or other result may be
- *	left in the interp.
+ *	left in interp->result.
  *
  * Side effects:
  *	Depends on what was done by the command.
  *
  *----------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -7353,16 +7485,16 @@
 
     if (TclGetNumberFromObj(interp, objv[1], &ptr, &type) != TCL_OK) {
 	return TCL_ERROR;
     }
 
-    if (type == TCL_NUMBER_LONG) {
-	long l = *((const long *) ptr);
+    if (type == TCL_NUMBER_WIDE) {
+	Tcl_WideInt l = *((const Tcl_WideInt *) ptr);
 
-	if (l > (long)0) {
+	if (l > (Tcl_WideInt)0) {
 	    goto unChanged;
-	} else if (l == (long)0) {
+	} else if (l == (Tcl_WideInt)0) {
 	    const char *string = objv[1]->bytes;
 	    if (string) {
 		while (*string != '0') {
 		    if (*string == '-') {
 			Tcl_SetObjResult(interp, Tcl_NewLongObj(0));
@@ -7370,15 +7502,15 @@
 		    }
 		    string++;
 		}
 	    }
 	    goto unChanged;
-	} else if (l == LONG_MIN) {
-	    TclInitBignumFromLong(&big, l);
+	} else if (l == LLONG_MIN) {
+	    TclInitBignumFromWideInt(&big, l);
 	    goto tooLarge;
 	}
-	Tcl_SetObjResult(interp, Tcl_NewLongObj(-l));
+	Tcl_SetObjResult(interp, Tcl_NewWideIntObj(-l));
 	return TCL_OK;
     }
 
     if (type == TCL_NUMBER_DOUBLE) {
 	double d = *((const double *) ptr);
@@ -7398,28 +7530,12 @@
 	}
 	Tcl_SetObjResult(interp, Tcl_NewDoubleObj(-d));
 	return TCL_OK;
     }
 
-#ifndef TCL_WIDE_INT_IS_LONG
-    if (type == TCL_NUMBER_WIDE) {
-	Tcl_WideInt w = *((const Tcl_WideInt *) ptr);
-
-	if (w >= (Tcl_WideInt)0) {
-	    goto unChanged;
-	}
-	if (w == LLONG_MIN) {
-	    TclInitBignumFromWideInt(&big, w);
-	    goto tooLarge;
-	}
-	Tcl_SetObjResult(interp, Tcl_NewWideIntObj(-w));
-	return TCL_OK;
-    }
-#endif
-
     if (type == TCL_NUMBER_BIG) {
-	if (mp_cmp_d((const mp_int *) ptr, 0) == MP_LT) {
+	if (mp_isneg((const mp_int *) ptr)) {
 	    Tcl_GetBignumFromObj(NULL, objv[1], &big);
 	tooLarge:
 	    mp_neg(&big, &big);
 	    Tcl_SetObjResult(interp, Tcl_NewBignumObj(&big));
 	} else {
@@ -7609,10 +7725,75 @@
 	Tcl_DecrRefCount(objPtr);
     }
     Tcl_SetObjResult(interp, Tcl_NewWideIntObj(wResult));
     return TCL_OK;
 }
+
+/*
+ * Common implmentation of max() and min().
+ */
+static int
+ExprMaxMinFunc(
+    ClientData clientData,	/* Ignored. */
+    Tcl_Interp *interp,		/* The interpreter in which to execute the
+				 * function. */
+    int objc,			/* Actual parameter count. */
+    Tcl_Obj *const *objv,	/* Actual parameter vector. */
+    int op)			/* Comparison direction */
+{
+    Tcl_Obj *res;
+    double d;
+    int type, i;
+    ClientData ptr;
+
+    if (objc < 2) {
+	MathFuncWrongNumArgs(interp, 2, objc, objv);
+	return TCL_ERROR;
+    }
+    res = objv[1];
+    for (i = 1; i < objc; i++) {
+        if (TclGetNumberFromObj(interp, objv[i], &ptr, &type) != TCL_OK) {
+            return TCL_ERROR;
+        }
+        if (type == TCL_NUMBER_NAN) {
+            /*
+             * Get the error message for NaN.
+             */
+
+            Tcl_GetDoubleFromObj(interp, objv[i], &d);
+            return TCL_ERROR;
+        }
+        if (TclCompareTwoNumbers(objv[i], res) == op)  {
+            res = objv[i];
+        }
+    }
+
+    Tcl_SetObjResult(interp, res);
+    return TCL_OK;
+}
+
+static int
+ExprMaxFunc(
+    ClientData clientData,	/* Ignored. */
+    Tcl_Interp *interp,		/* The interpreter in which to execute the
+				 * function. */
+    int objc,			/* Actual parameter count. */
+    Tcl_Obj *const *objv)	/* Actual parameter vector. */
+{
+    return ExprMaxMinFunc(clientData, interp, objc, objv, MP_GT);
+}
+
+static int
+ExprMinFunc(
+    ClientData clientData,	/* Ignored. */
+    Tcl_Interp *interp,		/* The interpreter in which to execute the
+				 * function. */
+    int objc,			/* Actual parameter count. */
+    Tcl_Obj *const *objv)	/* Actual parameter vector. */
+{
+    return ExprMaxMinFunc(clientData, interp, objc, objv, MP_LT);
+}
 
 static int
 ExprRandFunc(
     ClientData clientData,	/* Ignored. */
     Tcl_Interp *interp,		/* The interpreter in which to execute the
@@ -7633,11 +7814,11 @@
 
     if (!(iPtr->flags & RAND_SEED_INITIALIZED)) {
 	iPtr->flags |= RAND_SEED_INITIALIZED;
 
 	/*
-	 * To ensure different seeds in different threads (bug #416643), 
+	 * To ensure different seeds in different threads (bug #416643),
 	 * take into consideration the thread this interp is running in.
 	 */
 
 	iPtr->randSeed = TclpGetClicks() + (PTR2INT(Tcl_GetCurrentThread())<<12);
 
@@ -8095,10 +8276,26 @@
 				 * this command is deleted. */
 {
     Command *cmdPtr = (Command *)
 	    Tcl_CreateObjCommand(interp,cmdName,proc,clientData,deleteProc);
 
+    cmdPtr->nreProc = nreProc;
+    return (Tcl_Command) cmdPtr;
+}
+
+Tcl_Command
+TclNRCreateCommandInNs (
+    Tcl_Interp *interp,
+    const char *cmdName,
+    Tcl_Namespace *nsPtr,
+    Tcl_ObjCmdProc *proc,
+    Tcl_ObjCmdProc *nreProc,
+    ClientData clientData,
+    Tcl_CmdDeleteProc *deleteProc) {
+    Command *cmdPtr = (Command *)
+	TclCreateObjCommandInNs(interp,cmdName,nsPtr,proc,clientData,deleteProc);
+
     cmdPtr->nreProc = nreProc;
     return (Tcl_Command) cmdPtr;
 }
 
 /****************************************************************************
@@ -8883,48 +9080,35 @@
     int objc,			/* Number of arguments. */
     Tcl_Obj *const objv[])	/* Argument objects. */
 {
     Command *cmdPtr;
     CoroutineData *corPtr;
-    const char *fullName, *procName;
-    Namespace *nsPtr, *altNsPtr, *cxtNsPtr;
-    Tcl_DString ds;
+    const char *procName, *simpleName;
+    Namespace *nsPtr, *altNsPtr, *cxtNsPtr,
+	*inNsPtr = (Namespace *)TclGetCurrentNamespace(interp);
     Namespace *lookupNsPtr = iPtr->varFramePtr->nsPtr;
 
     if (objc < 3) {
 	Tcl_WrongNumArgs(interp, 1, objv, "name cmd ?arg ...?");
 	return TCL_ERROR;
     }
 
-    /*
-     * FIXME: this is copy/pasted from Tcl_ProcObjCommand. Should have
-     * something in tclUtil.c to find the FQ name.
-     */
-
-    fullName = TclGetString(objv[1]);
-    TclGetNamespaceForQualName(interp, fullName, NULL, 0,
-	    &nsPtr, &altNsPtr, &cxtNsPtr, &procName);
+    procName = TclGetString(objv[1]);
+    TclGetNamespaceForQualName(interp, procName, inNsPtr, 0,
+	    &nsPtr, &altNsPtr, &cxtNsPtr, &simpleName);
 
     if (nsPtr == NULL) {
 	Tcl_SetObjResult(interp, Tcl_ObjPrintf(
                 "can't create procedure \"%s\": unknown namespace",
-                fullName));
+                procName));
         Tcl_SetErrorCode(interp, "TCL", "LOOKUP", "NAMESPACE", NULL);
 	return TCL_ERROR;
     }
-    if (procName == NULL) {
+    if (simpleName == NULL) {
 	Tcl_SetObjResult(interp, Tcl_ObjPrintf(
                 "can't create procedure \"%s\": bad procedure name",
-                fullName));
-        Tcl_SetErrorCode(interp, "TCL", "VALUE", "COMMAND", fullName, NULL);
-	return TCL_ERROR;
-    }
-    if ((nsPtr != iPtr->globalNsPtr)
-	    && (procName != NULL) && (procName[0] == ':')) {
-	Tcl_SetObjResult(interp, Tcl_ObjPrintf(
-                "can't create procedure \"%s\" in non-global namespace with"
-                " name starting with \":\"", procName));
+                procName));
         Tcl_SetErrorCode(interp, "TCL", "VALUE", "COMMAND", procName, NULL);
 	return TCL_ERROR;
     }
 
     /*
@@ -8932,20 +9116,13 @@
      * struct and create the corresponding command.
      */
 
     corPtr = ckalloc(sizeof(CoroutineData));
 
-    Tcl_DStringInit(&ds);
-    if (nsPtr != iPtr->globalNsPtr) {
-	Tcl_DStringAppend(&ds, nsPtr->fullName, -1);
-	TclDStringAppendLiteral(&ds, "::");
-    }
-    Tcl_DStringAppend(&ds, procName, -1);
-
-    cmdPtr = (Command *) Tcl_NRCreateCommand(interp, Tcl_DStringValue(&ds),
-	    /*objProc*/ NULL, TclNRInterpCoroutine, corPtr, DeleteCoroutine);
-    Tcl_DStringFree(&ds);
+    cmdPtr = (Command *) TclNRCreateCommandInNs(interp, simpleName,
+	    (Tcl_Namespace *)nsPtr, /*objProc*/ NULL, TclNRInterpCoroutine,
+	    corPtr, DeleteCoroutine);
 
     corPtr->cmdPtr = cmdPtr;
     cmdPtr->refCount++;
 
     /*

Index: generic/tclCkalloc.c
==================================================================
--- generic/tclCkalloc.c
+++ generic/tclCkalloc.c
@@ -185,19 +185,19 @@
     }
     sprintf(buf,
 	    "total mallocs             %10u\n"
 	    "total frees               %10u\n"
 	    "current packets allocated %10u\n"
-	    "current bytes allocated   %10" TCL_LL_MODIFIER "u\n"
+	    "current bytes allocated   %10" TCL_Z_MODIFIER "u\n"
 	    "maximum packets allocated %10u\n"
-	    "maximum bytes allocated   %10" TCL_LL_MODIFIER "u\n",
+	    "maximum bytes allocated   %10" TCL_Z_MODIFIER "u\n",
 	    total_mallocs,
 	    total_frees,
 	    current_malloc_packets,
-	    (Tcl_WideInt)current_bytes_malloced,
+	    current_bytes_malloced,
 	    maximum_malloc_packets,
-	    (Tcl_WideInt)maximum_bytes_malloced);
+	    maximum_bytes_malloced);
     if (flags == 0) {
 	fprintf((FILE *)clientData, "%s", buf);
     } else {
 	/* Assume objPtr to append to */
 	Tcl_AppendToObj((Tcl_Obj *) clientData, buf, -1);
@@ -252,11 +252,11 @@
     if (guard_failed) {
 	TclDumpMemoryInfo((ClientData) stderr, 0);
 	fprintf(stderr, "low guard failed at %p, %s %d\n",
 		memHeaderP->body, file, line);
 	fflush(stderr);			/* In case name pointer is bad. */
-	fprintf(stderr, "%" TCL_LL_MODIFIER "d bytes allocated at (%s %d)\n", (Tcl_WideInt) memHeaderP->length,
+	fprintf(stderr, "%" TCL_Z_MODIFIER "u bytes allocated at (%s %d)\n", memHeaderP->length,
 		memHeaderP->file, memHeaderP->line);
 	Tcl_Panic("Memory validation failure");
     }
 
     hiPtr = (unsigned char *)memHeaderP->body + memHeaderP->length;
@@ -274,12 +274,12 @@
     if (guard_failed) {
 	TclDumpMemoryInfo((ClientData) stderr, 0);
 	fprintf(stderr, "high guard failed at %p, %s %d\n",
 		memHeaderP->body, file, line);
 	fflush(stderr);			/* In case name pointer is bad. */
-	fprintf(stderr, "%" TCL_LL_MODIFIER "d bytes allocated at (%s %d)\n",
-		(Tcl_WideInt)memHeaderP->length, memHeaderP->file,
+	fprintf(stderr, "%" TCL_Z_MODIFIER "u bytes allocated at (%s %d)\n",
+		memHeaderP->length, memHeaderP->file,
 		memHeaderP->line);
 	Tcl_Panic("Memory validation failure");
     }
 
     if (nukeGuards) {
@@ -357,13 +357,13 @@
     }
 
     Tcl_MutexLock(ckallocMutexPtr);
     for (memScanP = allocHead; memScanP != NULL; memScanP = memScanP->flink) {
 	address = &memScanP->body[0];
-	fprintf(fileP, "%p - %p  %" TCL_LL_MODIFIER "d @ %s %d %s",
+	fprintf(fileP, "%p - %p  %" TCL_Z_MODIFIER "u @ %s %d %s",
 		address, address + memScanP->length - 1,
-		(Tcl_WideInt)memScanP->length, memScanP->file, memScanP->line,
+		memScanP->length, memScanP->file, memScanP->line,
 		(memScanP->tagPtr == NULL) ? "" : memScanP->tagPtr->string);
 	(void) fputc('\n', fileP);
     }
     Tcl_MutexUnlock(ckallocMutexPtr);
 
@@ -609,12 +609,12 @@
      */
 
     memp = (struct mem_header *) (((size_t) ptr) - BODY_OFFSET);
 
     if (alloc_tracing) {
-	fprintf(stderr, "ckfree %p %" TCL_LL_MODIFIER "d %s %d\n",
-		memp->body, (Tcl_WideInt) memp->length, file, line);
+	fprintf(stderr, "ckfree %p %" TCL_Z_MODIFIER "u %s %d\n",
+		memp->body, memp->length, file, line);
     }
 
     if (validate_memory) {
 	Tcl_ValidateAllMemory(file, line);
     }
@@ -857,16 +857,16 @@
 	break_on_malloc = (unsigned int) value;
 	return TCL_OK;
     }
     if (strcmp(argv[1],"info") == 0) {
 	Tcl_SetObjResult(interp, Tcl_ObjPrintf(
-		"%-25s %10u\n%-25s %10u\n%-25s %10u\n%-25s %10" TCL_LL_MODIFIER"d\n%-25s %10u\n%-25s %10" TCL_LL_MODIFIER "d\n",
+		"%-25s %10u\n%-25s %10u\n%-25s %10u\n%-25s %10" TCL_Z_MODIFIER"u\n%-25s %10u\n%-25s %10" TCL_Z_MODIFIER "u\n",
 		"total mallocs", total_mallocs, "total frees", total_frees,
 		"current packets allocated", current_malloc_packets,
-		"current bytes allocated", (Tcl_WideInt)current_bytes_malloced,
+		"current bytes allocated", current_bytes_malloced,
 		"maximum packets allocated", maximum_malloc_packets,
-		"maximum bytes allocated", (Tcl_WideInt)maximum_bytes_malloced));
+		"maximum bytes allocated", maximum_bytes_malloced));
 	return TCL_OK;
     }
     if (strcmp(argv[1], "init") == 0) {
 	if (argc != 3) {
 	    goto bad_suboption;

Index: generic/tclCmdAH.c
==================================================================
--- generic/tclCmdAH.c
+++ generic/tclCmdAH.c
@@ -162,11 +162,11 @@
  * Side effects:
  *	See the user documentation.
  *
  *----------------------------------------------------------------------
  */
-#ifndef TCL_NO_DEPRECATED
+#if !defined(TCL_NO_DEPRECATED) && TCL_MAJOR_VERSION < 9
 	/* ARGSUSED */
 int
 Tcl_CaseObjCmd(
     ClientData dummy,		/* Not used. */
     Tcl_Interp *interp,		/* Current interpreter. */

Index: generic/tclCmdIL.c
==================================================================
--- generic/tclCmdIL.c
+++ generic/tclCmdIL.c
@@ -62,12 +62,13 @@
 				 * defined below. */
     Tcl_Obj *compareCmdPtr;	/* The Tcl comparison command when sortMode is
 				 * SORTMODE_COMMAND. Pre-initialized to hold
 				 * base of command. */
     int *indexv;		/* If the -index option was specified, this
-				 * holds the indexes contained in the list
-				 * supplied as an argument to that option.
+				 * holds an encoding of the indexes contained
+				 * in the list supplied as an argument to
+				 * that option.
 				 * NULL if no indexes supplied, and points to
 				 * singleIndex field when only one
 				 * supplied. */
     int indexc;			/* Number of indexes in indexv array. */
     int singleIndex;		/* Static space for common index case. */
@@ -90,18 +91,10 @@
 #define SORTMODE_REAL		2
 #define SORTMODE_COMMAND	3
 #define SORTMODE_DICTIONARY	4
 #define SORTMODE_ASCII_NC	8
 
-/*
- * Magic values for the index field of the SortInfo structure. Note that the
- * index "end-1" will be translated to SORTIDX_END-1, etc.
- */
-
-#define SORTIDX_NONE	-1	/* Not indexed; use whole value. */
-#define SORTIDX_END	-2	/* Indexed from end. */
-
 /*
  * Forward declarations for procedures defined in this file:
  */
 
 static int		DictionaryCompare(const char *left, const char *right);
@@ -2158,11 +2151,11 @@
     ClientData dummy,		/* Not used. */
     Tcl_Interp *interp,		/* Current interpreter. */
     int objc,			/* Number of arguments. */
     Tcl_Obj *const objv[])	/* The argument objects. */
 {
-    int listLen;
+    int length, listLen;
     Tcl_Obj *resObjPtr = NULL, *joinObjPtr, **elemPtrs;
 
     if ((objc < 2) || (objc > 3)) {
 	Tcl_WrongNumArgs(interp, 1, objv, "list ?joinString?");
 	return TCL_ERROR;
@@ -2189,13 +2182,13 @@
     }
 
     joinObjPtr = (objc == 2) ? Tcl_NewStringObj(" ", 1) : objv[2];
     Tcl_IncrRefCount(joinObjPtr);
 
-    if (Tcl_GetCharLength(joinObjPtr) == 0) {
-	TclStringCatObjv(interp, /* inPlace */ 0, listLen, elemPtrs,
-		&resObjPtr);
+    (void) Tcl_GetStringFromObj(joinObjPtr, &length);
+    if (length == 0) {
+	resObjPtr = TclStringCat(interp, listLen, elemPtrs, 0);
     } else {
 	int i;
 
 	resObjPtr = Tcl_NewObj();
 	for (i = 0;  i < listLen;  i++) {
@@ -2785,11 +2778,11 @@
      * list length. This won't ever trigger for the "end-*" case as that will
      * be properly constrained by TclGetIntForIndex because we use listLen-1
      * (to allow for replacing the last elem).
      */
 
-    if ((first > listLen) && (listLen > 0)) {
+    if ((first >= listLen) && (listLen > 0)) {
 	Tcl_SetObjResult(interp, Tcl_ObjPrintf(
 		"list doesn't contain element %s", TclGetString(objv[2])));
 	Tcl_SetErrorCode(interp, "TCL", "OPERATION", "LREPLACE", "BADIDX",
 		NULL);
 	return TCL_ERROR;
@@ -2936,32 +2929,33 @@
     Tcl_Interp *interp,		/* Current interpreter. */
     int objc,			/* Number of arguments. */
     Tcl_Obj *const objv[])	/* Argument values. */
 {
     const char *bytes, *patternBytes;
-    int i, match, index, result, listc, length, elemLen, bisect;
-    int dataType, isIncreasing, lower, upper, offset;
+    int i, match, index, result=TCL_OK, listc, length, elemLen, bisect;
+    int allocatedIndexVector = 0;
+    int dataType, isIncreasing, lower, upper, start, groupSize, groupOffset;
     Tcl_WideInt patWide, objWide;
     int allMatches, inlineReturn, negatedMatch, returnSubindices, noCase;
     double patDouble, objDouble;
     SortInfo sortInfo;
     Tcl_Obj *patObj, **listv, *listPtr, *startPtr, *itemPtr;
-    SortStrCmpFn_t strCmpFn = strcmp;
+    SortStrCmpFn_t strCmpFn = TclUtfCmp;
     Tcl_RegExp regexp = NULL;
     static const char *const options[] = {
 	"-all",	    "-ascii",   "-bisect", "-decreasing", "-dictionary",
 	"-exact",   "-glob",    "-increasing", "-index",
 	"-inline",  "-integer", "-nocase",     "-not",
-	"-real",    "-regexp",  "-sorted",     "-start",
+	"-real",    "-regexp",  "-sorted",     "-start", "-stride",
 	"-subindices", NULL
     };
     enum options {
 	LSEARCH_ALL, LSEARCH_ASCII, LSEARCH_BISECT, LSEARCH_DECREASING,
 	LSEARCH_DICTIONARY, LSEARCH_EXACT, LSEARCH_GLOB, LSEARCH_INCREASING,
 	LSEARCH_INDEX, LSEARCH_INLINE, LSEARCH_INTEGER, LSEARCH_NOCASE,
 	LSEARCH_NOT, LSEARCH_REAL, LSEARCH_REGEXP, LSEARCH_SORTED,
-	LSEARCH_START, LSEARCH_SUBINDICES
+	LSEARCH_START, LSEARCH_STRIDE, LSEARCH_SUBINDICES
     };
     enum datatypes {
 	ASCII, DICTIONARY, INTEGER, REAL
     };
     enum modes {
@@ -2977,11 +2971,13 @@
     returnSubindices = 0;
     negatedMatch = 0;
     bisect = 0;
     listPtr = NULL;
     startPtr = NULL;
-    offset = 0;
+    groupSize = 1;
+    groupOffset = 0;
+    start = 0;
     noCase = 0;
     sortInfo.compareCmdPtr = NULL;
     sortInfo.isIncreasing = 1;
     sortInfo.sortMode = 0;
     sortInfo.interp = interp;
@@ -2995,13 +2991,10 @@
     }
 
     for (i = 1; i < objc-2; i++) {
 	if (Tcl_GetIndexFromObj(interp, objv[i], options, "option", 0, &index)
 		!= TCL_OK) {
-	    if (startPtr != NULL) {
-		Tcl_DecrRefCount(startPtr);
-	    }
 	    result = TCL_ERROR;
 	    goto done;
 	}
 	switch ((enum options) index) {
 	case LSEARCH_ALL:		/* -all */
@@ -3062,10 +3055,11 @@
 	     * because it will either be replaced or there will be an error.
 	     */
 
 	    if (startPtr != NULL) {
 		Tcl_DecrRefCount(startPtr);
+		startPtr = NULL;
 	    }
 	    if (i > objc-4) {
 		Tcl_SetObjResult(interp, Tcl_NewStringObj(
 			"missing starting index", -1));
 		Tcl_SetErrorCode(interp, "TCL", "ARGUMENT", "MISSING", NULL);
@@ -3082,29 +3076,51 @@
 		 */
 
 		startPtr = Tcl_DuplicateObj(objv[i]);
 	    } else {
 		startPtr = objv[i];
-		Tcl_IncrRefCount(startPtr);
+	    }
+	    Tcl_IncrRefCount(startPtr);
+	    break;
+	case LSEARCH_STRIDE:		/* -stride */
+	    if (i > objc-4) {
+		Tcl_SetObjResult(interp, Tcl_NewStringObj(
+			"\"-stride\" option must be "
+			"followed by stride length", -1));
+		Tcl_SetErrorCode(interp, "TCL", "ARGUMENT", "MISSING", NULL);
+		result = TCL_ERROR;
+		goto done;
+	    }
+	    if (Tcl_GetIntFromObj(interp, objv[i+1], &groupSize) != TCL_OK) {
+		result = TCL_ERROR;
+		goto done;
+	    }
+	    if (groupSize < 1) {
+		Tcl_SetObjResult(interp, Tcl_NewStringObj(
+			"stride length must be at least 1", -1));
+		Tcl_SetErrorCode(interp, "TCL", "OPERATION", "LSORT",
+			"BADSTRIDE", NULL);
+		result = TCL_ERROR;
+		goto done;
 	    }
+	    i++;
 	    break;
 	case LSEARCH_INDEX: {		/* -index */
 	    Tcl_Obj **indices;
 	    int j;
 
-	    if (sortInfo.indexc > 1) {
+	    if (allocatedIndexVector) {
 		TclStackFree(interp, sortInfo.indexv);
+		allocatedIndexVector = 0;
 	    }
 	    if (i > objc-4) {
-		if (startPtr != NULL) {
-		    Tcl_DecrRefCount(startPtr);
-		}
 		Tcl_SetObjResult(interp, Tcl_NewStringObj(
 			"\"-index\" option must be followed by list index",
 			-1));
 		Tcl_SetErrorCode(interp, "TCL", "ARGUMENT", "MISSING", NULL);
-		return TCL_ERROR;
+		result = TCL_ERROR;
+		goto done;
 	    }
 
 	    /*
 	     * Store the extracted indices for processing by sublist
 	     * extraction. Note that we don't do this using objects because
@@ -3112,14 +3128,12 @@
 	     */
 
 	    i++;
 	    if (TclListObjGetElements(interp, objv[i],
 		    &sortInfo.indexc, &indices) != TCL_OK) {
-		if (startPtr != NULL) {
-		    Tcl_DecrRefCount(startPtr);
-		}
-		return TCL_ERROR;
+		result = TCL_ERROR;
+		goto done;
 	    }
 	    switch (sortInfo.indexc) {
 	    case 0:
 		sortInfo.indexv = NULL;
 		break;
@@ -3127,26 +3141,41 @@
 		sortInfo.indexv = &sortInfo.singleIndex;
 		break;
 	    default:
 		sortInfo.indexv =
 			TclStackAlloc(interp, sizeof(int) * sortInfo.indexc);
+		allocatedIndexVector = 1; /* Cannot use indexc field, as it
+					   * might be decreased by 1 later. */
 	    }
 
 	    /*
 	     * Fill the array by parsing each index. We don't know whether
 	     * their scale is sensible yet, but we at least perform the
 	     * syntactic check here.
 	     */
 
 	    for (j=0 ; j<sortInfo.indexc ; j++) {
-		if (TclGetIntForIndexM(interp, indices[j], SORTIDX_END,
-			&sortInfo.indexv[j]) != TCL_OK) {
+		int encoded = 0;
+		if (TclIndexEncode(interp, indices[j], TCL_INDEX_BEFORE,
+			TCL_INDEX_AFTER, &encoded) != TCL_OK) {
+		    result = TCL_ERROR;
+		}
+		if ((encoded == TCL_INDEX_BEFORE)
+			|| (encoded == TCL_INDEX_AFTER)) {
+		    Tcl_SetObjResult(interp, Tcl_ObjPrintf(
+			    "index \"%s\" cannot select an element "
+			    "from any list", Tcl_GetString(indices[j])));
+		    Tcl_SetErrorCode(interp, "TCL", "VALUE", "INDEX"
+			    "OUTOFRANGE", NULL);
+		    result = TCL_ERROR;
+		}
+		if (result == TCL_ERROR) {
 		    Tcl_AppendObjToErrorInfo(interp, Tcl_ObjPrintf(
 			    "\n    (-index option item number %d)", j));
-		    result = TCL_ERROR;
 		    goto done;
 		}
+		sortInfo.indexv[j] = encoded;
 	    }
 	    break;
 	}
 	}
     }
@@ -3154,26 +3183,25 @@
     /*
      * Subindices only make sense if asked for with -index option set.
      */
 
     if (returnSubindices && sortInfo.indexc==0) {
-	if (startPtr != NULL) {
-	    Tcl_DecrRefCount(startPtr);
-	}
 	Tcl_SetObjResult(interp, Tcl_NewStringObj(
 		"-subindices cannot be used without -index option", -1));
 	Tcl_SetErrorCode(interp, "TCL", "OPERATION", "LSEARCH",
 		"BAD_OPTION_MIX", NULL);
-	return TCL_ERROR;
+	result = TCL_ERROR;
+	goto done;
     }
 
     if (bisect && (allMatches || negatedMatch)) {
 	Tcl_SetObjResult(interp, Tcl_NewStringObj(
 		"-bisect is not compatible with -all or -not", -1));
 	Tcl_SetErrorCode(interp, "TCL", "OPERATION", "LSEARCH",
 		"BAD_OPTION_MIX", NULL);
-	return TCL_ERROR;
+	result = TCL_ERROR;
+	goto done;
     }
 
     if (mode == REGEXP) {
 	/*
 	 * We can shimmer regexp/list if listv[i] == pattern, so get the
@@ -3195,13 +3223,10 @@
 	    regexp = Tcl_GetRegExpFromObj(interp, objv[objc - 1],
 		    TCL_REG_ADVANCED | (noCase ? TCL_REG_NOCASE : 0));
 	}
 
 	if (regexp == NULL) {
-	    if (startPtr != NULL) {
-		Tcl_DecrRefCount(startPtr);
-	    }
 	    result = TCL_ERROR;
 	    goto done;
 	}
     }
 
@@ -3210,45 +3235,90 @@
      * pointer to its array of element pointers.
      */
 
     result = TclListObjGetElements(interp, objv[objc - 2], &listc, &listv);
     if (result != TCL_OK) {
-	if (startPtr != NULL) {
-	    Tcl_DecrRefCount(startPtr);
-	}
 	goto done;
     }
+
+    /*
+     * Check for sanity when grouping elements of the overall list together
+     * because of the -stride option. [TIP #351]
+     */
+
+    if (groupSize > 1) {
+	if (listc % groupSize) {
+	    Tcl_SetObjResult(interp, Tcl_NewStringObj(
+		    "list size must be a multiple of the stride length",
+		    -1));
+	    Tcl_SetErrorCode(interp, "TCL", "OPERATION", "LSEARCH", "BADSTRIDE",
+		    NULL);
+	    result = TCL_ERROR;
+	    goto done;
+	}
+	if (sortInfo.indexc > 0) {
+	    /*
+	     * Use the first value in the list supplied to -index as the
+	     * offset of the element within each group by which to sort.
+	     */
+
+	    groupOffset = TclIndexDecode(sortInfo.indexv[0], groupSize - 1);
+	    if (groupOffset < 0 || groupOffset >= groupSize) {
+		Tcl_SetObjResult(interp, Tcl_NewStringObj(
+			"when used with \"-stride\", the leading \"-index\""
+			" value must be within the group", -1));
+		Tcl_SetErrorCode(interp, "TCL", "OPERATION", "LSEARCH",
+			"BADINDEX", NULL);
+		result = TCL_ERROR;
+		goto done;
+	    }
+	    if (sortInfo.indexc == 1) {
+		sortInfo.indexc = 0;
+		sortInfo.indexv = NULL;
+	    } else {
+		sortInfo.indexc--;
+
+		for (i = 0; i < sortInfo.indexc; i++) {
+		    sortInfo.indexv[i] = sortInfo.indexv[i+1];
+		}
+	    }
+	}
+    }
 
     /*
      * Get the user-specified start offset.
      */
 
     if (startPtr) {
-	result = TclGetIntForIndexM(interp, startPtr, listc-1, &offset);
-	Tcl_DecrRefCount(startPtr);
+	result = TclGetIntForIndexM(interp, startPtr, listc-1, &start);
 	if (result != TCL_OK) {
 	    goto done;
 	}
-	if (offset < 0) {
-	    offset = 0;
+	if (start < 0) {
+	    start = 0;
 	}
 
 	/*
 	 * If the search started past the end of the list, we just return a
 	 * "did not match anything at all" result straight away. [Bug 1374778]
 	 */
 
-	if (offset > listc-1) {
-	    if (sortInfo.indexc > 1) {
-		TclStackFree(interp, sortInfo.indexv);
-	    }
+	if (start > listc-1) {
 	    if (allMatches || inlineReturn) {
 		Tcl_ResetResult(interp);
 	    } else {
 		Tcl_SetObjResult(interp, Tcl_NewIntObj(-1));
 	    }
-	    return TCL_OK;
+	    goto done;
+	}
+
+	/*
+	 * If start points within a group, it points to the start of the group.
+	 */
+
+	if (groupSize > 1) {
+	    start -= (start % groupSize);
 	}
     }
 
     patObj = objv[objc - 1];
     patternBytes = NULL;
@@ -3303,22 +3373,27 @@
 	 * that there is no point in being smart when -all was specified; in
 	 * that case, we have to look at all items anyway, and there is no
 	 * sense in doing this when the match sense is inverted.
 	 */
 
-	lower = offset - 1;
+	/* 
+	 * With -stride, lower, upper and i are kept as multiples of groupSize.
+	 */
+
+	lower = start - groupSize;
 	upper = listc;
-	while (lower + 1 != upper && sortInfo.resultCode == TCL_OK) {
+	while (lower + groupSize != upper && sortInfo.resultCode == TCL_OK) {
 	    i = (lower + upper)/2;
+	    i -= i % groupSize;
 	    if (sortInfo.indexc != 0) {
-		itemPtr = SelectObjFromSublist(listv[i], &sortInfo);
+		itemPtr = SelectObjFromSublist(listv[i+groupOffset], &sortInfo);
 		if (sortInfo.resultCode != TCL_OK) {
 		    result = sortInfo.resultCode;
 		    goto done;
 		}
 	    } else {
-		itemPtr = listv[i];
+		itemPtr = listv[i+groupOffset];
 	    }
 	    switch ((enum datatypes) dataType) {
 	    case ASCII:
 		bytes = TclGetString(itemPtr);
 		match = strCmpFn(patternBytes, bytes);
@@ -3403,23 +3478,23 @@
 	 */
 
 	if (allMatches) {
 	    listPtr = Tcl_NewListObj(0, NULL);
 	}
-	for (i = offset; i < listc; i++) {
+	for (i = start; i < listc; i += groupSize) {
 	    match = 0;
 	    if (sortInfo.indexc != 0) {
-		itemPtr = SelectObjFromSublist(listv[i], &sortInfo);
+		itemPtr = SelectObjFromSublist(listv[i+groupOffset], &sortInfo);
 		if (sortInfo.resultCode != TCL_OK) {
 		    if (listPtr != NULL) {
 			Tcl_DecrRefCount(listPtr);
 		    }
 		    result = sortInfo.resultCode;
 		    goto done;
 		}
 	    } else {
-		itemPtr = listv[i];
+		itemPtr = listv[i+groupOffset];
 	    }
 
 	    switch (mode) {
 	    case SORTED:
 	    case EXACT:
@@ -3505,22 +3580,27 @@
 		/*
 		 * Note that these appends are not expected to fail.
 		 */
 
 		if (returnSubindices && (sortInfo.indexc != 0)) {
-		    itemPtr = SelectObjFromSublist(listv[i], &sortInfo);
+		    itemPtr = SelectObjFromSublist(listv[i+groupOffset],
+			    &sortInfo);
+		    Tcl_ListObjAppendElement(interp, listPtr, itemPtr);
+		} else if (groupSize > 1) {
+		    Tcl_ListObjReplace(interp, listPtr, LIST_MAX, 0,
+			    groupSize, &listv[i]);
 		} else {
 		    itemPtr = listv[i];
+		    Tcl_ListObjAppendElement(interp, listPtr, itemPtr);
 		}
-		Tcl_ListObjAppendElement(interp, listPtr, itemPtr);
 	    } else if (returnSubindices) {
 		int j;
 
-		itemPtr = Tcl_NewIntObj(i);
+		itemPtr = Tcl_NewIntObj(i+groupOffset);
 		for (j=0 ; j<sortInfo.indexc ; j++) {
-		    Tcl_ListObjAppendElement(interp, itemPtr,
-			    Tcl_NewIntObj(sortInfo.indexv[j]));
+		    Tcl_ListObjAppendElement(interp, itemPtr, Tcl_NewIntObj(
+			    TclIndexDecode(sortInfo.indexv[j], listc)));
 		}
 		Tcl_ListObjAppendElement(interp, listPtr, itemPtr);
 	    } else {
 		Tcl_ListObjAppendElement(interp, listPtr, Tcl_NewIntObj(i));
 	    }
@@ -3535,14 +3615,14 @@
 	Tcl_SetObjResult(interp, listPtr);
     } else if (!inlineReturn) {
 	if (returnSubindices) {
 	    int j;
 
-	    itemPtr = Tcl_NewIntObj(index);
+	    itemPtr = Tcl_NewIntObj(index+groupOffset);
 	    for (j=0 ; j<sortInfo.indexc ; j++) {
-		Tcl_ListObjAppendElement(interp, itemPtr,
-			Tcl_NewIntObj(sortInfo.indexv[j]));
+		Tcl_ListObjAppendElement(interp, itemPtr, Tcl_NewIntObj(
+			TclIndexDecode(sortInfo.indexv[j], listc)));
 	    }
 	    Tcl_SetObjResult(interp, itemPtr);
 	} else {
 	    Tcl_SetObjResult(interp, Tcl_NewIntObj(index));
 	}
@@ -3552,20 +3632,30 @@
 	 * default...
 	 */
 
 	Tcl_SetObjResult(interp, Tcl_NewObj());
     } else {
-	Tcl_SetObjResult(interp, listv[index]);
+	if (returnSubindices) {
+	    Tcl_SetObjResult(interp, SelectObjFromSublist(listv[i+groupOffset],
+		    &sortInfo));
+	} else if (groupSize > 1) {
+	    Tcl_SetObjResult(interp, Tcl_NewListObj(groupSize, &listv[index]));
+	} else {
+	    Tcl_SetObjResult(interp, listv[index]);
+	}
     }
     result = TCL_OK;
 
     /*
      * Cleanup the index list array.
      */
 
   done:
-    if (sortInfo.indexc > 1) {
+    if (startPtr != NULL) {
+	Tcl_DecrRefCount(startPtr);
+    }
+    if (allocatedIndexVector) {
 	TclStackFree(interp, sortInfo.indexv);
     }
     return result;
 }
 
@@ -3755,11 +3845,11 @@
 	    break;
 	case LSORT_INCREASING:
 	    sortInfo.isIncreasing = 1;
 	    break;
 	case LSORT_INDEX: {
-	    int indexc, dummy;
+	    int indexc;
 	    Tcl_Obj **indexv;
 
 	    if (i == objc-2) {
 		Tcl_SetObjResult(interp, Tcl_NewStringObj(
 			"\"-index\" option must be followed by list index",
@@ -3781,12 +3871,24 @@
 	     * allocate any space; that happens after the scan through all the
 	     * options is done.
 	     */
 
 	    for (j=0 ; j<indexc ; j++) {
-		if (TclGetIntForIndexM(interp, indexv[j], SORTIDX_END,
-			&dummy) != TCL_OK) {
+		int encoded = 0;
+		int result = TclIndexEncode(interp, indexv[j],
+			TCL_INDEX_BEFORE, TCL_INDEX_AFTER, &encoded);
+
+		if ((result == TCL_OK) && ((encoded == TCL_INDEX_BEFORE)
+			|| (encoded == TCL_INDEX_AFTER))) {
+		    Tcl_SetObjResult(interp, Tcl_ObjPrintf(
+			    "index \"%s\" cannot select an element "
+			    "from any list", Tcl_GetString(indexv[j])));
+		    Tcl_SetErrorCode(interp, "TCL", "VALUE", "INDEX"
+			    "OUTOFRANGE", NULL);
+		    result = TCL_ERROR;
+		}
+		if (result == TCL_ERROR) {
 		    Tcl_AppendObjToErrorInfo(interp, Tcl_ObjPrintf(
 			    "\n    (-index option item number %d)", j));
 		    sortInfo.resultCode = TCL_ERROR;
 		    goto done;
 		}
@@ -3862,12 +3964,12 @@
 		    TclStackAlloc(interp, sizeof(int) * sortInfo.indexc);
 	    allocatedIndexVector = 1;	/* Cannot use indexc field, as it
 					 * might be decreased by 1 later. */
 	}
 	for (j=0 ; j<sortInfo.indexc ; j++) {
-	    TclGetIntForIndexM(interp, indexv[j], SORTIDX_END,
-		    &sortInfo.indexv[j]);
+	    /* Prescreened values, no errors or out of range possible */
+	    TclIndexEncode(NULL, indexv[j], 0, 0, &sortInfo.indexv[j]);
 	}
     }
 
     listObj = objv[objc-1];
 
@@ -3934,14 +4036,11 @@
 	    /*
 	     * Use the first value in the list supplied to -index as the
 	     * offset of the element within each group by which to sort.
 	     */
 
-	    groupOffset = sortInfo.indexv[0];
-	    if (groupOffset <= SORTIDX_END) {
-		groupOffset = (groupOffset - SORTIDX_END) + groupSize - 1;
-	    }
+	    groupOffset = TclIndexDecode(sortInfo.indexv[0], groupSize - 1);
 	    if (groupOffset < 0 || groupOffset >= groupSize) {
 		Tcl_SetObjResult(interp, Tcl_NewStringObj(
 			"when used with \"-stride\", the leading \"-index\""
 			" value must be within the group", -1));
 		Tcl_SetErrorCode(interp, "TCL", "OPERATION", "LSORT",
@@ -3956,10 +4055,13 @@
 		sortInfo.indexc--;
 
 		/*
 		 * Do not shrink the actual memory block used; that doesn't
 		 * work with TclStackAlloc-allocated memory. [Bug 2918962]
+		 * 
+		 * TODO: Consider a pointer increment to replace this
+		 * array shift.
 		 */
 
 		for (i = 0; i < sortInfo.indexc; i++) {
 		    sortInfo.indexv[i] = sortInfo.indexv[i+1];
 		}
@@ -4261,11 +4363,11 @@
 				 * "lsort" command. */
 {
     int order = 0;
 
     if (infoPtr->sortMode == SORTMODE_ASCII) {
-	order = strcmp(elemPtr1->collationKey.strValuePtr,
+	order = TclUtfCmp(elemPtr1->collationKey.strValuePtr,
 		elemPtr2->collationKey.strValuePtr);
     } else if (infoPtr->sortMode == SORTMODE_ASCII_NC) {
 	order = TclUtfCasecmp(elemPtr1->collationKey.strValuePtr,
 		elemPtr2->collationKey.strValuePtr);
     } else if (infoPtr->sortMode == SORTMODE_DICTIONARY) {
@@ -4524,19 +4626,12 @@
 
 	if (TclListObjLength(infoPtr->interp, objPtr, &listLen) != TCL_OK) {
 	    infoPtr->resultCode = TCL_ERROR;
 	    return NULL;
 	}
-	index = infoPtr->indexv[i];
-
-	/*
-	 * Adjust for end-based indexing.
-	 */
-
-	if (index < SORTIDX_NONE) {
-	    index += listLen + 1;
-	}
+
+	index = TclIndexDecode(infoPtr->indexv[i], listLen - 1);
 
 	if (Tcl_ListObjIndex(infoPtr->interp, objPtr, index,
 		&currentObj) != TCL_OK) {
 	    infoPtr->resultCode = TCL_ERROR;
 	    return NULL;

Index: generic/tclCmdMZ.c
==================================================================
--- generic/tclCmdMZ.c
+++ generic/tclCmdMZ.c
@@ -307,11 +307,11 @@
 
 	if (offset == 0) {
 	    eflags = 0;
 	} else if (offset > stringLength) {
 	    eflags = TCL_REG_NOTBOL;
-	} else if (Tcl_GetUniChar(objPtr, offset-1) == (Tcl_UniChar)'\n') {
+	} else if (Tcl_GetUniChar(objPtr, offset-1) == '\n') {
 	    eflags = 0;
 	} else {
 	    eflags = TCL_REG_NOTBOL;
 	}
 
@@ -1214,17 +1214,26 @@
 	 */
 
 	Tcl_InitHashTable(&charReuseTable, TCL_ONE_WORD_KEYS);
 
 	for ( ; stringPtr < end; stringPtr += len) {
+		int fullchar;
 	    len = TclUtfToUniChar(stringPtr, &ch);
+	    fullchar = ch;
+
+#if TCL_UTF_MAX == 4
+	    if (!len) {
+		len += TclUtfToUniChar(stringPtr, &ch);
+		fullchar = (((fullchar & 0x3ff) << 10) | (ch & 0x3ff)) + 0x10000;
+	    }
+#endif
 
 	    /*
 	     * Assume Tcl_UniChar is an integral type...
 	     */
 
-	    hPtr = Tcl_CreateHashEntry(&charReuseTable, INT2PTR((int) ch),
+	    hPtr = Tcl_CreateHashEntry(&charReuseTable, INT2PTR(fullchar),
 		    &isNew);
 	    if (isNew) {
 		TclNewStringObj(objPtr, stringPtr, len);
 
 		/*
@@ -1324,20 +1333,12 @@
 	int size = Tcl_GetCharLength(objv[2]);
 
 	if (TCL_OK != TclGetIntForIndexM(interp, objv[3], size - 1, &start)) {
 	    return TCL_ERROR;
 	}
-
-	if (start < 0) {
-	    start = 0;
-	}
-	if (start >= size) {
-	    Tcl_SetObjResult(interp, Tcl_NewIntObj(-1));
-	    return TCL_OK;
-	}
-    }
-    Tcl_SetObjResult(interp, Tcl_NewIntObj(TclStringFind(objv[1],
+    }
+    Tcl_SetObjResult(interp, Tcl_NewIntObj(TclStringFirst(objv[1],
 	    objv[2], start)));
     return TCL_OK;
 }
 
 /*
@@ -1377,18 +1378,10 @@
 	int size = Tcl_GetCharLength(objv[2]);
 
 	if (TCL_OK != TclGetIntForIndexM(interp, objv[3], size - 1, &last)) {
 	    return TCL_ERROR;
 	}
-
-	if (last < 0) {
-	    Tcl_SetObjResult(interp, Tcl_NewIntObj(-1));
-	    return TCL_OK;
-	}
-	if (last >= size) {
-	    last = size - 1;
-	}
     }
     Tcl_SetObjResult(interp, Tcl_NewIntObj(TclStringLast(objv[1],
 	    objv[2], last)));
     return TCL_OK;
 }
@@ -1577,15 +1570,15 @@
 		result = 0;
 	    } else {
 		string1 = TclGetStringFromObj(objPtr, &length1);
 		result = length1 == 0;
 	    }
-	} else if (((index == STR_IS_TRUE) &&
-		objPtr->internalRep.longValue == 0)
-	    || ((index == STR_IS_FALSE) &&
-		objPtr->internalRep.longValue != 0)) {
-	    result = 0;
+	} else if (index != STR_IS_BOOL) {
+	    TclGetBooleanFromObj(NULL, objPtr, &i);
+	    if ((index == STR_IS_TRUE) ^ i) {
+		result = 0;
+	    }
 	}
 	break;
     case STR_IS_CONTROL:
 	chcomp = Tcl_UniCharIsControl;
 	break;
@@ -1594,13 +1587,10 @@
 	break;
     case STR_IS_DOUBLE: {
 	/* TODO */
 	if ((objPtr->typePtr == &tclDoubleType) ||
 		(objPtr->typePtr == &tclIntType) ||
-#ifndef TCL_WIDE_INT_IS_LONG
-		(objPtr->typePtr == &tclWideIntType) ||
-#endif
 		(objPtr->typePtr == &tclBignumType)) {
 	    break;
 	}
 	string1 = TclGetStringFromObj(objPtr, &length1);
 	if (length1 == 0) {
@@ -1631,13 +1621,10 @@
 	    break;
 	}
 	goto failedIntParse;
     case STR_IS_ENTIER:
 	if ((objPtr->typePtr == &tclIntType) ||
-#ifndef TCL_WIDE_INT_IS_LONG
-		(objPtr->typePtr == &tclWideIntType) ||
-#endif
 		(objPtr->typePtr == &tclBignumType)) {
 	    break;
 	}
 	string1 = TclGetStringFromObj(objPtr, &length1);
 	if (length1 == 0) {
@@ -1812,12 +1799,20 @@
 	    }
 	    goto str_is_done;
 	}
 	end = string1 + length1;
 	for (; string1 < end; string1 += length2, failat++) {
+	    int fullchar;
 	    length2 = TclUtfToUniChar(string1, &ch);
-	    if (!chcomp(ch)) {
+	    fullchar = ch;
+#if TCL_UTF_MAX == 4
+	    if (!length2) {
+	    	length2 = TclUtfToUniChar(string1, &ch);
+	    	fullchar = (((fullchar & 0x3ff) << 10) | (ch & 0x3ff)) + 0x10000;
+	    }
+#endif
+	    if (!chcomp(fullchar)) {
 		result = 0;
 		break;
 	    }
 	}
     }
@@ -2275,15 +2270,16 @@
 	return TCL_OK;
     } else if (count < 1) {
 	return TCL_OK;
     }
 
-    if (TCL_OK != TclStringRepeat(interp, objv[1], count, &resultPtr)) {
-	return TCL_ERROR;
+    resultPtr = TclStringRepeat(interp, objv[1], count, TCL_STRING_IN_PLACE);
+    if (resultPtr) {
+	Tcl_SetObjResult(interp, resultPtr);
+	return TCL_OK;
     }
-    Tcl_SetObjResult(interp, resultPtr);
-    return TCL_OK;
+    return TCL_ERROR;
 }
 
 /*
  *----------------------------------------------------------------------
  *
@@ -2307,46 +2303,54 @@
     ClientData dummy,		/* Not used. */
     Tcl_Interp *interp,		/* Current interpreter. */
     int objc,			/* Number of arguments. */
     Tcl_Obj *const objv[])	/* Argument objects. */
 {
-    Tcl_UniChar *ustring;
-    int first, last, length;
+    int first, last, length, end;
 
     if (objc < 4 || objc > 5) {
 	Tcl_WrongNumArgs(interp, 1, objv, "string first last ?string?");
 	return TCL_ERROR;
     }
 
-    ustring = Tcl_GetUnicodeFromObj(objv[1], &length);
-    length--;
+    length = Tcl_GetCharLength(objv[1]);
+    end = length - 1;
 
-    if (TclGetIntForIndexM(interp, objv[2], length, &first) != TCL_OK ||
-	    TclGetIntForIndexM(interp, objv[3], length, &last) != TCL_OK){
+    if (TclGetIntForIndexM(interp, objv[2], end, &first) != TCL_OK ||
+	    TclGetIntForIndexM(interp, objv[3], end, &last) != TCL_OK){
 	return TCL_ERROR;
     }
 
-    if ((last < first) || (last < 0) || (first > length)) {
+    /*
+     * The following test screens out most empty substrings as
+     * candidates for replacement. When they are detected, no
+     * replacement is done, and the result is the original string,
+     */
+    if ((last < 0) ||		/* Range ends before start of string */
+	    (first > end) ||	/* Range begins after end of string */
+	    (last < first)) {	/* Range begins after it starts */
+
+	/*
+	 * BUT!!! when (end < 0) -- an empty original string -- we can
+	 * have (first <= end < 0 <= last) and an empty string is permitted
+	 * to be replaced.
+	 */
 	Tcl_SetObjResult(interp, objv[1]);
     } else {
 	Tcl_Obj *resultPtr;
 
-	ustring = Tcl_GetUnicodeFromObj(objv[1], &length);
-	length--;
-
 	if (first < 0) {
 	    first = 0;
 	}
-
-	resultPtr = Tcl_NewUnicodeObj(ustring, first);
-	if (objc == 5) {
-	    Tcl_AppendObjToObj(resultPtr, objv[4]);
-	}
-	if (last < length) {
-	    Tcl_AppendUnicodeToObj(resultPtr, ustring + last + 1,
-		    length - last);
-	}
+	if (last > end) {
+	    last = end;
+	}
+
+	resultPtr = TclStringReplace(interp, objv[1], first,
+		last + 1 - first, (objc == 5) ? objv[4] : NULL,
+		TCL_STRING_IN_PLACE);
+
 	Tcl_SetObjResult(interp, resultPtr);
     }
     return TCL_OK;
 }
 
@@ -2378,11 +2382,11 @@
     if (objc != 2) {
 	Tcl_WrongNumArgs(interp, 1, objv, "string");
 	return TCL_ERROR;
     }
 
-    Tcl_SetObjResult(interp, TclStringObjReverse(objv[1]));
+    Tcl_SetObjResult(interp, TclStringReverse(objv[1], TCL_STRING_IN_PLACE));
     return TCL_OK;
 }
 
 /*
  *----------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -2827,37 +2831,28 @@
     ClientData dummy,		/* Not used. */
     Tcl_Interp *interp,		/* Current interpreter. */
     int objc,			/* Number of arguments. */
     Tcl_Obj *const objv[])	/* Argument objects. */
 {
-    int code;
     Tcl_Obj *objResultPtr;
 
     if (objc < 2) {
 	/*
 	 * If there are no args, the result is an empty object.
 	 * Just leave the preset empty interp result.
 	 */
 	return TCL_OK;
     }
-    if (objc == 2) {
-	/*
-	 * Other trivial case, single arg, just return it.
-	 */
-	Tcl_SetObjResult(interp, objv[1]);
-	return TCL_OK;
-    }
-
-    code = TclStringCatObjv(interp, /* inPlace */ 1, objc-1, objv+1,
-	    &objResultPtr);
-
-    if (code == TCL_OK) {
+
+    objResultPtr = TclStringCat(interp, objc-1, objv+1, TCL_STRING_IN_PLACE);
+
+    if (objResultPtr) {
 	Tcl_SetObjResult(interp, objResultPtr);
 	return TCL_OK;
     }
 
-    return code;
+    return TCL_ERROR;
 }
 
 /*
  *----------------------------------------------------------------------
  *
@@ -2874,11 +2869,10 @@
  * Side effects:
  *	See the user documentation.
  *
  *----------------------------------------------------------------------
  */
-
 static int
 StringBytesCmd(
     ClientData dummy,		/* Not used. */
     Tcl_Interp *interp,		/* Current interpreter. */
     int objc,			/* Number of arguments. */
@@ -3222,12 +3216,11 @@
 	Tcl_WrongNumArgs(interp, 1, objv, "string ?chars?");
 	return TCL_ERROR;
     }
     string1 = TclGetStringFromObj(objv[1], &length1);
 
-    triml = TclTrimLeft(string1, length1, string2, length2);
-    trimr = TclTrimRight(string1 + triml, length1 - triml, string2, length2);
+    triml = TclTrim(string1, length1, string2, length2, &trimr);
 
     Tcl_SetObjResult(interp,
 	    Tcl_NewStringObj(string1 + triml, length1 - triml - trimr));
     return TCL_OK;
 }
@@ -3528,11 +3521,11 @@
     enum options {
 	OPT_EXACT, OPT_GLOB, OPT_INDEXV, OPT_MATCHV, OPT_NOCASE, OPT_REGEXP,
 	OPT_LAST
     };
     typedef int (*strCmpFn_t)(const char *, const char *);
-    strCmpFn_t strCmpFn = strcmp;
+    strCmpFn_t strCmpFn = TclUtfCmp;
 
     mode = OPT_EXACT;
     foundmode = 0;
     indexVarObj = NULL;
     matchVarObj = NULL;
@@ -4291,11 +4284,11 @@
 		Tcl_DecrRefCount(handlersObj);
 		return TCL_ERROR;
 	    }
 
 	    info[0] = objv[i];			/* type */
-	    TclNewLongObj(info[1], code);	/* returnCode */
+	    TclNewIntObj(info[1], code);	/* returnCode */
 	    if (info[2] == NULL) {		/* errorCodePrefix */
 		TclNewObj(info[2]);
 	    }
 	    info[3] = objv[i+2];		/* bindVariables */
 	    info[4] = objv[i+3];		/* script */

Index: generic/tclCompCmdsGR.c
==================================================================
--- generic/tclCompCmdsGR.c
+++ generic/tclCompCmdsGR.c
@@ -26,60 +26,43 @@
 			    unsigned char op, int code, int level,
 			    Tcl_Obj *returnOpts);
 static int		IndexTailVarIfKnown(Tcl_Interp *interp,
 			    Tcl_Token *varTokenPtr, CompileEnv *envPtr);
 
-#define INDEX_END	(-2)
 
 /*
  *----------------------------------------------------------------------
  *
- * GetIndexFromToken --
+ * TclGetIndexFromToken --
  *
- *	Parse a token and get the encoded version of the index (as understood
- *	by TEBC), assuming it is at all knowable at compile time. Only handles
- *	indices that are integers or 'end' or 'end-integer'.
+ *	Parse a token to determine if an index value is known at
+ *	compile time. 
  *
  * Returns:
  *	TCL_OK if parsing succeeded, and TCL_ERROR if it failed.
  *
  * Side effects:
- *	Sets *index to the index value if successful.
+ *	When TCL_OK is returned, the encoded index value is written
+ *	to *index.
  *
  *----------------------------------------------------------------------
  */
 
-static inline int
-GetIndexFromToken(
+int
+TclGetIndexFromToken(
     Tcl_Token *tokenPtr,
-    int *index)
+    int before,
+    int after,
+    int *indexPtr)
 {
     Tcl_Obj *tmpObj = Tcl_NewObj();
-    int result, idx;
-
-    if (!TclWordKnownAtCompileTime(tokenPtr, tmpObj)) {
-	Tcl_DecrRefCount(tmpObj);
-	return TCL_ERROR;
-    }
-
-    result = TclGetIntFromObj(NULL, tmpObj, &idx);
-    if (result == TCL_OK) {
-	if (idx < 0) {
-	    result = TCL_ERROR;
-	}
-    } else {
-	result = TclGetIntForIndexM(NULL, tmpObj, INDEX_END, &idx);
-	if (result == TCL_OK && idx > INDEX_END) {
-	    result = TCL_ERROR;
-	}
-    }
-    Tcl_DecrRefCount(tmpObj);
-
-    if (result == TCL_OK) {
-	*index = idx;
-    }
-
+    int result = TCL_ERROR;
+
+    if (TclWordKnownAtCompileTime(tokenPtr, tmpObj)) {
+	result = TclIndexEncode(NULL, tmpObj, before, after, indexPtr);
+    }
+    Tcl_DecrRefCount(tmpObj);
     return result;
 }
 
 /*
  *----------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -142,11 +125,11 @@
 
 	if (localIndex < 0) {
 	    return TCL_ERROR;
 	}
 
-	/* TODO: Consider what value can pass throug the
+	/* TODO: Consider what value can pass through the
 	 * IndexTailVarIfKnown() screen.  Full CompileWord()
 	 * likely does not apply here.  Push known value instead. */
 	CompileWord(envPtr, varTokenPtr, interp, i);
 	TclEmitInstInt4(	INST_NSUPVAR, localIndex,	envPtr);
     }
@@ -1051,11 +1034,11 @@
     /*
      * Generate code to leave the rest of the list on the stack.
      */
 
     TclEmitInstInt4(		INST_LIST_RANGE_IMM, idx,	envPtr);
-    TclEmitInt4(			INDEX_END,		envPtr);
+    TclEmitInt4(			TCL_INDEX_END,		envPtr);
 
     return TCL_OK;
 }
 
 /*
@@ -1102,18 +1085,18 @@
     if (numWords != 3) {
 	goto emitComplexLindex;
     }
 
     idxTokenPtr = TokenAfter(valTokenPtr);
-    if (GetIndexFromToken(idxTokenPtr, &idx) == TCL_OK) {
+    if (TclGetIndexFromToken(idxTokenPtr, TCL_INDEX_BEFORE, TCL_INDEX_BEFORE,
+	    &idx) == TCL_OK) {
 	/*
-	 * All checks have been completed, and we have exactly one of these
-	 * constructs:
-	 *	 lindex <arbitraryValue> <posInt>
-	 *	 lindex <arbitraryValue> end-<posInt>
-	 * This is best compiled as a push of the arbitrary value followed by
-	 * an "immediate lindex" which is the most efficient variety.
+	 * The idxTokenPtr parsed as a valid index value and was
+	 * encoded as expected by INST_LIST_INDEX_IMM.
+	 *
+	 * NOTE: that we rely on indexing before a list producing the
+	 * same result as indexing after a list.
 	 */
 
 	CompileWord(envPtr, valTokenPtr, interp, 1);
 	TclEmitInstInt4(	INST_LIST_INDEX_IMM, idx,	envPtr);
 	return TCL_OK;
@@ -1256,11 +1239,11 @@
      * that might be hanging around.
      */
 
     if (concat && numWords == 2) {
 	TclEmitInstInt4(	INST_LIST_RANGE_IMM, 0,	envPtr);
-	TclEmitInt4(			INDEX_END,	envPtr);
+	TclEmitInt4(			TCL_INDEX_END,	envPtr);
     }
     return TCL_OK;
 }
 
 /*
@@ -1330,25 +1313,29 @@
     if (parsePtr->numWords != 4) {
 	return TCL_ERROR;
     }
     listTokenPtr = TokenAfter(parsePtr->tokenPtr);
 
-    /*
-     * Parse the indices. Will only compile if both are constants and not an
-     * _integer_ less than zero (since we reserve negative indices here for
-     * end-relative indexing) or an end-based index greater than 'end' itself.
-     */
-
     tokenPtr = TokenAfter(listTokenPtr);
-    if (GetIndexFromToken(tokenPtr, &idx1) != TCL_OK) {
+    if (TclGetIndexFromToken(tokenPtr, TCL_INDEX_START, TCL_INDEX_AFTER,
+	    &idx1) != TCL_OK) {
 	return TCL_ERROR;
     }
+    /*
+     * Token was an index value, and we treat all "first" indices
+     * before the list same as the start of the list.
+     */
 
     tokenPtr = TokenAfter(tokenPtr);
-    if (GetIndexFromToken(tokenPtr, &idx2) != TCL_OK) {
+    if (TclGetIndexFromToken(tokenPtr, TCL_INDEX_BEFORE, TCL_INDEX_END,
+	    &idx2) != TCL_OK) {
 	return TCL_ERROR;
     }
+    /*
+     * Token was an index value, and we treat all "last" indices
+     * after the list same as the end of the list.
+     */
 
     /*
      * Issue instructions. It's not safe to skip doing the LIST_RANGE, as
      * we've not proved that the 'list' argument is really a list. Not that it
      * is worth trying to do that given current knowledge.
@@ -1394,49 +1381,70 @@
      * _integer_ less than zero (since we reserve negative indices here for
      * end-relative indexing) or an end-based index greater than 'end' itself.
      */
 
     tokenPtr = TokenAfter(listTokenPtr);
-    if (GetIndexFromToken(tokenPtr, &idx) != TCL_OK) {
+
+    /*
+     * NOTE: This command treats all inserts at indices before the list
+     * the same as inserts at the start of the list, and all inserts
+     * after the list the same as inserts at the end of the list. We
+     * make that transformation here so we can use the optimized bytecode
+     * as much as possible.
+     */
+    if (TclGetIndexFromToken(tokenPtr, TCL_INDEX_START, TCL_INDEX_END,
+	    &idx) != TCL_OK) {
 	return TCL_ERROR;
     }
 
     /*
      * There are four main cases. If there are no values to insert, this is
      * just a confirm-listiness check. If the index is '0', this is a prepend.
-     * If the index is 'end' (== INDEX_END), this is an append. Otherwise,
+     * If the index is 'end' (== TCL_INDEX_END), this is an append. Otherwise,
      * this is a splice (== split, insert values as list, concat-3).
      */
 
     CompileWord(envPtr, listTokenPtr, interp, 1);
     if (parsePtr->numWords == 3) {
 	TclEmitInstInt4(	INST_LIST_RANGE_IMM, 0,		envPtr);
-	TclEmitInt4(			INDEX_END,		envPtr);
+	TclEmitInt4(			TCL_INDEX_END,		envPtr);
 	return TCL_OK;
     }
 
     for (i=3 ; i<parsePtr->numWords ; i++) {
 	tokenPtr = TokenAfter(tokenPtr);
 	CompileWord(envPtr, tokenPtr, interp, i);
     }
     TclEmitInstInt4(		INST_LIST, i-3,			envPtr);
 
-    if (idx == 0 /*start*/) {
+    if (idx == TCL_INDEX_START) {
 	TclEmitInstInt4(	INST_REVERSE, 2,		envPtr);
 	TclEmitOpcode(		INST_LIST_CONCAT,		envPtr);
-    } else if (idx == INDEX_END /*end*/) {
+    } else if (idx == TCL_INDEX_END) {
 	TclEmitOpcode(		INST_LIST_CONCAT,		envPtr);
     } else {
-	if (idx < 0) {
+	/*
+	 * Here we handle two ranges for idx. First when idx > 0, we
+	 * want the first half of the split to end at index idx-1 and
+	 * the second half to start at index idx.
+	 * Second when idx < TCL_INDEX_END, indicating "end-N" indexing,
+	 * we want the first half of the split to end at index end-N and
+	 * the second half to start at index end-N+1. We accomplish this
+	 * with a pre-adjustment of the end-N value.
+	 * The root of this is that the commands [lrange] and [linsert]
+	 * differ in their interpretation of the "end" index.
+	 */
+
+	if (idx < TCL_INDEX_END) {
 	    idx++;
 	}
 	TclEmitInstInt4(	INST_OVER, 1,			envPtr);
 	TclEmitInstInt4(	INST_LIST_RANGE_IMM, 0,		envPtr);
 	TclEmitInt4(			idx-1,			envPtr);
 	TclEmitInstInt4(	INST_REVERSE, 3,		envPtr);
 	TclEmitInstInt4(	INST_LIST_RANGE_IMM, idx,	envPtr);
-	TclEmitInt4(			INDEX_END,		envPtr);
+	TclEmitInt4(			TCL_INDEX_END,		envPtr);
 	TclEmitOpcode(		INST_LIST_CONCAT,		envPtr);
 	TclEmitOpcode(		INST_LIST_CONCAT,		envPtr);
     }
 
     return TCL_OK;
@@ -1462,254 +1470,171 @@
 				 * compiled. */
     CompileEnv *envPtr)		/* Holds the resulting instructions. */
 {
     Tcl_Token *tokenPtr, *listTokenPtr;
     DefineLineInformation;	/* TIP #280 */
-    Tcl_Obj *tmpObj;
     int idx1, idx2, i, offset, offset2;
+    int emptyPrefix=1, suffixStart = 0;
 
     if (parsePtr->numWords < 4) {
 	return TCL_ERROR;
     }
     listTokenPtr = TokenAfter(parsePtr->tokenPtr);
 
-    /*
-     * Parse the indices. Will only compile if both are constants and not an
-     * _integer_ less than zero (since we reserve negative indices here for
-     * end-relative indexing) or an end-based index greater than 'end' itself.
-     */
-
-    tokenPtr = TokenAfter(listTokenPtr);
-    if (GetIndexFromToken(tokenPtr, &idx1) != TCL_OK) {
-	return TCL_ERROR;
-    }
-
-    tokenPtr = TokenAfter(tokenPtr);
-    if (GetIndexFromToken(tokenPtr, &idx2) != TCL_OK) {
-	return TCL_ERROR;
-    }
-
-    /*
-     * idx1, idx2 are now in canonical form:
-     *
-     *  - integer:	[0,len+1]
-     *  - end index:    INDEX_END
-     *  - -ive offset:  INDEX_END-[len-1,0]
-     *  - +ive offset:  INDEX_END+1
-     */
-
-    /*
-     * Compilation fails when one index is end-based but the other isn't.
-     * Fixing this will require more bytecodes, but this is a workaround for
-     * now. [Bug 47ac84309b]
-     */
-
-    if ((idx1 <= INDEX_END) != (idx2 <= INDEX_END)) {
-	return TCL_ERROR;
-    }
-
-    if (idx2 != INDEX_END && idx2 >= 0 && idx2 < idx1) {
-	idx2 = idx1 - 1;
-    }
-
-    /*
-     * Work out what this [lreplace] is actually doing.
-     */
-
-    tmpObj = NULL;
-    CompileWord(envPtr, listTokenPtr, interp, 1);
-    if (parsePtr->numWords == 4) {
-	if (idx1 == 0) {
-	    if (idx2 == INDEX_END) {
-		goto dropAll;
-	    }
-	    idx1 = idx2 + 1;
-	    idx2 = INDEX_END;
-	    goto dropEnd;
-	} else if (idx2 == INDEX_END) {
-	    idx2 = idx1 - 1;
-	    idx1 = 0;
-	    goto dropEnd;
-	} else {
-	    if (idx2 < idx1) {
-		idx2 = idx1 - 1;
-	    }
-	    if (idx1 > 0) {
-		tmpObj = Tcl_NewIntObj(idx1);
-		Tcl_IncrRefCount(tmpObj);
-	    }
-	    goto dropRange;
-	}
-    }
-
-    tokenPtr = TokenAfter(tokenPtr);
-    for (i=4 ; i<parsePtr->numWords ; i++) {
-	CompileWord(envPtr, tokenPtr, interp, i);
-	tokenPtr = TokenAfter(tokenPtr);
-    }
-    TclEmitInstInt4(		INST_LIST, i - 4,		envPtr);
-    TclEmitInstInt4(		INST_REVERSE, 2,		envPtr);
-    if (idx1 == 0) {
-	if (idx2 == INDEX_END) {
-	    goto replaceAll;
-	}
-	idx1 = idx2 + 1;
-	idx2 = INDEX_END;
-	goto replaceHead;
-    } else if (idx2 == INDEX_END) {
-	idx2 = idx1 - 1;
-	idx1 = 0;
-	goto replaceTail;
-    } else {
-	if (idx2 < idx1) {
-	    idx2 = idx1 - 1;
-	}
-	if (idx1 > 0) {
-	    tmpObj = Tcl_NewIntObj(idx1);
-	    Tcl_IncrRefCount(tmpObj);
-	}
-	goto replaceRange;
-    }
-
-    /*
-     * Issue instructions to perform the operations relating to configurations
-     * that just drop. The only argument pushed on the stack is the list to
-     * operate on.
-     */
-
-  dropAll:			/* This just ensures the arg is a list. */
-    TclEmitOpcode(		INST_LIST_LENGTH,		envPtr);
-    TclEmitOpcode(		INST_POP,			envPtr);
-    PushStringLiteral(envPtr,	"");
-    goto done;
-
-  dropEnd:
-    TclEmitInstInt4(		INST_LIST_RANGE_IMM, idx1,	envPtr);
-    TclEmitInt4(			idx2,			envPtr);
-    goto done;
-
-  dropRange:
-    if (tmpObj != NULL) {
-	/*
-	 * Emit bytecode to check the list length.
-	 */
-
-	TclEmitOpcode(		INST_DUP,			envPtr);
-	TclEmitOpcode(		INST_LIST_LENGTH,		envPtr);
-	TclEmitPush(TclAddLiteralObj(envPtr, tmpObj, NULL),	envPtr);
-	TclEmitOpcode(		INST_GE,			envPtr);
-	offset = CurrentOffset(envPtr);
-	TclEmitInstInt1(	INST_JUMP_TRUE1, 0,		envPtr);
-
-	/*
-	 * Emit an error if we've been given an empty list.
-	 */
-
-	TclEmitOpcode(		INST_DUP,			envPtr);
-	TclEmitOpcode(		INST_LIST_LENGTH,		envPtr);
-	offset2 = CurrentOffset(envPtr);
-	TclEmitInstInt1(	INST_JUMP_FALSE1, 0,		envPtr);
+    tokenPtr = TokenAfter(listTokenPtr);
+    if (TclGetIndexFromToken(tokenPtr, TCL_INDEX_START, TCL_INDEX_AFTER,
+	    &idx1) != TCL_OK) {
+	return TCL_ERROR;
+    }
+
+    tokenPtr = TokenAfter(tokenPtr);
+    if (TclGetIndexFromToken(tokenPtr, TCL_INDEX_BEFORE, TCL_INDEX_END,
+	    &idx2) != TCL_OK) {
+	return TCL_ERROR;
+    }
+
+    /*
+     * idx1, idx2 are the conventional encoded forms of the tokens parsed
+     * as all forms of index values.  Values of idx1 that come before the
+     * list are treated the same as if they were the start of the list.
+     * Values of idx2 that come after the list are treated the same as if
+     * they were the end of the list.
+     */
+
+    if (idx1 == TCL_INDEX_AFTER) {
+	/*
+	 * [lreplace] treats idx1 value end+1 differently from end+2, etc.
+	 * The operand encoding cannot distinguish them, so we must bail
+	 * out to direct evaluation.
+	 */
+	return TCL_ERROR;
+    }
+
+    /*
+     * General structure of the [lreplace] result is
+     *		prefix replacement suffix
+     * In a few cases we can predict various parts will be empty and
+     * take advantage.
+     *
+     * The proper suffix begins with the greater of indices idx1 or
+     * idx2 + 1. If we cannot tell at compile time which is greater,
+     * we must defer to direct evaluation.
+     */
+
+    if (idx2 == TCL_INDEX_BEFORE) {
+	suffixStart = idx1;
+    } else if (idx2 == TCL_INDEX_END) {
+	suffixStart = TCL_INDEX_AFTER;
+    } else if (((idx2 < TCL_INDEX_END) && (idx1 <= TCL_INDEX_END))
+	    || ((idx2 >= TCL_INDEX_START) && (idx1 >= TCL_INDEX_START))) {
+	suffixStart = (idx1 > idx2 + 1) ? idx1 : idx2 + 1;
+    } else {
+	return TCL_ERROR;
+    }
+
+    /* All paths start with computing/pushing the original value. */
+    CompileWord(envPtr, listTokenPtr, interp, 1);
+
+    /*
+     * Push all the replacement values next so any errors raised in
+     * creating them get raised first.
+     */
+    if (parsePtr->numWords > 4) {
+	/* Push the replacement arguments */
+	tokenPtr = TokenAfter(tokenPtr);
+	for (i=4 ; i<parsePtr->numWords ; i++) {
+	    CompileWord(envPtr, tokenPtr, interp, i);
+	    tokenPtr = TokenAfter(tokenPtr);
+	}
+
+	/* Make a list of them... */
+	TclEmitInstInt4(	INST_LIST, i - 4,		envPtr);
+
+	emptyPrefix = 0;
+    }
+     
+    /*
+     * [lreplace] raises an error when idx1 points after the list, but
+     * only when the list is not empty. This is maximum stupidity.
+     *
+     * TODO: TIP this nonsense away!
+     */
+    if (idx1 >= TCL_INDEX_START) {
+	if (emptyPrefix) {
+	    TclEmitOpcode(	INST_DUP,			envPtr);
+	} else {
+	    TclEmitInstInt4(	INST_OVER, 1,			envPtr);
+	}
+	TclEmitOpcode(		INST_LIST_LENGTH,		envPtr);
+	TclEmitOpcode(		INST_DUP,			envPtr);
+	offset = CurrentOffset(envPtr);
+	TclEmitInstInt1(	INST_JUMP_FALSE1, 0,		envPtr);
+
+	/* List is not empty */
+	TclEmitPush(TclAddLiteralObj(envPtr, Tcl_NewIntObj(idx1),
+							NULL),	envPtr);
+	TclEmitOpcode(		INST_GT,			envPtr);
+	offset2 = CurrentOffset(envPtr);
+	TclEmitInstInt1(	INST_JUMP_TRUE1, 0,		envPtr);
+
+	/* Idx1 >= list length ===> raise an error */
 	TclEmitPush(TclAddLiteralObj(envPtr, Tcl_ObjPrintf(
 		"list doesn't contain element %d", idx1), NULL), envPtr);
 	CompileReturnInternal(envPtr, INST_RETURN_IMM, TCL_ERROR, 0,
 		Tcl_ObjPrintf("-errorcode {TCL OPERATION LREPLACE BADIDX}"));
 	TclStoreInt1AtPtr(CurrentOffset(envPtr) - offset,
 		envPtr->codeStart + offset + 1);
-	TclStoreInt1AtPtr(CurrentOffset(envPtr) - offset2,
-		envPtr->codeStart + offset2 + 1);
-	TclAdjustStackDepth(-1, envPtr);
-    }
-    TclEmitOpcode(		INST_DUP,			envPtr);
-    TclEmitInstInt4(		INST_LIST_RANGE_IMM, 0,		envPtr);
-    TclEmitInt4(			idx1 - 1,		envPtr);
-    TclEmitInstInt4(		INST_REVERSE, 2,		envPtr);
-    TclEmitInstInt4(		INST_LIST_RANGE_IMM, idx2 + 1,	envPtr);
-    TclEmitInt4(			INDEX_END,		envPtr);
-    TclEmitOpcode(		INST_LIST_CONCAT,		envPtr);
-    goto done;
-
-    /*
-     * Issue instructions to perform the operations relating to configurations
-     * that do real replacement. All arguments are pushed and assembled into a
-     * pair: the list of values to replace with, and the list to do the
-     * surgery on.
-     */
-
-  replaceAll:
-    TclEmitOpcode(		INST_LIST_LENGTH,		envPtr);
-    TclEmitOpcode(		INST_POP,			envPtr);
-    goto done;
-
-  replaceHead:
-    TclEmitInstInt4(		INST_LIST_RANGE_IMM, idx1,	envPtr);
-    TclEmitInt4(			idx2,			envPtr);
-    TclEmitOpcode(		INST_LIST_CONCAT,		envPtr);
-    goto done;
-
-  replaceTail:
-    TclEmitInstInt4(		INST_LIST_RANGE_IMM, idx1,	envPtr);
-    TclEmitInt4(			idx2,			envPtr);
-    TclEmitInstInt4(		INST_REVERSE, 2,		envPtr);
-    TclEmitOpcode(		INST_LIST_CONCAT,		envPtr);
-    goto done;
-
-  replaceRange:
-    if (tmpObj != NULL) {
-	/*
-	 * Emit bytecode to check the list length.
-	 */
-
-	TclEmitOpcode(		INST_DUP,			envPtr);
-	TclEmitOpcode(		INST_LIST_LENGTH,		envPtr);
-
-	/*
-	 * Check the list length vs idx1.
-	 */
-
-	TclEmitPush(TclAddLiteralObj(envPtr, tmpObj, NULL),	envPtr);
-	TclEmitOpcode(		INST_GE,			envPtr);
-	offset = CurrentOffset(envPtr);
-	TclEmitInstInt1(	INST_JUMP_TRUE1, 0,		envPtr);
-
-	/*
-	 * Emit an error if we've been given an empty list.
-	 */
-
-	TclEmitOpcode(		INST_DUP,			envPtr);
-	TclEmitOpcode(		INST_LIST_LENGTH,		envPtr);
-	offset2 = CurrentOffset(envPtr);
-	TclEmitInstInt1(	INST_JUMP_FALSE1, 0,		envPtr);
-	TclEmitPush(TclAddLiteralObj(envPtr, Tcl_ObjPrintf(
-		"list doesn't contain element %d", idx1), NULL), envPtr);
-	CompileReturnInternal(envPtr, INST_RETURN_IMM, TCL_ERROR, 0,
-		Tcl_ObjPrintf("-errorcode {TCL OPERATION LREPLACE BADIDX}"));
-	TclStoreInt1AtPtr(CurrentOffset(envPtr) - offset,
-		envPtr->codeStart + offset + 1);
-	TclStoreInt1AtPtr(CurrentOffset(envPtr) - offset2,
-		envPtr->codeStart + offset2 + 1);
-	TclAdjustStackDepth(-1, envPtr);
-    }
-    TclEmitOpcode(		INST_DUP,			envPtr);
-    TclEmitInstInt4(		INST_LIST_RANGE_IMM, 0,		envPtr);
-    TclEmitInt4(			idx1 - 1,		envPtr);
-    TclEmitInstInt4(		INST_REVERSE, 2,		envPtr);
-    TclEmitInstInt4(		INST_LIST_RANGE_IMM, idx2 + 1,	envPtr);
-    TclEmitInt4(			INDEX_END,		envPtr);
-    TclEmitInstInt4(		INST_REVERSE, 3,		envPtr);
-    TclEmitOpcode(		INST_LIST_CONCAT,		envPtr);
-    TclEmitInstInt4(		INST_REVERSE, 2,		envPtr);
-    TclEmitOpcode(		INST_LIST_CONCAT,		envPtr);
-    goto done;
-
-    /*
-     * Clean up the allocated memory.
-     */
-
-  done:
-    if (tmpObj != NULL) {
-	Tcl_DecrRefCount(tmpObj);
-    }
+	TclEmitOpcode(		INST_POP,			envPtr);
+	TclStoreInt1AtPtr(CurrentOffset(envPtr) - offset2,
+		envPtr->codeStart + offset2 + 1);
+    }
+
+    if ((idx1 == suffixStart) && (parsePtr->numWords == 4)) {
+	/*
+	 * This is a "no-op". Example: [lreplace {a b c} 2 0]
+	 * We still do a list operation to get list-verification
+	 * and canonicalization side effects.
+	 */
+	TclEmitInstInt4(	INST_LIST_RANGE_IMM, 0,		envPtr);
+	TclEmitInt4(			TCL_INDEX_END,		envPtr);
+	return TCL_OK;
+    }
+
+    if (idx1 != TCL_INDEX_START) {
+	/* Prefix may not be empty; generate bytecode to push it */
+	if (emptyPrefix) {
+	    TclEmitOpcode(	INST_DUP,			envPtr);
+	} else {
+	    TclEmitInstInt4(	INST_OVER, 1,			envPtr);
+	}
+	TclEmitInstInt4(	INST_LIST_RANGE_IMM, 0,		envPtr);
+	TclEmitInt4(			idx1 - 1,		envPtr);
+	if (!emptyPrefix) {
+	    TclEmitInstInt4(	INST_REVERSE, 2,		envPtr);
+	    TclEmitOpcode(	INST_LIST_CONCAT,		envPtr);
+	}
+	emptyPrefix = 0;
+    }
+
+    if (!emptyPrefix) {
+	TclEmitInstInt4(	INST_REVERSE, 2,		envPtr);
+    }
+
+    if (suffixStart == TCL_INDEX_AFTER) {
+	TclEmitOpcode(		INST_POP,			envPtr);
+	if (emptyPrefix) {
+	    PushStringLiteral(envPtr, "");
+	}
+    } else {
+	/* Suffix may not be empty; generate bytecode to push it */
+	TclEmitInstInt4(	INST_LIST_RANGE_IMM, suffixStart, envPtr);
+	TclEmitInt4(			TCL_INDEX_END,		envPtr);
+	if (!emptyPrefix) {
+	    TclEmitOpcode(	INST_LIST_CONCAT,		envPtr);
+	}
+    }
+
     return TCL_OK;
 }
 
 /*
  *----------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -2931,11 +2856,11 @@
 
 	if (localIndex < 0) {
 	    return TCL_ERROR;
 	}
 
-	/* TODO: Consider what value can pass throug the
+	/* TODO: Consider what value can pass through the
 	 * IndexTailVarIfKnown() screen.  Full CompileWord()
 	 * likely does not apply here.  Push known value instead. */
 	CompileWord(envPtr, varTokenPtr, interp, i);
 	TclEmitInstInt4(	INST_VARIABLE, localIndex,	envPtr);
 

Index: generic/tclCompCmdsSZ.c
==================================================================
--- generic/tclCompCmdsSZ.c
+++ generic/tclCompCmdsSZ.c
@@ -105,62 +105,10 @@
 #define STORE(idx) \
     if ((idx)<256) {OP1(STORE_SCALAR1,(idx));} else {OP4(STORE_SCALAR4,(idx));}
 #define INVOKE(name) \
     TclEmitInvoke(envPtr,INST_##name)
 
-#define INDEX_END	(-2)
-
-/*
- *----------------------------------------------------------------------
- *
- * GetIndexFromToken --
- *
- *	Parse a token and get the encoded version of the index (as understood
- *	by TEBC), assuming it is at all knowable at compile time. Only handles
- *	indices that are integers or 'end' or 'end-integer'.
- *
- * Returns:
- *	TCL_OK if parsing succeeded, and TCL_ERROR if it failed.
- *
- * Side effects:
- *	Sets *index to the index value if successful.
- *
- *----------------------------------------------------------------------
- */
-
-static inline int
-GetIndexFromToken(
-    Tcl_Token *tokenPtr,
-    int *index)
-{
-    Tcl_Obj *tmpObj = Tcl_NewObj();
-    int result, idx;
-
-    if (!TclWordKnownAtCompileTime(tokenPtr, tmpObj)) {
-	Tcl_DecrRefCount(tmpObj);
-	return TCL_ERROR;
-    }
-
-    result = TclGetIntFromObj(NULL, tmpObj, &idx);
-    if (result == TCL_OK) {
-	if (idx < 0) {
-	    result = TCL_ERROR;
-	}
-    } else {
-	result = TclGetIntForIndexM(NULL, tmpObj, INDEX_END, &idx);
-	if (result == TCL_OK && idx > INDEX_END) {
-	    result = TCL_ERROR;
-	}
-    }
-    Tcl_DecrRefCount(tmpObj);
-
-    if (result == TCL_OK) {
-	*index = idx;
-    }
-
-    return result;
-}
 
 /*
  *----------------------------------------------------------------------
  *
  * TclCompileSetCmd --
@@ -980,35 +928,60 @@
     }
     stringTokenPtr = TokenAfter(parsePtr->tokenPtr);
     fromTokenPtr = TokenAfter(stringTokenPtr);
     toTokenPtr = TokenAfter(fromTokenPtr);
 
+    /* Every path must push the string argument */
+    CompileWord(envPtr, stringTokenPtr,			interp, 1);
+
     /*
      * Parse the two indices.
      */
 
-    if (GetIndexFromToken(fromTokenPtr, &idx1) != TCL_OK) {
+    if (TclGetIndexFromToken(fromTokenPtr, TCL_INDEX_START, TCL_INDEX_AFTER,
+	    &idx1) != TCL_OK) {
+	goto nonConstantIndices;
+    }
+    /*
+     * Token parsed as an index expression. We treat all indices before
+     * the string the same as the start of the string.
+     */
+
+    if (idx1 == TCL_INDEX_AFTER) {
+	/* [string range $s end+1 $last] must be empty string */
+	OP(		POP);
+	PUSH(		"");
+	return TCL_OK;
+    }
+
+    if (TclGetIndexFromToken(toTokenPtr, TCL_INDEX_BEFORE, TCL_INDEX_END,
+	    &idx2) != TCL_OK) {
 	goto nonConstantIndices;
     }
-    if (GetIndexFromToken(toTokenPtr, &idx2) != TCL_OK) {
-	goto nonConstantIndices;
+    /*
+     * Token parsed as an index expression. We treat all indices after
+     * the string the same as the end of the string.
+     */
+    if (idx2 == TCL_INDEX_BEFORE) {
+	/* [string range $s $first -1] must be empty string */
+	OP(		POP);
+	PUSH(		"");
+	return TCL_OK;
     }
 
     /*
      * Push the operand onto the stack and then the substring operation.
      */
 
-    CompileWord(envPtr, stringTokenPtr,			interp, 1);
     OP44(		STR_RANGE_IMM, idx1, idx2);
     return TCL_OK;
 
     /*
      * Push the operands onto the stack and then the substring operation.
      */
 
   nonConstantIndices:
-    CompileWord(envPtr, stringTokenPtr,			interp, 1);
     CompileWord(envPtr, fromTokenPtr,			interp, 2);
     CompileWord(envPtr, toTokenPtr,			interp, 3);
     OP(			STR_RANGE);
     return TCL_OK;
 }
@@ -1020,128 +993,201 @@
 				 * command. */
     Command *cmdPtr,		/* Points to defintion of command being
 				 * compiled. */
     CompileEnv *envPtr)		/* Holds the resulting instructions. */
 {
-    Tcl_Token *tokenPtr, *valueTokenPtr, *replacementTokenPtr = NULL;
+    Tcl_Token *tokenPtr, *valueTokenPtr;
     DefineLineInformation;	/* TIP #280 */
-    int idx1, idx2;
+    int first, last;
 
     if (parsePtr->numWords < 4 || parsePtr->numWords > 5) {
 	return TCL_ERROR;
     }
-    valueTokenPtr = TokenAfter(parsePtr->tokenPtr);
-    if (parsePtr->numWords == 5) {
-	tokenPtr = TokenAfter(valueTokenPtr);
-	tokenPtr = TokenAfter(tokenPtr);
-	replacementTokenPtr = TokenAfter(tokenPtr);
-    }
-
-    /*
-     * Parse the indices. Will only compile special cases if both are
-     * constants and not an _integer_ less than zero (since we reserve
-     * negative indices here for end-relative indexing) or an end-based index
-     * greater than 'end' itself.
-     */
-
-    tokenPtr = TokenAfter(valueTokenPtr);
-    if (GetIndexFromToken(tokenPtr, &idx1) != TCL_OK) {
-	goto genericReplace;
-    }
-
-    tokenPtr = TokenAfter(tokenPtr);
-    if (GetIndexFromToken(tokenPtr, &idx2) != TCL_OK) {
-	goto genericReplace;
-    }
-
-    /*
-     * We handle these replacements specially: first character (where
-     * idx1=idx2=0) and last character (where idx1=idx2=INDEX_END). Anything
-     * else and the semantics get rather screwy.
-     */
-
-    if (idx1 == 0 && idx2 == 0) {
-	int notEq, end;
-
-	/*
-	 * Just working with the first character.
-	 */
-
-	CompileWord(envPtr, valueTokenPtr, interp, 1);
-	if (replacementTokenPtr == NULL) {
-	    /* Drop first */
-	    OP44(	STR_RANGE_IMM, 1, INDEX_END);
-	    return TCL_OK;
-	}
-	/* Replace first */
-	CompileWord(envPtr, replacementTokenPtr, interp, 4);
-	OP4(		OVER, 1);
-	PUSH(		"");
-	OP(		STR_EQ);
-	JUMP1(		JUMP_FALSE, notEq);
-	OP(		POP);
-	JUMP1(		JUMP, end);
-	FIXJUMP1(notEq);
-	TclAdjustStackDepth(1, envPtr);
-	OP4(		REVERSE, 2);
-	OP44(		STR_RANGE_IMM, 1, INDEX_END);
-	OP1(		STR_CONCAT1, 2);
-	FIXJUMP1(end);
-	return TCL_OK;
-
-    } else if (idx1 == INDEX_END && idx2 == INDEX_END) {
-	int notEq, end;
-
-	/*
-	 * Just working with the last character.
-	 */
-
-	CompileWord(envPtr, valueTokenPtr, interp, 1);
-	if (replacementTokenPtr == NULL) {
-	    /* Drop last */
-	    OP44(	STR_RANGE_IMM, 0, INDEX_END-1);
-	    return TCL_OK;
-	}
-	/* Replace last */
-	CompileWord(envPtr, replacementTokenPtr, interp, 4);
-	OP4(		OVER, 1);
-	PUSH(		"");
-	OP(		STR_EQ);
-	JUMP1(		JUMP_FALSE, notEq);
-	OP(		POP);
-	JUMP1(		JUMP, end);
-	FIXJUMP1(notEq);
-	TclAdjustStackDepth(1, envPtr);
-	OP4(		REVERSE, 2);
-	OP44(		STR_RANGE_IMM, 0, INDEX_END-1);
-	OP4(		REVERSE, 2);
-	OP1(		STR_CONCAT1, 2);
-	FIXJUMP1(end);
-	return TCL_OK;
-
-    } else {
-	/*
-	 * Need to process indices at runtime. This could be because the
-	 * indices are not constants, or because we need to resolve them to
-	 * absolute indices to work out if a replacement is going to happen.
-	 * In any case, to runtime it is.
-	 */
-
-    genericReplace:
-	CompileWord(envPtr, valueTokenPtr, interp, 1);
+ 
+    /* Bytecode to compute/push string argument being replaced */
+    valueTokenPtr = TokenAfter(parsePtr->tokenPtr);
+    CompileWord(envPtr, valueTokenPtr, interp, 1);
+
+    /*
+     * Check for first index known and useful at compile time. 
+     */
+    tokenPtr = TokenAfter(valueTokenPtr);
+    if (TclGetIndexFromToken(tokenPtr, TCL_INDEX_BEFORE, TCL_INDEX_AFTER,
+	    &first) != TCL_OK) {
+	goto genericReplace;
+    }
+
+    /*
+     * Check for last index known and useful at compile time. 
+     */
+    tokenPtr = TokenAfter(tokenPtr);
+    if (TclGetIndexFromToken(tokenPtr, TCL_INDEX_BEFORE, TCL_INDEX_AFTER,
+	    &last) != TCL_OK) {
+	goto genericReplace;
+    }
+
+    /* 
+     * [string replace] is an odd bird.  For many arguments it is
+     * a conventional substring replacer.  However it also goes out
+     * of its way to become a no-op for many cases where it would be
+     * replacing an empty substring.  Precisely, it is a no-op when
+     *
+     *		(last < first)		OR
+     *		(last < 0)		OR
+     *		(end < first)
+     *
+     * For some compile-time values we can detect these cases, and
+     * compile direct to bytecode implementing the no-op.
+     */
+
+    if ((last == TCL_INDEX_BEFORE)		/* Know (last < 0) */
+	    || (first == TCL_INDEX_AFTER)	/* Know (first > end) */
+
+	/*
+	 * Tricky to determine when runtime (last < first) can be
+	 * certainly known based on the encoded values. Consider the
+	 * cases...
+	 *
+	 * (first <= TCL_INDEX_END) &&
+	 *	(last == TCL_INDEX_AFTER) => cannot tell REJECT
+	 *	(last <= TCL_INDEX END) && (last < first) => ACCEPT
+	 *	else => cannot tell REJECT
+	 */
+	    || ((first <= TCL_INDEX_END) && (last <= TCL_INDEX_END)
+		&& (last < first))		/* Know (last < first) */
+	/*
+	 * (first == TCL_INDEX_BEFORE) &&
+	 *	(last == TCL_INDEX_AFTER) => (first < last) REJECT
+	 *	(last <= TCL_INDEX_END) => cannot tell REJECT
+	 *	else		=> (first < last) REJECT
+	 *
+	 * else [[first >= TCL_INDEX_START]] &&
+	 *	(last == TCL_INDEX_AFTER) => cannot tell REJECT
+	 *	(last <= TCL_INDEX_END) => cannot tell REJECT
+	 *	else [[last >= TCL_INDEX START]] && (last < first) => ACCEPT
+	 */
+	    || ((first >= TCL_INDEX_START) && (last >= TCL_INDEX_START)
+		&& (last < first))) {		/* Know (last < first) */
+	if (parsePtr->numWords == 5) {
+	    tokenPtr = TokenAfter(tokenPtr);
+	    CompileWord(envPtr, tokenPtr, interp, 4);
+	    OP(		POP);		/* Pop newString */
+	}
+	/* Original string argument now on TOS as result */
+	return TCL_OK;
+    }
+
+    if (parsePtr->numWords == 5) {
+    /*
+     * When we have a string replacement, we have to take care about
+     * not replacing empty substrings that [string replace] promises
+     * not to replace
+     *
+     * The remaining index values might be suitable for conventional
+     * string replacement, but only if they cannot possibly meet the
+     * conditions described above at runtime. If there's a chance they
+     * might, we would have to emit bytecode to check and at that point
+     * we're paying more in bytecode execution time than would make
+     * things worthwhile. Trouble is we are very limited in
+     * how much we can detect that at compile time. After decoding,
+     * we need, first:
+     *
+     *		(first <= end)
+     *
+     * The encoded indices (first <= TCL_INDEX END) and
+     * (first == TCL_INDEX_BEFORE) always meets this condition, but
+     * any other encoded first index has some list for which it fails.
+     *
+     * We also need, second:
+     *
+     *		(last >= 0)
+     *
+     * The encoded indices (last >= TCL_INDEX_START) and
+     * (last == TCL_INDEX_AFTER) always meet this condition but any
+     * other encoded last index has some list for which it fails.
+     *
+     * Finally we need, third:
+     *
+     *		(first <= last)
+     * 
+     * Considered in combination with the constraints we already have,
+     * we see that we can proceed when (first == TCL_INDEX_BEFORE)
+     * or (last == TCL_INDEX_AFTER). These also permit simplification
+     * of the prefix|replace|suffix construction. The other constraints,
+     * though, interfere with getting a guarantee that first <= last. 
+     */
+
+    if ((first == TCL_INDEX_BEFORE) && (last >= TCL_INDEX_START)) {
+	/* empty prefix */
+	tokenPtr = TokenAfter(tokenPtr);
+	CompileWord(envPtr, tokenPtr, interp, 4);
+	OP4(		REVERSE, 2);
+	if (last == TCL_INDEX_AFTER) {
+	    OP(		POP);		/* Pop  original */
+	} else {
+	    OP44(	STR_RANGE_IMM, last + 1, TCL_INDEX_END);
+	    OP1(	STR_CONCAT1, 2);
+	}
+	return TCL_OK;
+    }
+
+    if ((last == TCL_INDEX_AFTER) && (first <= TCL_INDEX_END)) {
+	OP44(		STR_RANGE_IMM, 0, first-1);
+	tokenPtr = TokenAfter(tokenPtr);
+	CompileWord(envPtr, tokenPtr, interp, 4);
+	OP1(		STR_CONCAT1, 2);
+	return TCL_OK;
+    }
+
+	/* FLOW THROUGH TO genericReplace */
+
+    } else {
+	/* 
+	 * When we have no replacement string to worry about, we may
+	 * have more luck, because the forbidden empty string replacements
+	 * are harmless when they are replaced by another empty string.
+	 */
+
+	if ((first == TCL_INDEX_BEFORE) || (first == TCL_INDEX_START)) {
+	    /* empty prefix - build suffix only */
+
+	    if ((last == TCL_INDEX_END) || (last == TCL_INDEX_AFTER)) {
+		/* empty suffix too => empty result */
+		OP(	POP);		/* Pop  original */
+		PUSH	(	"");
+		return TCL_OK;
+	    }
+	    OP44(	STR_RANGE_IMM, last + 1, TCL_INDEX_END);
+	    return TCL_OK;
+	} else {
+	    if ((last == TCL_INDEX_END) || (last == TCL_INDEX_AFTER)) {
+		/* empty suffix - build prefix only */
+		OP44(	STR_RANGE_IMM, 0, first-1);
+		return TCL_OK;
+	    }
+	    OP(		DUP);
+	    OP44(	STR_RANGE_IMM, 0, first-1);
+	    OP4(	REVERSE, 2);
+	    OP44(	STR_RANGE_IMM, last + 1, TCL_INDEX_END);
+	    OP1(	STR_CONCAT1, 2);
+	    return TCL_OK;
+	}
+    }
+
+    genericReplace:
 	tokenPtr = TokenAfter(valueTokenPtr);
 	CompileWord(envPtr, tokenPtr, interp, 2);
 	tokenPtr = TokenAfter(tokenPtr);
 	CompileWord(envPtr, tokenPtr, interp, 3);
-	if (replacementTokenPtr != NULL) {
-	    CompileWord(envPtr, replacementTokenPtr, interp, 4);
+	if (parsePtr->numWords == 5) {
+	    tokenPtr = TokenAfter(tokenPtr);
+	    CompileWord(envPtr, tokenPtr, interp, 4);
 	} else {
 	    PUSH(	"");
 	}
 	OP(		STR_REPLACE);
 	return TCL_OK;
-    }
 }
 
 int
 TclCompileStringTrimLCmd(
     Tcl_Interp *interp,		/* Used for error reporting. */

Index: generic/tclCompile.h
==================================================================
--- generic/tclCompile.h
+++ generic/tclCompile.h
@@ -423,15 +423,15 @@
 				 * procs are redefined. */
     Namespace *nsPtr;		/* Namespace context in which this code was
 				 * compiled. If the code is executed if a
 				 * different namespace, it must be
 				 * recompiled. */
-    size_t nsEpoch;		/* Value of nsPtr->resolverEpoch when this
+    unsigned int nsEpoch;	/* Value of nsPtr->resolverEpoch when this
 				 * ByteCode was compiled. Used to invalidate
 				 * code when new namespace resolution rules
 				 * are put into effect. */
-    int refCount;		/* Reference count: set 1 when created plus 1
+    unsigned int refCount;	/* Reference count: set 1 when created plus 1
 				 * for each execution of the code currently
 				 * active. This structure can be freed when
 				 * refCount becomes zero. */
     unsigned int flags;		/* flags describing state for the codebyte.
 				 * this variable holds ORed values from the
@@ -1118,10 +1118,12 @@
 MODULE_SCOPE int	TclFixupForwardJump(CompileEnv *envPtr,
 			    JumpFixup *jumpFixupPtr, int jumpDist,
 			    int distThreshold);
 MODULE_SCOPE void	TclFreeCompileEnv(CompileEnv *envPtr);
 MODULE_SCOPE void	TclFreeJumpFixupArray(JumpFixupArray *fixupArrayPtr);
+MODULE_SCOPE int	TclGetIndexFromToken(Tcl_Token *tokenPtr,
+			    int before, int after, int *indexPtr);
 MODULE_SCOPE ByteCode *	TclInitByteCode(CompileEnv *envPtr);
 MODULE_SCOPE ByteCode *	TclInitByteCodeObj(Tcl_Obj *objPtr,
 			    const Tcl_ObjType *typePtr, CompileEnv *envPtr);
 MODULE_SCOPE void	TclInitCompileEnv(Tcl_Interp *interp,
 			    CompileEnv *envPtr, const char *string,

Index: generic/tclDecls.h
==================================================================
--- generic/tclDecls.h
+++ generic/tclDecls.h
@@ -51,11 +51,11 @@
 /* 0 */
 EXTERN int		Tcl_PkgProvideEx(Tcl_Interp *interp,
 				const char *name, const char *version,
 				const void *clientData);
 /* 1 */
-EXTERN CONST84_RETURN char * Tcl_PkgRequireEx(Tcl_Interp *interp,
+EXTERN const char *	Tcl_PkgRequireEx(Tcl_Interp *interp,
 				const char *name, const char *version,
 				int exact, void *clientDataPtr);
 /* 2 */
 EXTERN TCL_NORETURN void Tcl_Panic(const char *format, ...) TCL_FORMAT_PRINTF(1, 2);
 /* 3 */
@@ -157,12 +157,11 @@
 /* 35 */
 EXTERN int		Tcl_GetDoubleFromObj(Tcl_Interp *interp,
 				Tcl_Obj *objPtr, double *doublePtr);
 /* 36 */
 EXTERN int		Tcl_GetIndexFromObj(Tcl_Interp *interp,
-				Tcl_Obj *objPtr,
-				CONST84 char *const *tablePtr,
+				Tcl_Obj *objPtr, const char *const *tablePtr,
 				const char *msg, int flags, int *indexPtr);
 /* 37 */
 EXTERN int		Tcl_GetInt(Tcl_Interp *interp, const char *src,
 				int *intPtr);
 /* 38 */
@@ -261,11 +260,12 @@
 /* 75 */
 EXTERN int		Tcl_AsyncReady(void);
 /* 76 */
 EXTERN void		Tcl_BackgroundError(Tcl_Interp *interp);
 /* 77 */
-EXTERN char		Tcl_Backslash(const char *src, int *readPtr);
+TCL_DEPRECATED("Use Tcl_UtfBackslash")
+char			Tcl_Backslash(const char *src, int *readPtr);
 /* 78 */
 EXTERN int		Tcl_BadChannelOption(Tcl_Interp *interp,
 				const char *optionName,
 				const char *optionList);
 /* 79 */
@@ -278,11 +278,11 @@
 /* 81 */
 EXTERN int		Tcl_Close(Tcl_Interp *interp, Tcl_Channel chan);
 /* 82 */
 EXTERN int		Tcl_CommandComplete(const char *cmd);
 /* 83 */
-EXTERN char *		Tcl_Concat(int argc, CONST84 char *const *argv);
+EXTERN char *		Tcl_Concat(int argc, const char *const *argv);
 /* 84 */
 EXTERN int		Tcl_ConvertElement(const char *src, char *dst,
 				int flags);
 /* 85 */
 EXTERN int		Tcl_ConvertCountedElement(const char *src,
@@ -289,11 +289,11 @@
 				int length, char *dst, int flags);
 /* 86 */
 EXTERN int		Tcl_CreateAlias(Tcl_Interp *slave,
 				const char *slaveCmd, Tcl_Interp *target,
 				const char *targetCmd, int argc,
-				CONST84 char *const *argv);
+				const char *const *argv);
 /* 87 */
 EXTERN int		Tcl_CreateAliasObj(Tcl_Interp *slave,
 				const char *slaveCmd, Tcl_Interp *target,
 				const char *targetCmd, int objc,
 				Tcl_Obj *const objv[]);
@@ -320,11 +320,12 @@
 EXTERN void		Tcl_CreateExitHandler(Tcl_ExitProc *proc,
 				ClientData clientData);
 /* 94 */
 EXTERN Tcl_Interp *	Tcl_CreateInterp(void);
 /* 95 */
-EXTERN void		Tcl_CreateMathFunc(Tcl_Interp *interp,
+TCL_DEPRECATED("")
+void			Tcl_CreateMathFunc(Tcl_Interp *interp,
 				const char *name, int numArgs,
 				Tcl_ValueType *argTypes, Tcl_MathProc *proc,
 				ClientData clientData);
 /* 96 */
 EXTERN Tcl_Command	Tcl_CreateObjCommand(Tcl_Interp *interp,
@@ -410,13 +411,13 @@
 /* 125 */
 EXTERN void		Tcl_DStringStartSublist(Tcl_DString *dsPtr);
 /* 126 */
 EXTERN int		Tcl_Eof(Tcl_Channel chan);
 /* 127 */
-EXTERN CONST84_RETURN char * Tcl_ErrnoId(void);
+EXTERN const char *	Tcl_ErrnoId(void);
 /* 128 */
-EXTERN CONST84_RETURN char * Tcl_ErrnoMsg(int err);
+EXTERN const char *	Tcl_ErrnoMsg(int err);
 /* 129 */
 EXTERN int		Tcl_Eval(Tcl_Interp *interp, const char *script);
 /* 130 */
 EXTERN int		Tcl_EvalFile(Tcl_Interp *interp,
 				const char *fileName);
@@ -467,17 +468,17 @@
 EXTERN void		Tcl_FreeResult(Tcl_Interp *interp);
 /* 148 */
 EXTERN int		Tcl_GetAlias(Tcl_Interp *interp,
 				const char *slaveCmd,
 				Tcl_Interp **targetInterpPtr,
-				CONST84 char **targetCmdPtr, int *argcPtr,
-				CONST84 char ***argvPtr);
+				const char **targetCmdPtr, int *argcPtr,
+				const char ***argvPtr);
 /* 149 */
 EXTERN int		Tcl_GetAliasObj(Tcl_Interp *interp,
 				const char *slaveCmd,
 				Tcl_Interp **targetInterpPtr,
-				CONST84 char **targetCmdPtr, int *objcPtr,
+				const char **targetCmdPtr, int *objcPtr,
 				Tcl_Obj ***objv);
 /* 150 */
 EXTERN ClientData	Tcl_GetAssocData(Tcl_Interp *interp,
 				const char *name,
 				Tcl_InterpDeleteProc **procPtr);
@@ -492,11 +493,11 @@
 /* 154 */
 EXTERN ClientData	Tcl_GetChannelInstanceData(Tcl_Channel chan);
 /* 155 */
 EXTERN int		Tcl_GetChannelMode(Tcl_Channel chan);
 /* 156 */
-EXTERN CONST84_RETURN char * Tcl_GetChannelName(Tcl_Channel chan);
+EXTERN const char *	Tcl_GetChannelName(Tcl_Channel chan);
 /* 157 */
 EXTERN int		Tcl_GetChannelOption(Tcl_Interp *interp,
 				Tcl_Channel chan, const char *optionName,
 				Tcl_DString *dsPtr);
 /* 158 */
@@ -503,16 +504,16 @@
 EXTERN CONST86 Tcl_ChannelType * Tcl_GetChannelType(Tcl_Channel chan);
 /* 159 */
 EXTERN int		Tcl_GetCommandInfo(Tcl_Interp *interp,
 				const char *cmdName, Tcl_CmdInfo *infoPtr);
 /* 160 */
-EXTERN CONST84_RETURN char * Tcl_GetCommandName(Tcl_Interp *interp,
+EXTERN const char *	Tcl_GetCommandName(Tcl_Interp *interp,
 				Tcl_Command command);
 /* 161 */
 EXTERN int		Tcl_GetErrno(void);
 /* 162 */
-EXTERN CONST84_RETURN char * Tcl_GetHostName(void);
+EXTERN const char *	Tcl_GetHostName(void);
 /* 163 */
 EXTERN int		Tcl_GetInterpPath(Tcl_Interp *askInterp,
 				Tcl_Interp *slaveInterp);
 /* 164 */
 EXTERN Tcl_Interp *	Tcl_GetMaster(Tcl_Interp *interp);
@@ -544,18 +545,17 @@
 EXTERN Tcl_Interp *	Tcl_GetSlave(Tcl_Interp *interp,
 				const char *slaveName);
 /* 173 */
 EXTERN Tcl_Channel	Tcl_GetStdChannel(int type);
 /* 174 */
-EXTERN CONST84_RETURN char * Tcl_GetStringResult(Tcl_Interp *interp);
+EXTERN const char *	Tcl_GetStringResult(Tcl_Interp *interp);
 /* 175 */
-EXTERN CONST84_RETURN char * Tcl_GetVar(Tcl_Interp *interp,
-				const char *varName, int flags);
+EXTERN const char *	Tcl_GetVar(Tcl_Interp *interp, const char *varName,
+				int flags);
 /* 176 */
-EXTERN CONST84_RETURN char * Tcl_GetVar2(Tcl_Interp *interp,
-				const char *part1, const char *part2,
-				int flags);
+EXTERN const char *	Tcl_GetVar2(Tcl_Interp *interp, const char *part1,
+				const char *part2, int flags);
 /* 177 */
 EXTERN int		Tcl_GlobalEval(Tcl_Interp *interp,
 				const char *command);
 /* 178 */
 EXTERN int		Tcl_GlobalEvalObj(Tcl_Interp *interp,
@@ -576,11 +576,11 @@
 /* 184 */
 EXTERN int		Tcl_InterpDeleted(Tcl_Interp *interp);
 /* 185 */
 EXTERN int		Tcl_IsSafe(Tcl_Interp *interp);
 /* 186 */
-EXTERN char *		Tcl_JoinPath(int argc, CONST84 char *const *argv,
+EXTERN char *		Tcl_JoinPath(int argc, const char *const *argv,
 				Tcl_DString *resultPtr);
 /* 187 */
 EXTERN int		Tcl_LinkVar(Tcl_Interp *interp, const char *varName,
 				char *addr, int type);
 /* Slot 188 is reserved */
@@ -589,11 +589,11 @@
 /* 190 */
 EXTERN int		Tcl_MakeSafe(Tcl_Interp *interp);
 /* 191 */
 EXTERN Tcl_Channel	Tcl_MakeTcpClientChannel(ClientData tcpSocket);
 /* 192 */
-EXTERN char *		Tcl_Merge(int argc, CONST84 char *const *argv);
+EXTERN char *		Tcl_Merge(int argc, const char *const *argv);
 /* 193 */
 EXTERN Tcl_HashEntry *	Tcl_NextHashEntry(Tcl_HashSearch *searchPtr);
 /* 194 */
 EXTERN void		Tcl_NotifyChannel(Tcl_Channel channel, int mask);
 /* 195 */
@@ -603,11 +603,11 @@
 EXTERN Tcl_Obj *	Tcl_ObjSetVar2(Tcl_Interp *interp, Tcl_Obj *part1Ptr,
 				Tcl_Obj *part2Ptr, Tcl_Obj *newValuePtr,
 				int flags);
 /* 197 */
 EXTERN Tcl_Channel	Tcl_OpenCommandChannel(Tcl_Interp *interp, int argc,
-				CONST84 char **argv, int flags);
+				const char **argv, int flags);
 /* 198 */
 EXTERN Tcl_Channel	Tcl_OpenFileChannel(Tcl_Interp *interp,
 				const char *fileName, const char *modeString,
 				int permissions);
 /* 199 */
@@ -625,11 +625,11 @@
 EXTERN void		Tcl_PrintDouble(Tcl_Interp *interp, double value,
 				char *dst);
 /* 203 */
 EXTERN int		Tcl_PutEnv(const char *assignment);
 /* 204 */
-EXTERN CONST84_RETURN char * Tcl_PosixError(Tcl_Interp *interp);
+EXTERN const char *	Tcl_PosixError(Tcl_Interp *interp);
 /* 205 */
 EXTERN void		Tcl_QueueEvent(Tcl_Event *evPtr,
 				Tcl_QueuePosition position);
 /* 206 */
 EXTERN int		Tcl_Read(Tcl_Channel chan, char *bufPtr, int toRead);
@@ -655,12 +655,11 @@
 /* 214 */
 EXTERN int		Tcl_RegExpMatch(Tcl_Interp *interp, const char *text,
 				const char *pattern);
 /* 215 */
 EXTERN void		Tcl_RegExpRange(Tcl_RegExp regexp, int index,
-				CONST84 char **startPtr,
-				CONST84 char **endPtr);
+				const char **startPtr, const char **endPtr);
 /* 216 */
 EXTERN void		Tcl_Release(ClientData clientData);
 /* 217 */
 EXTERN void		Tcl_ResetResult(Tcl_Interp *interp);
 /* 218 */
@@ -667,11 +666,12 @@
 EXTERN int		Tcl_ScanElement(const char *src, int *flagPtr);
 /* 219 */
 EXTERN int		Tcl_ScanCountedElement(const char *src, int length,
 				int *flagPtr);
 /* 220 */
-EXTERN int		Tcl_SeekOld(Tcl_Channel chan, int offset, int mode);
+TCL_DEPRECATED("")
+int			Tcl_SeekOld(Tcl_Channel chan, int offset, int mode);
 /* 221 */
 EXTERN int		Tcl_ServiceAll(void);
 /* 222 */
 EXTERN int		Tcl_ServiceEvent(int flags);
 /* 223 */
@@ -711,39 +711,39 @@
 EXTERN void		Tcl_SetObjResult(Tcl_Interp *interp,
 				Tcl_Obj *resultObjPtr);
 /* 236 */
 EXTERN void		Tcl_SetStdChannel(Tcl_Channel channel, int type);
 /* 237 */
-EXTERN CONST84_RETURN char * Tcl_SetVar(Tcl_Interp *interp,
-				const char *varName, const char *newValue,
-				int flags);
+EXTERN const char *	Tcl_SetVar(Tcl_Interp *interp, const char *varName,
+				const char *newValue, int flags);
 /* 238 */
-EXTERN CONST84_RETURN char * Tcl_SetVar2(Tcl_Interp *interp,
-				const char *part1, const char *part2,
-				const char *newValue, int flags);
+EXTERN const char *	Tcl_SetVar2(Tcl_Interp *interp, const char *part1,
+				const char *part2, const char *newValue,
+				int flags);
 /* 239 */
-EXTERN CONST84_RETURN char * Tcl_SignalId(int sig);
+EXTERN const char *	Tcl_SignalId(int sig);
 /* 240 */
-EXTERN CONST84_RETURN char * Tcl_SignalMsg(int sig);
+EXTERN const char *	Tcl_SignalMsg(int sig);
 /* 241 */
 EXTERN void		Tcl_SourceRCFile(Tcl_Interp *interp);
 /* 242 */
 EXTERN int		Tcl_SplitList(Tcl_Interp *interp,
 				const char *listStr, int *argcPtr,
-				CONST84 char ***argvPtr);
+				const char ***argvPtr);
 /* 243 */
 EXTERN void		Tcl_SplitPath(const char *path, int *argcPtr,
-				CONST84 char ***argvPtr);
+				const char ***argvPtr);
 /* 244 */
 EXTERN void		Tcl_StaticPackage(Tcl_Interp *interp,
 				const char *pkgName,
 				Tcl_PackageInitProc *initProc,
 				Tcl_PackageInitProc *safeInitProc);
 /* 245 */
 EXTERN int		Tcl_StringMatch(const char *str, const char *pattern);
 /* 246 */
-EXTERN int		Tcl_TellOld(Tcl_Channel chan);
+TCL_DEPRECATED("")
+int			Tcl_TellOld(Tcl_Channel chan);
 /* 247 */
 EXTERN int		Tcl_TraceVar(Tcl_Interp *interp, const char *varName,
 				int flags, Tcl_VarTraceProc *proc,
 				ClientData clientData);
 /* 248 */
@@ -810,44 +810,47 @@
 /* 265 */
 EXTERN int		Tcl_DumpActiveMemory(const char *fileName);
 /* 266 */
 EXTERN void		Tcl_ValidateAllMemory(const char *file, int line);
 /* 267 */
-EXTERN void		Tcl_AppendResultVA(Tcl_Interp *interp,
+TCL_DEPRECATED("see TIP #422")
+void			Tcl_AppendResultVA(Tcl_Interp *interp,
 				va_list argList);
 /* 268 */
-EXTERN void		Tcl_AppendStringsToObjVA(Tcl_Obj *objPtr,
+TCL_DEPRECATED("see TIP #422")
+void			Tcl_AppendStringsToObjVA(Tcl_Obj *objPtr,
 				va_list argList);
 /* 269 */
 EXTERN char *		Tcl_HashStats(Tcl_HashTable *tablePtr);
 /* 270 */
-EXTERN CONST84_RETURN char * Tcl_ParseVar(Tcl_Interp *interp,
-				const char *start, CONST84 char **termPtr);
+EXTERN const char *	Tcl_ParseVar(Tcl_Interp *interp, const char *start,
+				const char **termPtr);
 /* 271 */
-EXTERN CONST84_RETURN char * Tcl_PkgPresent(Tcl_Interp *interp,
-				const char *name, const char *version,
-				int exact);
+EXTERN const char *	Tcl_PkgPresent(Tcl_Interp *interp, const char *name,
+				const char *version, int exact);
 /* 272 */
-EXTERN CONST84_RETURN char * Tcl_PkgPresentEx(Tcl_Interp *interp,
+EXTERN const char *	Tcl_PkgPresentEx(Tcl_Interp *interp,
 				const char *name, const char *version,
 				int exact, void *clientDataPtr);
 /* 273 */
 EXTERN int		Tcl_PkgProvide(Tcl_Interp *interp, const char *name,
 				const char *version);
 /* 274 */
-EXTERN CONST84_RETURN char * Tcl_PkgRequire(Tcl_Interp *interp,
-				const char *name, const char *version,
-				int exact);
+EXTERN const char *	Tcl_PkgRequire(Tcl_Interp *interp, const char *name,
+				const char *version, int exact);
 /* 275 */
-EXTERN void		Tcl_SetErrorCodeVA(Tcl_Interp *interp,
+TCL_DEPRECATED("see TIP #422")
+void			Tcl_SetErrorCodeVA(Tcl_Interp *interp,
 				va_list argList);
 /* 276 */
-EXTERN int		Tcl_VarEvalVA(Tcl_Interp *interp, va_list argList);
+TCL_DEPRECATED("see TIP #422")
+int			Tcl_VarEvalVA(Tcl_Interp *interp, va_list argList);
 /* 277 */
 EXTERN Tcl_Pid		Tcl_WaitPid(Tcl_Pid pid, int *statPtr, int options);
 /* 278 */
-EXTERN TCL_NORETURN void Tcl_PanicVA(const char *format, va_list argList);
+TCL_DEPRECATED("see TIP #422")
+TCL_NORETURN void	Tcl_PanicVA(const char *format, va_list argList);
 /* 279 */
 EXTERN void		Tcl_GetVersion(int *major, int *minor,
 				int *patchLevel, int *type);
 /* 280 */
 EXTERN void		Tcl_InitMemory(Tcl_Interp *interp);
@@ -908,11 +911,11 @@
 /* 300 */
 EXTERN Tcl_ThreadId	Tcl_GetCurrentThread(void);
 /* 301 */
 EXTERN Tcl_Encoding	Tcl_GetEncoding(Tcl_Interp *interp, const char *name);
 /* 302 */
-EXTERN CONST84_RETURN char * Tcl_GetEncodingName(Tcl_Encoding encoding);
+EXTERN const char *	Tcl_GetEncodingName(Tcl_Encoding encoding);
 /* 303 */
 EXTERN void		Tcl_GetEncodingNames(Tcl_Interp *interp);
 /* 304 */
 EXTERN int		Tcl_GetIndexFromObjStruct(Tcl_Interp *interp,
 				Tcl_Obj *objPtr, const void *tablePtr,
@@ -967,24 +970,24 @@
 /* 323 */
 EXTERN Tcl_UniChar	Tcl_UniCharToUpper(int ch);
 /* 324 */
 EXTERN int		Tcl_UniCharToUtf(int ch, char *buf);
 /* 325 */
-EXTERN CONST84_RETURN char * Tcl_UtfAtIndex(const char *src, int index);
+EXTERN const char *	Tcl_UtfAtIndex(const char *src, int index);
 /* 326 */
 EXTERN int		Tcl_UtfCharComplete(const char *src, int length);
 /* 327 */
 EXTERN int		Tcl_UtfBackslash(const char *src, int *readPtr,
 				char *dst);
 /* 328 */
-EXTERN CONST84_RETURN char * Tcl_UtfFindFirst(const char *src, int ch);
+EXTERN const char *	Tcl_UtfFindFirst(const char *src, int ch);
 /* 329 */
-EXTERN CONST84_RETURN char * Tcl_UtfFindLast(const char *src, int ch);
+EXTERN const char *	Tcl_UtfFindLast(const char *src, int ch);
 /* 330 */
-EXTERN CONST84_RETURN char * Tcl_UtfNext(const char *src);
+EXTERN const char *	Tcl_UtfNext(const char *src);
 /* 331 */
-EXTERN CONST84_RETURN char * Tcl_UtfPrev(const char *src, const char *start);
+EXTERN const char *	Tcl_UtfPrev(const char *src, const char *start);
 /* 332 */
 EXTERN int		Tcl_UtfToExternal(Tcl_Interp *interp,
 				Tcl_Encoding encoding, const char *src,
 				int srcLen, int flags,
 				Tcl_EncodingState *statePtr, char *dst,
@@ -1008,13 +1011,15 @@
 /* 339 */
 EXTERN int		Tcl_WriteObj(Tcl_Channel chan, Tcl_Obj *objPtr);
 /* 340 */
 EXTERN char *		Tcl_GetString(Tcl_Obj *objPtr);
 /* 341 */
-EXTERN CONST84_RETURN char * Tcl_GetDefaultEncodingDir(void);
+TCL_DEPRECATED("Use Tcl_GetEncodingSearchPath")
+const char *		Tcl_GetDefaultEncodingDir(void);
 /* 342 */
-EXTERN void		Tcl_SetDefaultEncodingDir(const char *path);
+TCL_DEPRECATED("Use Tcl_SetEncodingSearchPath")
+void			Tcl_SetDefaultEncodingDir(const char *path);
 /* 343 */
 EXTERN void		Tcl_AlertNotifier(ClientData clientData);
 /* 344 */
 EXTERN void		Tcl_ServiceModeHook(int mode);
 /* 345 */
@@ -1045,11 +1050,12 @@
 				Tcl_DString *dsPtr);
 /* 356 */
 EXTERN Tcl_RegExp	Tcl_GetRegExpFromObj(Tcl_Interp *interp,
 				Tcl_Obj *patObj, int flags);
 /* 357 */
-EXTERN Tcl_Obj *	Tcl_EvalTokens(Tcl_Interp *interp,
+TCL_DEPRECATED("Use Tcl_EvalTokensStandard")
+Tcl_Obj *		Tcl_EvalTokens(Tcl_Interp *interp,
 				Tcl_Token *tokenPtr, int count);
 /* 358 */
 EXTERN void		Tcl_FreeParse(Tcl_Parse *parsePtr);
 /* 359 */
 EXTERN void		Tcl_LogCommandInfo(Tcl_Interp *interp,
@@ -1057,11 +1063,11 @@
 				int length);
 /* 360 */
 EXTERN int		Tcl_ParseBraces(Tcl_Interp *interp,
 				const char *start, int numBytes,
 				Tcl_Parse *parsePtr, int append,
-				CONST84 char **termPtr);
+				const char **termPtr);
 /* 361 */
 EXTERN int		Tcl_ParseCommand(Tcl_Interp *interp,
 				const char *start, int numBytes, int nested,
 				Tcl_Parse *parsePtr);
 /* 362 */
@@ -1069,11 +1075,11 @@
 				int numBytes, Tcl_Parse *parsePtr);
 /* 363 */
 EXTERN int		Tcl_ParseQuotedString(Tcl_Interp *interp,
 				const char *start, int numBytes,
 				Tcl_Parse *parsePtr, int append,
-				CONST84 char **termPtr);
+				const char **termPtr);
 /* 364 */
 EXTERN int		Tcl_ParseVarName(Tcl_Interp *interp,
 				const char *start, int numBytes,
 				Tcl_Parse *parsePtr, int append);
 /* 365 */
@@ -1159,12 +1165,11 @@
 /* 396 */
 EXTERN Tcl_Channel	Tcl_GetTopChannel(Tcl_Channel chan);
 /* 397 */
 EXTERN int		Tcl_ChannelBuffered(Tcl_Channel chan);
 /* 398 */
-EXTERN CONST84_RETURN char * Tcl_ChannelName(
-				const Tcl_ChannelType *chanTypePtr);
+EXTERN const char *	Tcl_ChannelName(const Tcl_ChannelType *chanTypePtr);
 /* 399 */
 EXTERN Tcl_ChannelTypeVersion Tcl_ChannelVersion(
 				const Tcl_ChannelType *chanTypePtr);
 /* 400 */
 EXTERN Tcl_DriverBlockModeProc * Tcl_ChannelBlockModeProc(
@@ -1266,17 +1271,19 @@
 EXTERN Tcl_ThreadId	Tcl_GetChannelThread(Tcl_Channel channel);
 /* 434 */
 EXTERN Tcl_UniChar *	Tcl_GetUnicodeFromObj(Tcl_Obj *objPtr,
 				int *lengthPtr);
 /* 435 */
-EXTERN int		Tcl_GetMathFuncInfo(Tcl_Interp *interp,
+TCL_DEPRECATED("")
+int			Tcl_GetMathFuncInfo(Tcl_Interp *interp,
 				const char *name, int *numArgsPtr,
 				Tcl_ValueType **argTypesPtr,
 				Tcl_MathProc **procPtr,
 				ClientData *clientDataPtr);
 /* 436 */
-EXTERN Tcl_Obj *	Tcl_ListMathFuncs(Tcl_Interp *interp,
+TCL_DEPRECATED("")
+Tcl_Obj *		Tcl_ListMathFuncs(Tcl_Interp *interp,
 				const char *pattern);
 /* 437 */
 EXTERN Tcl_Obj *	Tcl_SubstObj(Tcl_Interp *interp, Tcl_Obj *objPtr,
 				int flags);
 /* 438 */
@@ -1841,11 +1848,11 @@
 typedef struct TclStubs {
     int magic;
     const TclStubHooks *hooks;
 
     int (*tcl_PkgProvideEx) (Tcl_Interp *interp, const char *name, const char *version, const void *clientData); /* 0 */
-    CONST84_RETURN char * (*tcl_PkgRequireEx) (Tcl_Interp *interp, const char *name, const char *version, int exact, void *clientDataPtr); /* 1 */
+    const char * (*tcl_PkgRequireEx) (Tcl_Interp *interp, const char *name, const char *version, int exact, void *clientDataPtr); /* 1 */
     TCL_NORETURN1 void (*tcl_Panic) (const char *format, ...) TCL_FORMAT_PRINTF(1, 2); /* 2 */
     char * (*tcl_Alloc) (unsigned int size); /* 3 */
     void (*tcl_Free) (char *ptr); /* 4 */
     char * (*tcl_Realloc) (char *ptr, unsigned int size); /* 5 */
     char * (*tcl_DbCkalloc) (unsigned int size, const char *file, int line); /* 6 */
@@ -1892,11 +1899,11 @@
     int (*tcl_GetBoolean) (Tcl_Interp *interp, const char *src, int *boolPtr); /* 31 */
     int (*tcl_GetBooleanFromObj) (Tcl_Interp *interp, Tcl_Obj *objPtr, int *boolPtr); /* 32 */
     unsigned char * (*tcl_GetByteArrayFromObj) (Tcl_Obj *objPtr, int *lengthPtr); /* 33 */
     int (*tcl_GetDouble) (Tcl_Interp *interp, const char *src, double *doublePtr); /* 34 */
     int (*tcl_GetDoubleFromObj) (Tcl_Interp *interp, Tcl_Obj *objPtr, double *doublePtr); /* 35 */
-    int (*tcl_GetIndexFromObj) (Tcl_Interp *interp, Tcl_Obj *objPtr, CONST84 char *const *tablePtr, const char *msg, int flags, int *indexPtr); /* 36 */
+    int (*tcl_GetIndexFromObj) (Tcl_Interp *interp, Tcl_Obj *objPtr, const char *const *tablePtr, const char *msg, int flags, int *indexPtr); /* 36 */
     int (*tcl_GetInt) (Tcl_Interp *interp, const char *src, int *intPtr); /* 37 */
     int (*tcl_GetIntFromObj) (Tcl_Interp *interp, Tcl_Obj *objPtr, int *intPtr); /* 38 */
     int (*tcl_GetLongFromObj) (Tcl_Interp *interp, Tcl_Obj *objPtr, long *longPtr); /* 39 */
     CONST86 Tcl_ObjType * (*tcl_GetObjType) (const char *typeName); /* 40 */
     char * (*tcl_GetStringFromObj) (Tcl_Obj *objPtr, int *lengthPtr); /* 41 */
@@ -1933,29 +1940,29 @@
     void (*tcl_AsyncDelete) (Tcl_AsyncHandler async); /* 72 */
     int (*tcl_AsyncInvoke) (Tcl_Interp *interp, int code); /* 73 */
     void (*tcl_AsyncMark) (Tcl_AsyncHandler async); /* 74 */
     int (*tcl_AsyncReady) (void); /* 75 */
     void (*tcl_BackgroundError) (Tcl_Interp *interp); /* 76 */
-    char (*tcl_Backslash) (const char *src, int *readPtr); /* 77 */
+    TCL_DEPRECATED_API("Use Tcl_UtfBackslash") char (*tcl_Backslash) (const char *src, int *readPtr); /* 77 */
     int (*tcl_BadChannelOption) (Tcl_Interp *interp, const char *optionName, const char *optionList); /* 78 */
     void (*tcl_CallWhenDeleted) (Tcl_Interp *interp, Tcl_InterpDeleteProc *proc, ClientData clientData); /* 79 */
     void (*tcl_CancelIdleCall) (Tcl_IdleProc *idleProc, ClientData clientData); /* 80 */
     int (*tcl_Close) (Tcl_Interp *interp, Tcl_Channel chan); /* 81 */
     int (*tcl_CommandComplete) (const char *cmd); /* 82 */
-    char * (*tcl_Concat) (int argc, CONST84 char *const *argv); /* 83 */
+    char * (*tcl_Concat) (int argc, const char *const *argv); /* 83 */
     int (*tcl_ConvertElement) (const char *src, char *dst, int flags); /* 84 */
     int (*tcl_ConvertCountedElement) (const char *src, int length, char *dst, int flags); /* 85 */
-    int (*tcl_CreateAlias) (Tcl_Interp *slave, const char *slaveCmd, Tcl_Interp *target, const char *targetCmd, int argc, CONST84 char *const *argv); /* 86 */
+    int (*tcl_CreateAlias) (Tcl_Interp *slave, const char *slaveCmd, Tcl_Interp *target, const char *targetCmd, int argc, const char *const *argv); /* 86 */
     int (*tcl_CreateAliasObj) (Tcl_Interp *slave, const char *slaveCmd, Tcl_Interp *target, const char *targetCmd, int objc, Tcl_Obj *const objv[]); /* 87 */
     Tcl_Channel (*tcl_CreateChannel) (const Tcl_ChannelType *typePtr, const char *chanName, ClientData instanceData, int mask); /* 88 */
     void (*tcl_CreateChannelHandler) (Tcl_Channel chan, int mask, Tcl_ChannelProc *proc, ClientData clientData); /* 89 */
     void (*tcl_CreateCloseHandler) (Tcl_Channel chan, Tcl_CloseProc *proc, ClientData clientData); /* 90 */
     Tcl_Command (*tcl_CreateCommand) (Tcl_Interp *interp, const char *cmdName, Tcl_CmdProc *proc, ClientData clientData, Tcl_CmdDeleteProc *deleteProc); /* 91 */
     void (*tcl_CreateEventSource) (Tcl_EventSetupProc *setupProc, Tcl_EventCheckProc *checkProc, ClientData clientData); /* 92 */
     void (*tcl_CreateExitHandler) (Tcl_ExitProc *proc, ClientData clientData); /* 93 */
     Tcl_Interp * (*tcl_CreateInterp) (void); /* 94 */
-    void (*tcl_CreateMathFunc) (Tcl_Interp *interp, const char *name, int numArgs, Tcl_ValueType *argTypes, Tcl_MathProc *proc, ClientData clientData); /* 95 */
+    TCL_DEPRECATED_API("") void (*tcl_CreateMathFunc) (Tcl_Interp *interp, const char *name, int numArgs, Tcl_ValueType *argTypes, Tcl_MathProc *proc, ClientData clientData); /* 95 */
     Tcl_Command (*tcl_CreateObjCommand) (Tcl_Interp *interp, const char *cmdName, Tcl_ObjCmdProc *proc, ClientData clientData, Tcl_CmdDeleteProc *deleteProc); /* 96 */
     Tcl_Interp * (*tcl_CreateSlave) (Tcl_Interp *interp, const char *slaveName, int isSafe); /* 97 */
     Tcl_TimerToken (*tcl_CreateTimerHandler) (int milliseconds, Tcl_TimerProc *proc, ClientData clientData); /* 98 */
     Tcl_Trace (*tcl_CreateTrace) (Tcl_Interp *interp, int level, Tcl_CmdTraceProc *proc, ClientData clientData); /* 99 */
     void (*tcl_DeleteAssocData) (Tcl_Interp *interp, const char *name); /* 100 */
@@ -1983,12 +1990,12 @@
     void (*tcl_DStringInit) (Tcl_DString *dsPtr); /* 122 */
     void (*tcl_DStringResult) (Tcl_Interp *interp, Tcl_DString *dsPtr); /* 123 */
     void (*tcl_DStringSetLength) (Tcl_DString *dsPtr, int length); /* 124 */
     void (*tcl_DStringStartSublist) (Tcl_DString *dsPtr); /* 125 */
     int (*tcl_Eof) (Tcl_Channel chan); /* 126 */
-    CONST84_RETURN char * (*tcl_ErrnoId) (void); /* 127 */
-    CONST84_RETURN char * (*tcl_ErrnoMsg) (int err); /* 128 */
+    const char * (*tcl_ErrnoId) (void); /* 127 */
+    const char * (*tcl_ErrnoMsg) (int err); /* 128 */
     int (*tcl_Eval) (Tcl_Interp *interp, const char *script); /* 129 */
     int (*tcl_EvalFile) (Tcl_Interp *interp, const char *fileName); /* 130 */
     int (*tcl_EvalObj) (Tcl_Interp *interp, Tcl_Obj *objPtr); /* 131 */
     void (*tcl_EventuallyFree) (ClientData clientData, Tcl_FreeProc *freeProc); /* 132 */
     TCL_NORETURN1 void (*tcl_Exit) (int status); /* 133 */
@@ -2004,25 +2011,25 @@
     void (*tcl_Finalize) (void); /* 143 */
     void (*tcl_FindExecutable) (const char *argv0); /* 144 */
     Tcl_HashEntry * (*tcl_FirstHashEntry) (Tcl_HashTable *tablePtr, Tcl_HashSearch *searchPtr); /* 145 */
     int (*tcl_Flush) (Tcl_Channel chan); /* 146 */
     void (*tcl_FreeResult) (Tcl_Interp *interp); /* 147 */
-    int (*tcl_GetAlias) (Tcl_Interp *interp, const char *slaveCmd, Tcl_Interp **targetInterpPtr, CONST84 char **targetCmdPtr, int *argcPtr, CONST84 char ***argvPtr); /* 148 */
-    int (*tcl_GetAliasObj) (Tcl_Interp *interp, const char *slaveCmd, Tcl_Interp **targetInterpPtr, CONST84 char **targetCmdPtr, int *objcPtr, Tcl_Obj ***objv); /* 149 */
+    int (*tcl_GetAlias) (Tcl_Interp *interp, const char *slaveCmd, Tcl_Interp **targetInterpPtr, const char **targetCmdPtr, int *argcPtr, const char ***argvPtr); /* 148 */
+    int (*tcl_GetAliasObj) (Tcl_Interp *interp, const char *slaveCmd, Tcl_Interp **targetInterpPtr, const char **targetCmdPtr, int *objcPtr, Tcl_Obj ***objv); /* 149 */
     ClientData (*tcl_GetAssocData) (Tcl_Interp *interp, const char *name, Tcl_InterpDeleteProc **procPtr); /* 150 */
     Tcl_Channel (*tcl_GetChannel) (Tcl_Interp *interp, const char *chanName, int *modePtr); /* 151 */
     int (*tcl_GetChannelBufferSize) (Tcl_Channel chan); /* 152 */
     int (*tcl_GetChannelHandle) (Tcl_Channel chan, int direction, ClientData *handlePtr); /* 153 */
     ClientData (*tcl_GetChannelInstanceData) (Tcl_Channel chan); /* 154 */
     int (*tcl_GetChannelMode) (Tcl_Channel chan); /* 155 */
-    CONST84_RETURN char * (*tcl_GetChannelName) (Tcl_Channel chan); /* 156 */
+    const char * (*tcl_GetChannelName) (Tcl_Channel chan); /* 156 */
     int (*tcl_GetChannelOption) (Tcl_Interp *interp, Tcl_Channel chan, const char *optionName, Tcl_DString *dsPtr); /* 157 */
     CONST86 Tcl_ChannelType * (*tcl_GetChannelType) (Tcl_Channel chan); /* 158 */
     int (*tcl_GetCommandInfo) (Tcl_Interp *interp, const char *cmdName, Tcl_CmdInfo *infoPtr); /* 159 */
-    CONST84_RETURN char * (*tcl_GetCommandName) (Tcl_Interp *interp, Tcl_Command command); /* 160 */
+    const char * (*tcl_GetCommandName) (Tcl_Interp *interp, Tcl_Command command); /* 160 */
     int (*tcl_GetErrno) (void); /* 161 */
-    CONST84_RETURN char * (*tcl_GetHostName) (void); /* 162 */
+    const char * (*tcl_GetHostName) (void); /* 162 */
     int (*tcl_GetInterpPath) (Tcl_Interp *askInterp, Tcl_Interp *slaveInterp); /* 163 */
     Tcl_Interp * (*tcl_GetMaster) (Tcl_Interp *interp); /* 164 */
     const char * (*tcl_GetNameOfExecutable) (void); /* 165 */
     Tcl_Obj * (*tcl_GetObjResult) (Tcl_Interp *interp); /* 166 */
 #if !defined(_WIN32) && !defined(MAC_OSX_TCL) /* UNIX */
@@ -2038,41 +2045,41 @@
     int (*tcl_Gets) (Tcl_Channel chan, Tcl_DString *dsPtr); /* 169 */
     int (*tcl_GetsObj) (Tcl_Channel chan, Tcl_Obj *objPtr); /* 170 */
     int (*tcl_GetServiceMode) (void); /* 171 */
     Tcl_Interp * (*tcl_GetSlave) (Tcl_Interp *interp, const char *slaveName); /* 172 */
     Tcl_Channel (*tcl_GetStdChannel) (int type); /* 173 */
-    CONST84_RETURN char * (*tcl_GetStringResult) (Tcl_Interp *interp); /* 174 */
-    CONST84_RETURN char * (*tcl_GetVar) (Tcl_Interp *interp, const char *varName, int flags); /* 175 */
-    CONST84_RETURN char * (*tcl_GetVar2) (Tcl_Interp *interp, const char *part1, const char *part2, int flags); /* 176 */
+    const char * (*tcl_GetStringResult) (Tcl_Interp *interp); /* 174 */
+    const char * (*tcl_GetVar) (Tcl_Interp *interp, const char *varName, int flags); /* 175 */
+    const char * (*tcl_GetVar2) (Tcl_Interp *interp, const char *part1, const char *part2, int flags); /* 176 */
     int (*tcl_GlobalEval) (Tcl_Interp *interp, const char *command); /* 177 */
     int (*tcl_GlobalEvalObj) (Tcl_Interp *interp, Tcl_Obj *objPtr); /* 178 */
     int (*tcl_HideCommand) (Tcl_Interp *interp, const char *cmdName, const char *hiddenCmdToken); /* 179 */
     int (*tcl_Init) (Tcl_Interp *interp); /* 180 */
     void (*tcl_InitHashTable) (Tcl_HashTable *tablePtr, int keyType); /* 181 */
     int (*tcl_InputBlocked) (Tcl_Channel chan); /* 182 */
     int (*tcl_InputBuffered) (Tcl_Channel chan); /* 183 */
     int (*tcl_InterpDeleted) (Tcl_Interp *interp); /* 184 */
     int (*tcl_IsSafe) (Tcl_Interp *interp); /* 185 */
-    char * (*tcl_JoinPath) (int argc, CONST84 char *const *argv, Tcl_DString *resultPtr); /* 186 */
+    char * (*tcl_JoinPath) (int argc, const char *const *argv, Tcl_DString *resultPtr); /* 186 */
     int (*tcl_LinkVar) (Tcl_Interp *interp, const char *varName, char *addr, int type); /* 187 */
     void (*reserved188)(void);
     Tcl_Channel (*tcl_MakeFileChannel) (ClientData handle, int mode); /* 189 */
     int (*tcl_MakeSafe) (Tcl_Interp *interp); /* 190 */
     Tcl_Channel (*tcl_MakeTcpClientChannel) (ClientData tcpSocket); /* 191 */
-    char * (*tcl_Merge) (int argc, CONST84 char *const *argv); /* 192 */
+    char * (*tcl_Merge) (int argc, const char *const *argv); /* 192 */
     Tcl_HashEntry * (*tcl_NextHashEntry) (Tcl_HashSearch *searchPtr); /* 193 */
     void (*tcl_NotifyChannel) (Tcl_Channel channel, int mask); /* 194 */
     Tcl_Obj * (*tcl_ObjGetVar2) (Tcl_Interp *interp, Tcl_Obj *part1Ptr, Tcl_Obj *part2Ptr, int flags); /* 195 */
     Tcl_Obj * (*tcl_ObjSetVar2) (Tcl_Interp *interp, Tcl_Obj *part1Ptr, Tcl_Obj *part2Ptr, Tcl_Obj *newValuePtr, int flags); /* 196 */
-    Tcl_Channel (*tcl_OpenCommandChannel) (Tcl_Interp *interp, int argc, CONST84 char **argv, int flags); /* 197 */
+    Tcl_Channel (*tcl_OpenCommandChannel) (Tcl_Interp *interp, int argc, const char **argv, int flags); /* 197 */
     Tcl_Channel (*tcl_OpenFileChannel) (Tcl_Interp *interp, const char *fileName, const char *modeString, int permissions); /* 198 */
     Tcl_Channel (*tcl_OpenTcpClient) (Tcl_Interp *interp, int port, const char *address, const char *myaddr, int myport, int async); /* 199 */
     Tcl_Channel (*tcl_OpenTcpServer) (Tcl_Interp *interp, int port, const char *host, Tcl_TcpAcceptProc *acceptProc, ClientData callbackData); /* 200 */
     void (*tcl_Preserve) (ClientData data); /* 201 */
     void (*tcl_PrintDouble) (Tcl_Interp *interp, double value, char *dst); /* 202 */
     int (*tcl_PutEnv) (const char *assignment); /* 203 */
-    CONST84_RETURN char * (*tcl_PosixError) (Tcl_Interp *interp); /* 204 */
+    const char * (*tcl_PosixError) (Tcl_Interp *interp); /* 204 */
     void (*tcl_QueueEvent) (Tcl_Event *evPtr, Tcl_QueuePosition position); /* 205 */
     int (*tcl_Read) (Tcl_Channel chan, char *bufPtr, int toRead); /* 206 */
     void (*tcl_ReapDetachedProcs) (void); /* 207 */
     int (*tcl_RecordAndEval) (Tcl_Interp *interp, const char *cmd, int flags); /* 208 */
     int (*tcl_RecordAndEvalObj) (Tcl_Interp *interp, Tcl_Obj *cmdPtr, int flags); /* 209 */
@@ -2079,16 +2086,16 @@
     void (*tcl_RegisterChannel) (Tcl_Interp *interp, Tcl_Channel chan); /* 210 */
     void (*tcl_RegisterObjType) (const Tcl_ObjType *typePtr); /* 211 */
     Tcl_RegExp (*tcl_RegExpCompile) (Tcl_Interp *interp, const char *pattern); /* 212 */
     int (*tcl_RegExpExec) (Tcl_Interp *interp, Tcl_RegExp regexp, const char *text, const char *start); /* 213 */
     int (*tcl_RegExpMatch) (Tcl_Interp *interp, const char *text, const char *pattern); /* 214 */
-    void (*tcl_RegExpRange) (Tcl_RegExp regexp, int index, CONST84 char **startPtr, CONST84 char **endPtr); /* 215 */
+    void (*tcl_RegExpRange) (Tcl_RegExp regexp, int index, const char **startPtr, const char **endPtr); /* 215 */
     void (*tcl_Release) (ClientData clientData); /* 216 */
     void (*tcl_ResetResult) (Tcl_Interp *interp); /* 217 */
     int (*tcl_ScanElement) (const char *src, int *flagPtr); /* 218 */
     int (*tcl_ScanCountedElement) (const char *src, int length, int *flagPtr); /* 219 */
-    int (*tcl_SeekOld) (Tcl_Channel chan, int offset, int mode); /* 220 */
+    TCL_DEPRECATED_API("") int (*tcl_SeekOld) (Tcl_Channel chan, int offset, int mode); /* 220 */
     int (*tcl_ServiceAll) (void); /* 221 */
     int (*tcl_ServiceEvent) (int flags); /* 222 */
     void (*tcl_SetAssocData) (Tcl_Interp *interp, const char *name, Tcl_InterpDeleteProc *proc, ClientData clientData); /* 223 */
     void (*tcl_SetChannelBufferSize) (Tcl_Channel chan, int sz); /* 224 */
     int (*tcl_SetChannelOption) (Tcl_Interp *interp, Tcl_Channel chan, const char *optionName, const char *newValue); /* 225 */
@@ -2101,20 +2108,20 @@
     void (*tcl_SetResult) (Tcl_Interp *interp, char *result, Tcl_FreeProc *freeProc); /* 232 */
     int (*tcl_SetServiceMode) (int mode); /* 233 */
     void (*tcl_SetObjErrorCode) (Tcl_Interp *interp, Tcl_Obj *errorObjPtr); /* 234 */
     void (*tcl_SetObjResult) (Tcl_Interp *interp, Tcl_Obj *resultObjPtr); /* 235 */
     void (*tcl_SetStdChannel) (Tcl_Channel channel, int type); /* 236 */
-    CONST84_RETURN char * (*tcl_SetVar) (Tcl_Interp *interp, const char *varName, const char *newValue, int flags); /* 237 */
-    CONST84_RETURN char * (*tcl_SetVar2) (Tcl_Interp *interp, const char *part1, const char *part2, const char *newValue, int flags); /* 238 */
-    CONST84_RETURN char * (*tcl_SignalId) (int sig); /* 239 */
-    CONST84_RETURN char * (*tcl_SignalMsg) (int sig); /* 240 */
+    const char * (*tcl_SetVar) (Tcl_Interp *interp, const char *varName, const char *newValue, int flags); /* 237 */
+    const char * (*tcl_SetVar2) (Tcl_Interp *interp, const char *part1, const char *part2, const char *newValue, int flags); /* 238 */
+    const char * (*tcl_SignalId) (int sig); /* 239 */
+    const char * (*tcl_SignalMsg) (int sig); /* 240 */
     void (*tcl_SourceRCFile) (Tcl_Interp *interp); /* 241 */
-    int (*tcl_SplitList) (Tcl_Interp *interp, const char *listStr, int *argcPtr, CONST84 char ***argvPtr); /* 242 */
-    void (*tcl_SplitPath) (const char *path, int *argcPtr, CONST84 char ***argvPtr); /* 243 */
+    int (*tcl_SplitList) (Tcl_Interp *interp, const char *listStr, int *argcPtr, const char ***argvPtr); /* 242 */
+    void (*tcl_SplitPath) (const char *path, int *argcPtr, const char ***argvPtr); /* 243 */
     void (*tcl_StaticPackage) (Tcl_Interp *interp, const char *pkgName, Tcl_PackageInitProc *initProc, Tcl_PackageInitProc *safeInitProc); /* 244 */
     int (*tcl_StringMatch) (const char *str, const char *pattern); /* 245 */
-    int (*tcl_TellOld) (Tcl_Channel chan); /* 246 */
+    TCL_DEPRECATED_API("") int (*tcl_TellOld) (Tcl_Channel chan); /* 246 */
     int (*tcl_TraceVar) (Tcl_Interp *interp, const char *varName, int flags, Tcl_VarTraceProc *proc, ClientData clientData); /* 247 */
     int (*tcl_TraceVar2) (Tcl_Interp *interp, const char *part1, const char *part2, int flags, Tcl_VarTraceProc *proc, ClientData clientData); /* 248 */
     char * (*tcl_TranslateFileName) (Tcl_Interp *interp, const char *name, Tcl_DString *bufferPtr); /* 249 */
     int (*tcl_Ungets) (Tcl_Channel chan, const char *str, int len, int atHead); /* 250 */
     void (*tcl_UnlinkVar) (Tcl_Interp *interp, const char *varName); /* 251 */
@@ -2131,22 +2138,22 @@
     ClientData (*tcl_VarTraceInfo2) (Tcl_Interp *interp, const char *part1, const char *part2, int flags, Tcl_VarTraceProc *procPtr, ClientData prevClientData); /* 262 */
     int (*tcl_Write) (Tcl_Channel chan, const char *s, int slen); /* 263 */
     void (*tcl_WrongNumArgs) (Tcl_Interp *interp, int objc, Tcl_Obj *const objv[], const char *message); /* 264 */
     int (*tcl_DumpActiveMemory) (const char *fileName); /* 265 */
     void (*tcl_ValidateAllMemory) (const char *file, int line); /* 266 */
-    void (*tcl_AppendResultVA) (Tcl_Interp *interp, va_list argList); /* 267 */
-    void (*tcl_AppendStringsToObjVA) (Tcl_Obj *objPtr, va_list argList); /* 268 */
+    TCL_DEPRECATED_API("see TIP #422") void (*tcl_AppendResultVA) (Tcl_Interp *interp, va_list argList); /* 267 */
+    TCL_DEPRECATED_API("see TIP #422") void (*tcl_AppendStringsToObjVA) (Tcl_Obj *objPtr, va_list argList); /* 268 */
     char * (*tcl_HashStats) (Tcl_HashTable *tablePtr); /* 269 */
-    CONST84_RETURN char * (*tcl_ParseVar) (Tcl_Interp *interp, const char *start, CONST84 char **termPtr); /* 270 */
-    CONST84_RETURN char * (*tcl_PkgPresent) (Tcl_Interp *interp, const char *name, const char *version, int exact); /* 271 */
-    CONST84_RETURN char * (*tcl_PkgPresentEx) (Tcl_Interp *interp, const char *name, const char *version, int exact, void *clientDataPtr); /* 272 */
+    const char * (*tcl_ParseVar) (Tcl_Interp *interp, const char *start, const char **termPtr); /* 270 */
+    const char * (*tcl_PkgPresent) (Tcl_Interp *interp, const char *name, const char *version, int exact); /* 271 */
+    const char * (*tcl_PkgPresentEx) (Tcl_Interp *interp, const char *name, const char *version, int exact, void *clientDataPtr); /* 272 */
     int (*tcl_PkgProvide) (Tcl_Interp *interp, const char *name, const char *version); /* 273 */
-    CONST84_RETURN char * (*tcl_PkgRequire) (Tcl_Interp *interp, const char *name, const char *version, int exact); /* 274 */
-    void (*tcl_SetErrorCodeVA) (Tcl_Interp *interp, va_list argList); /* 275 */
-    int (*tcl_VarEvalVA) (Tcl_Interp *interp, va_list argList); /* 276 */
+    const char * (*tcl_PkgRequire) (Tcl_Interp *interp, const char *name, const char *version, int exact); /* 274 */
+    TCL_DEPRECATED_API("see TIP #422") void (*tcl_SetErrorCodeVA) (Tcl_Interp *interp, va_list argList); /* 275 */
+    TCL_DEPRECATED_API("see TIP #422") int (*tcl_VarEvalVA) (Tcl_Interp *interp, va_list argList); /* 276 */
     Tcl_Pid (*tcl_WaitPid) (Tcl_Pid pid, int *statPtr, int options); /* 277 */
-    TCL_NORETURN1 void (*tcl_PanicVA) (const char *format, va_list argList); /* 278 */
+    TCL_DEPRECATED_API("see TIP #422") TCL_NORETURN1 void (*tcl_PanicVA) (const char *format, va_list argList); /* 278 */
     void (*tcl_GetVersion) (int *major, int *minor, int *patchLevel, int *type); /* 279 */
     void (*tcl_InitMemory) (Tcl_Interp *interp); /* 280 */
     Tcl_Channel (*tcl_StackChannel) (Tcl_Interp *interp, const Tcl_ChannelType *typePtr, ClientData instanceData, int mask, Tcl_Channel prevChan); /* 281 */
     int (*tcl_UnstackChannel) (Tcl_Interp *interp, Tcl_Channel chan); /* 282 */
     Tcl_Channel (*tcl_GetStackedChannel) (Tcl_Channel chan); /* 283 */
@@ -2166,11 +2173,11 @@
     void (*tcl_FinalizeThread) (void); /* 297 */
     void (*tcl_FinalizeNotifier) (ClientData clientData); /* 298 */
     void (*tcl_FreeEncoding) (Tcl_Encoding encoding); /* 299 */
     Tcl_ThreadId (*tcl_GetCurrentThread) (void); /* 300 */
     Tcl_Encoding (*tcl_GetEncoding) (Tcl_Interp *interp, const char *name); /* 301 */
-    CONST84_RETURN char * (*tcl_GetEncodingName) (Tcl_Encoding encoding); /* 302 */
+    const char * (*tcl_GetEncodingName) (Tcl_Encoding encoding); /* 302 */
     void (*tcl_GetEncodingNames) (Tcl_Interp *interp); /* 303 */
     int (*tcl_GetIndexFromObjStruct) (Tcl_Interp *interp, Tcl_Obj *objPtr, const void *tablePtr, int offset, const char *msg, int flags, int *indexPtr); /* 304 */
     void * (*tcl_GetThreadData) (Tcl_ThreadDataKey *keyPtr, int size); /* 305 */
     Tcl_Obj * (*tcl_GetVar2Ex) (Tcl_Interp *interp, const char *part1, const char *part2, int flags); /* 306 */
     ClientData (*tcl_InitNotifier) (void); /* 307 */
@@ -2189,28 +2196,28 @@
     Tcl_UniChar (*tcl_UniCharAtIndex) (const char *src, int index); /* 320 */
     Tcl_UniChar (*tcl_UniCharToLower) (int ch); /* 321 */
     Tcl_UniChar (*tcl_UniCharToTitle) (int ch); /* 322 */
     Tcl_UniChar (*tcl_UniCharToUpper) (int ch); /* 323 */
     int (*tcl_UniCharToUtf) (int ch, char *buf); /* 324 */
-    CONST84_RETURN char * (*tcl_UtfAtIndex) (const char *src, int index); /* 325 */
+    const char * (*tcl_UtfAtIndex) (const char *src, int index); /* 325 */
     int (*tcl_UtfCharComplete) (const char *src, int length); /* 326 */
     int (*tcl_UtfBackslash) (const char *src, int *readPtr, char *dst); /* 327 */
-    CONST84_RETURN char * (*tcl_UtfFindFirst) (const char *src, int ch); /* 328 */
-    CONST84_RETURN char * (*tcl_UtfFindLast) (const char *src, int ch); /* 329 */
-    CONST84_RETURN char * (*tcl_UtfNext) (const char *src); /* 330 */
-    CONST84_RETURN char * (*tcl_UtfPrev) (const char *src, const char *start); /* 331 */
+    const char * (*tcl_UtfFindFirst) (const char *src, int ch); /* 328 */
+    const char * (*tcl_UtfFindLast) (const char *src, int ch); /* 329 */
+    const char * (*tcl_UtfNext) (const char *src); /* 330 */
+    const char * (*tcl_UtfPrev) (const char *src, const char *start); /* 331 */
     int (*tcl_UtfToExternal) (Tcl_Interp *interp, Tcl_Encoding encoding, const char *src, int srcLen, int flags, Tcl_EncodingState *statePtr, char *dst, int dstLen, int *srcReadPtr, int *dstWrotePtr, int *dstCharsPtr); /* 332 */
     char * (*tcl_UtfToExternalDString) (Tcl_Encoding encoding, const char *src, int srcLen, Tcl_DString *dsPtr); /* 333 */
     int (*tcl_UtfToLower) (char *src); /* 334 */
     int (*tcl_UtfToTitle) (char *src); /* 335 */
     int (*tcl_UtfToUniChar) (const char *src, Tcl_UniChar *chPtr); /* 336 */
     int (*tcl_UtfToUpper) (char *src); /* 337 */
     int (*tcl_WriteChars) (Tcl_Channel chan, const char *src, int srcLen); /* 338 */
     int (*tcl_WriteObj) (Tcl_Channel chan, Tcl_Obj *objPtr); /* 339 */
     char * (*tcl_GetString) (Tcl_Obj *objPtr); /* 340 */
-    CONST84_RETURN char * (*tcl_GetDefaultEncodingDir) (void); /* 341 */
-    void (*tcl_SetDefaultEncodingDir) (const char *path); /* 342 */
+    TCL_DEPRECATED_API("Use Tcl_GetEncodingSearchPath") const char * (*tcl_GetDefaultEncodingDir) (void); /* 341 */
+    TCL_DEPRECATED_API("Use Tcl_SetEncodingSearchPath") void (*tcl_SetDefaultEncodingDir) (const char *path); /* 342 */
     void (*tcl_AlertNotifier) (ClientData clientData); /* 343 */
     void (*tcl_ServiceModeHook) (int mode); /* 344 */
     int (*tcl_UniCharIsAlnum) (int ch); /* 345 */
     int (*tcl_UniCharIsAlpha) (int ch); /* 346 */
     int (*tcl_UniCharIsDigit) (int ch); /* 347 */
@@ -2221,17 +2228,17 @@
     int (*tcl_UniCharLen) (const Tcl_UniChar *uniStr); /* 352 */
     int (*tcl_UniCharNcmp) (const Tcl_UniChar *ucs, const Tcl_UniChar *uct, unsigned long numChars); /* 353 */
     char * (*tcl_UniCharToUtfDString) (const Tcl_UniChar *uniStr, int uniLength, Tcl_DString *dsPtr); /* 354 */
     Tcl_UniChar * (*tcl_UtfToUniCharDString) (const char *src, int length, Tcl_DString *dsPtr); /* 355 */
     Tcl_RegExp (*tcl_GetRegExpFromObj) (Tcl_Interp *interp, Tcl_Obj *patObj, int flags); /* 356 */
-    Tcl_Obj * (*tcl_EvalTokens) (Tcl_Interp *interp, Tcl_Token *tokenPtr, int count); /* 357 */
+    TCL_DEPRECATED_API("Use Tcl_EvalTokensStandard") Tcl_Obj * (*tcl_EvalTokens) (Tcl_Interp *interp, Tcl_Token *tokenPtr, int count); /* 357 */
     void (*tcl_FreeParse) (Tcl_Parse *parsePtr); /* 358 */
     void (*tcl_LogCommandInfo) (Tcl_Interp *interp, const char *script, const char *command, int length); /* 359 */
-    int (*tcl_ParseBraces) (Tcl_Interp *interp, const char *start, int numBytes, Tcl_Parse *parsePtr, int append, CONST84 char **termPtr); /* 360 */
+    int (*tcl_ParseBraces) (Tcl_Interp *interp, const char *start, int numBytes, Tcl_Parse *parsePtr, int append, const char **termPtr); /* 360 */
     int (*tcl_ParseCommand) (Tcl_Interp *interp, const char *start, int numBytes, int nested, Tcl_Parse *parsePtr); /* 361 */
     int (*tcl_ParseExpr) (Tcl_Interp *interp, const char *start, int numBytes, Tcl_Parse *parsePtr); /* 362 */
-    int (*tcl_ParseQuotedString) (Tcl_Interp *interp, const char *start, int numBytes, Tcl_Parse *parsePtr, int append, CONST84 char **termPtr); /* 363 */
+    int (*tcl_ParseQuotedString) (Tcl_Interp *interp, const char *start, int numBytes, Tcl_Parse *parsePtr, int append, const char **termPtr); /* 363 */
     int (*tcl_ParseVarName) (Tcl_Interp *interp, const char *start, int numBytes, Tcl_Parse *parsePtr, int append); /* 364 */
     char * (*tcl_GetCwd) (Tcl_Interp *interp, Tcl_DString *cwdPtr); /* 365 */
     int (*tcl_Chdir) (const char *dirName); /* 366 */
     int (*tcl_Access) (const char *path, int mode); /* 367 */
     int (*tcl_Stat) (const char *path, struct stat *bufPtr); /* 368 */
@@ -2262,11 +2269,11 @@
     int (*tcl_CreateThread) (Tcl_ThreadId *idPtr, Tcl_ThreadCreateProc *proc, ClientData clientData, int stackSize, int flags); /* 393 */
     int (*tcl_ReadRaw) (Tcl_Channel chan, char *dst, int bytesToRead); /* 394 */
     int (*tcl_WriteRaw) (Tcl_Channel chan, const char *src, int srcLen); /* 395 */
     Tcl_Channel (*tcl_GetTopChannel) (Tcl_Channel chan); /* 396 */
     int (*tcl_ChannelBuffered) (Tcl_Channel chan); /* 397 */
-    CONST84_RETURN char * (*tcl_ChannelName) (const Tcl_ChannelType *chanTypePtr); /* 398 */
+    const char * (*tcl_ChannelName) (const Tcl_ChannelType *chanTypePtr); /* 398 */
     Tcl_ChannelTypeVersion (*tcl_ChannelVersion) (const Tcl_ChannelType *chanTypePtr); /* 399 */
     Tcl_DriverBlockModeProc * (*tcl_ChannelBlockModeProc) (const Tcl_ChannelType *chanTypePtr); /* 400 */
     Tcl_DriverCloseProc * (*tcl_ChannelCloseProc) (const Tcl_ChannelType *chanTypePtr); /* 401 */
     Tcl_DriverClose2Proc * (*tcl_ChannelClose2Proc) (const Tcl_ChannelType *chanTypePtr); /* 402 */
     Tcl_DriverInputProc * (*tcl_ChannelInputProc) (const Tcl_ChannelType *chanTypePtr); /* 403 */
@@ -2299,12 +2306,12 @@
     char * (*tcl_AttemptRealloc) (char *ptr, unsigned int size); /* 430 */
     char * (*tcl_AttemptDbCkrealloc) (char *ptr, unsigned int size, const char *file, int line); /* 431 */
     int (*tcl_AttemptSetObjLength) (Tcl_Obj *objPtr, int length); /* 432 */
     Tcl_ThreadId (*tcl_GetChannelThread) (Tcl_Channel channel); /* 433 */
     Tcl_UniChar * (*tcl_GetUnicodeFromObj) (Tcl_Obj *objPtr, int *lengthPtr); /* 434 */
-    int (*tcl_GetMathFuncInfo) (Tcl_Interp *interp, const char *name, int *numArgsPtr, Tcl_ValueType **argTypesPtr, Tcl_MathProc **procPtr, ClientData *clientDataPtr); /* 435 */
-    Tcl_Obj * (*tcl_ListMathFuncs) (Tcl_Interp *interp, const char *pattern); /* 436 */
+    TCL_DEPRECATED_API("") int (*tcl_GetMathFuncInfo) (Tcl_Interp *interp, const char *name, int *numArgsPtr, Tcl_ValueType **argTypesPtr, Tcl_MathProc **procPtr, ClientData *clientDataPtr); /* 435 */
+    TCL_DEPRECATED_API("") Tcl_Obj * (*tcl_ListMathFuncs) (Tcl_Interp *interp, const char *pattern); /* 436 */
     Tcl_Obj * (*tcl_SubstObj) (Tcl_Interp *interp, Tcl_Obj *objPtr, int flags); /* 437 */
     int (*tcl_DetachChannel) (Tcl_Interp *interp, Tcl_Channel channel); /* 438 */
     int (*tcl_IsStandardChannel) (Tcl_Channel channel); /* 439 */
     int (*tcl_FSCopyFile) (Tcl_Obj *srcPathPtr, Tcl_Obj *destPathPtr); /* 440 */
     int (*tcl_FSCopyDirectory) (Tcl_Obj *srcPathPtr, Tcl_Obj *destPathPtr, Tcl_Obj **errorPtr); /* 441 */
@@ -3886,24 +3893,24 @@
 #define Tcl_GlobalEval(interp, objPtr) \
 	Tcl_EvalEx(interp, objPtr, -1, TCL_EVAL_GLOBAL)
 #undef Tcl_SaveResult
 #define Tcl_SaveResult(interp, statePtr) \
 	do { \
-	    *(statePtr) = Tcl_GetObjResult(interp); \
-	    Tcl_IncrRefCount(*(statePtr)); \
+	    (statePtr)->objResultPtr = Tcl_GetObjResult(interp); \
+	    Tcl_IncrRefCount((statePtr)->objResultPtr); \
 	    Tcl_SetObjResult(interp, Tcl_NewObj()); \
 	} while(0)
 #undef Tcl_RestoreResult
 #define Tcl_RestoreResult(interp, statePtr) \
 	do { \
 	    Tcl_ResetResult(interp); \
-   	    Tcl_SetObjResult(interp, *(statePtr)); \
-   	    Tcl_DecrRefCount(*(statePtr)); \
+   	    Tcl_SetObjResult(interp, (statePtr)->objResultPtr); \
+   	    Tcl_DecrRefCount((statePtr)->objResultPtr); \
 	} while(0)
 #undef Tcl_DiscardResult
 #define Tcl_DiscardResult(statePtr) \
-	Tcl_DecrRefCount(*(statePtr))
+	Tcl_DecrRefCount((statePtr)->objResultPtr)
 #undef Tcl_SetResult
 #define Tcl_SetResult(interp, result, freeProc) \
 	do { \
 	    char *__result = result; \
 	    Tcl_FreeProc *__freeProc = freeProc; \
@@ -3925,24 +3932,18 @@
  * Win64 signature. Cygwin64 stubbed extensions cannot use those stub
  * entries any more, they should use the 64-bit alternatives where
  * possible. Tcl 9 must find a better solution, but that cannot be done
  * without introducing a binary incompatibility.
  */
-#	undef Tcl_DbNewLongObj
 #	undef Tcl_GetLongFromObj
-#	undef Tcl_NewLongObj
-#	undef Tcl_SetLongObj
 #	undef Tcl_ExprLong
 #	undef Tcl_ExprLongObj
 #	undef Tcl_UniCharNcmp
 #	undef Tcl_UtfNcmp
 #	undef Tcl_UtfNcasecmp
 #	undef Tcl_UniCharNcasecmp
-#	define Tcl_DbNewLongObj ((Tcl_Obj*(*)(long,const char*,int))Tcl_DbNewWideIntObj)
 #	define Tcl_GetLongFromObj ((int(*)(Tcl_Interp*,Tcl_Obj*,long*))Tcl_GetWideIntFromObj)
-#	define Tcl_NewLongObj ((Tcl_Obj*(*)(long))Tcl_NewWideIntObj)
-#	define Tcl_SetLongObj ((void(*)(Tcl_Obj*,long))Tcl_SetWideIntObj)
 #	define Tcl_ExprLong TclExprLong
 	static inline int TclExprLong(Tcl_Interp *interp, const char *string, long *ptr){
 	    int intValue;
 	    int result = tclStubsPtr->tcl_ExprLong(interp, string, (long *)&intValue);
 	    if (result == TCL_OK) *ptr = (long)intValue;
@@ -3964,10 +3965,21 @@
 #	define Tcl_UniCharNcasecmp(ucs,uct,n) \
 		((int(*)(const Tcl_UniChar*,const Tcl_UniChar*,unsigned int))tclStubsPtr->tcl_UniCharNcasecmp)(ucs,uct,(unsigned int)(n))
 #   endif
 #endif
 
+#undef Tcl_NewLongObj
+#define Tcl_NewLongObj(value) Tcl_NewWideIntObj((long)(value))
+#undef Tcl_NewIntObj
+#define Tcl_NewIntObj(value) Tcl_NewWideIntObj((int)(value))
+#undef Tcl_DbNewLongObj
+#define Tcl_DbNewLongObj(value, file, line) Tcl_DbNewWideIntObj((long)(value), file, line)
+#undef Tcl_SetIntObj
+#define Tcl_SetIntObj(objPtr, value)	Tcl_SetWideIntObj(objPtr, (int)(value))
+#undef Tcl_SetLongObj
+#define Tcl_SetLongObj(objPtr, value)	Tcl_SetWideIntObj(objPtr, (long)(value))
+
 /*
  * Deprecated Tcl procedures:
  */
 
 #undef Tcl_EvalObj

Index: generic/tclDictObj.c
==================================================================
--- generic/tclDictObj.c
+++ generic/tclDictObj.c
@@ -485,19 +485,18 @@
 
 static void
 UpdateStringOfDict(
     Tcl_Obj *dictPtr)
 {
-#define LOCAL_SIZE 20
-    int localFlags[LOCAL_SIZE], *flagPtr = NULL;
+#define LOCAL_SIZE 64
+    char localFlags[LOCAL_SIZE], *flagPtr = NULL;
     Dict *dict = DICT(dictPtr);
     ChainEntry *cPtr;
     Tcl_Obj *keyPtr, *valuePtr;
     int i, length, bytesNeeded = 0;
     const char *elem;
     char *dst;
-    const int maxFlags = UINT_MAX / sizeof(int);
 
     /*
      * This field is the most useful one in the whole hash structure, and it
      * is not exposed by any API function...
      */
@@ -515,14 +514,12 @@
      * Pass 1: estimate space, gather flags.
      */
 
     if (numElems <= LOCAL_SIZE) {
 	flagPtr = localFlags;
-    } else if (numElems > maxFlags) {
-	Tcl_Panic("max size for a Tcl value (%d bytes) exceeded", INT_MAX);
     } else {
-	flagPtr = ckalloc(numElems * sizeof(int));
+	flagPtr = ckalloc(numElems);
     }
     for (i=0,cPtr=dict->entryChainHead; i<numElems; i+=2,cPtr=cPtr->nextPtr) {
 	/*
 	 * Assume that cPtr is never NULL since we know the number of array
 	 * elements already.
@@ -2310,13 +2307,16 @@
 	if (objc > 3) {
 	    /* Something to append */
 
 	    if (objc == 4) {
 		appendObjPtr = objv[3];
-	    } else if (TCL_OK != TclStringCatObjv(interp, /* inPlace */ 1,
-		    objc-3, objv+3, &appendObjPtr)) {
-		return TCL_ERROR;
+	    } else {
+		appendObjPtr = TclStringCat(interp, objc-3, objv+3,
+			TCL_STRING_IN_PLACE);
+		if (appendObjPtr == NULL) {
+		    return TCL_ERROR;
+		}
 	    }
 	}
 
 	if (appendObjPtr == NULL) {
 	    /* => (objc == 3) => (valuePtr == NULL) */

Index: generic/tclDisassemble.c
==================================================================
--- generic/tclDisassemble.c
+++ generic/tclDisassemble.c
@@ -252,11 +252,11 @@
     int codeOffset, codeLen, srcOffset, srcLen, numCmds, delta, i, line;
     Interp *iPtr = (Interp *) *codePtr->interpHandle;
     Tcl_Obj *bufferObj, *fileObj;
 
     TclNewObj(bufferObj);
-    if (codePtr->refCount <= 0) {
+    if (!codePtr->refCount) {
 	return bufferObj;	/* Already freed. */
     }
 
     codeStart = codePtr->codeStart;
     codeLimit = codeStart + codePtr->numCodeBytes;
@@ -310,11 +310,11 @@
     if (codePtr->procPtr != NULL) {
 	Proc *procPtr = codePtr->procPtr;
 	int numCompiledLocals = procPtr->numCompiledLocals;
 
 	Tcl_AppendPrintfToObj(bufferObj,
-		"  Proc %p, refCt %d, args %d, compiled locals %d\n",
+		"  Proc %p, refCt %u, args %d, compiled locals %d\n",
 		procPtr, procPtr->refCount, procPtr->numArgs,
 		numCompiledLocals);
 	if (numCompiledLocals > 0) {
 	    CompiledLocal *localPtr = procPtr->firstLocalPtr;
 
@@ -795,11 +795,11 @@
     unsigned char inst)
 {
     Tcl_Obj *objPtr = Tcl_NewObj();
 
     objPtr->typePtr = &tclInstNameType;
-    objPtr->internalRep.longValue = (long) inst;
+    objPtr->internalRep.wideValue = (long) inst;
     objPtr->bytes = NULL;
 
     return objPtr;
 }
 
@@ -815,21 +815,21 @@
 
 static void
 UpdateStringOfInstName(
     Tcl_Obj *objPtr)
 {
-    int inst = objPtr->internalRep.longValue;
-    char *s, buf[20];
-    int len;
+    size_t len, inst = (size_t)objPtr->internalRep.wideValue;
+    char *s, buf[TCL_INTEGER_SPACE + 5];
 
-    if ((inst < 0) || (inst > LAST_INST_OPCODE)) {
-        sprintf(buf, "inst_%d", inst);
+    if (inst > LAST_INST_OPCODE) {
+        sprintf(buf, "inst_%" TCL_Z_MODIFIER "d", inst);
         s = buf;
     } else {
-        s = (char *) tclInstructionTable[objPtr->internalRep.longValue].name;
+        s = (char *) tclInstructionTable[inst].name;
     }
     len = strlen(s);
+    /* assert (len < UINT_MAX) */
     objPtr->bytes = ckalloc(len + 1);
     memcpy(objPtr->bytes, s, len + 1);
     objPtr->length = len;
 }
 

Index: generic/tclEncoding.c
==================================================================
--- generic/tclEncoding.c
+++ generic/tclEncoding.c
@@ -16,11 +16,11 @@
 /*
  * The following data structure represents an encoding, which describes how to
  * convert between various character sets and UTF-8.
  */
 
-typedef struct Encoding {
+typedef struct {
     char *name;			/* Name of encoding. Malloced because (1) hash
 				 * table entry that owns this encoding may be
 				 * freed prior to this encoding being freed,
 				 * (2) string passed in the Tcl_EncodingType
 				 * structure may not be persistent. */
@@ -55,11 +55,11 @@
  * table-driven encoding created by LoadTableEncoding(). It maps between
  * Unicode and a single-byte, double-byte, or multibyte (1 or 2 bytes only)
  * encoding.
  */
 
-typedef struct TableEncodingData {
+typedef struct {
     int fallback;		/* Character (in this encoding) to substitute
 				 * when this encoding cannot represent a UTF-8
 				 * character. */
     char prefixBytes[256];	/* If a byte in the input stream is a lead
 				 * byte for a 2-byte sequence, the
@@ -89,20 +89,20 @@
  * ascii, jis0208, jis0212, gb2312, and ksc5601. Note that "escape-driven"
  * does not necessarily mean that the ESCAPE character is the character used
  * for switching character sets.
  */
 
-typedef struct EscapeSubTable {
+typedef struct {
     unsigned sequenceLen;	/* Length of following string. */
     char sequence[16];		/* Escape code that marks this encoding. */
     char name[32];		/* Name for encoding. */
     Encoding *encodingPtr;	/* Encoding loaded using above name, or NULL
 				 * if this sub-encoding has not been needed
 				 * yet. */
 } EscapeSubTable;
 
-typedef struct EscapeEncodingData {
+typedef struct {
     int fallback;		/* Character (in this encoding) to substitute
 				 * when this encoding cannot represent a UTF-8
 				 * character. */
     unsigned initLen;		/* Length of following string. */
     char init[16];		/* String to emit or expect before first char
@@ -691,10 +691,11 @@
  *	None.
  *
  *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
  */
 
+#if !defined(TCL_NO_DEPRECATED) && TCL_MAJOR_VERSION < 9
 const char *
 Tcl_GetDefaultEncodingDir(void)
 {
     int numDirs;
     Tcl_Obj *first, *searchPath = Tcl_GetEncodingSearchPath();
@@ -734,10 +735,11 @@
 
     searchPath = Tcl_DuplicateObj(searchPath);
     Tcl_ListObjReplace(NULL, searchPath, 0, 0, 1, &directory);
     Tcl_SetEncodingSearchPath(searchPath);
 }
+#endif
 
 /*
  *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
  *
  * Tcl_GetEncoding --
@@ -3607,11 +3609,11 @@
  */
 
 static void
 InitializeEncodingSearchPath(
     char **valuePtr,
-    size_t *lengthPtr,
+    unsigned int *lengthPtr,
     Tcl_Encoding *encodingPtr)
 {
     const char *bytes;
     int i, numDirs;
     Tcl_Obj *libPathObj, *encodingObj, *searchPathObj;

Index: generic/tclEnsemble.c
==================================================================
--- generic/tclEnsemble.c
+++ generic/tclEnsemble.c
@@ -90,11 +90,11 @@
  * The internal rep for caching ensemble subcommand lookups and
  * spell corrections.
  */
 
 typedef struct {
-    size_t epoch;               /* Used to confirm when the data in this
+    unsigned int epoch;         /* Used to confirm when the data in this
                                  * really structure matches up with the
                                  * ensemble. */
     Command *token;             /* Reference to the command for which this
                                  * structure is a cache of the resolution. */
     Tcl_Obj *fix;               /* Corrected spelling, if needed. */
@@ -144,14 +144,16 @@
     Tcl_Interp *interp,
     int objc,
     Tcl_Obj *const objv[])
 {
     Tcl_Namespace *namespacePtr;
-    Namespace *nsPtr = (Namespace *) TclGetCurrentNamespace(interp);
+    Namespace *nsPtr = (Namespace *) TclGetCurrentNamespace(interp), *cxtPtr,
+    	*foundNsPtr, *altFoundNsPtr, *actualCxtPtr;
     Tcl_Command token;
     Tcl_DictSearch search;
     Tcl_Obj *listObj;
+    const char *simpleName;
     int index, done;
 
     if (nsPtr == NULL || nsPtr->flags & NS_DYING) {
 	if (!Tcl_InterpDeleted(interp)) {
 	    Tcl_SetObjResult(interp, Tcl_NewStringObj(
@@ -193,17 +195,12 @@
 	    return TCL_ERROR;
 	}
 	objv += 2;
 	objc -= 2;
 
-	/*
-	 * Work out what name to use for the command to create. If supplied,
-	 * it is either fully specified or relative to the current namespace.
-	 * If not supplied, it is exactly the name of the current namespace.
-	 */
-
-	name = nsPtr->fullName;
+	name = nsPtr->name;
+	cxtPtr = (Namespace *) nsPtr->parentPtr;
 
 	/*
 	 * Parse the option list, applying type checks as we go. Note that we
 	 * are not incrementing any reference counts in the objects at this
 	 * stage, so the presence of an option multiple times won't cause any
@@ -219,10 +216,11 @@
 		return TCL_ERROR;
 	    }
 	    switch ((enum EnsCreateOpts) index) {
 	    case CRT_CMD:
 		name = TclGetString(objv[1]);
+		cxtPtr = nsPtr;
 		continue;
 	    case CRT_SUBCMDS:
 		if (TclListObjLength(interp, objv[1], &len) != TCL_OK) {
 		    if (allocatedMapFlag) {
 			Tcl_DecrRefCount(mapObj);
@@ -335,19 +333,24 @@
 		unknownObj = (len > 0 ? objv[1] : NULL);
 		continue;
 	    }
 	}
 
+	TclGetNamespaceForQualName(interp, name, cxtPtr,
+	TCL_CREATE_NS_IF_UNKNOWN, &foundNsPtr, &altFoundNsPtr, &actualCxtPtr,
+	&simpleName);
+
 	/*
 	 * Create the ensemble. Note that this might delete another ensemble
 	 * linked to the same namespace, so we must be careful. However, we
 	 * should be OK because we only link the namespace into the list once
 	 * we've created it (and after any deletions have occurred.)
 	 */
 
-	token = Tcl_CreateEnsemble(interp, name, NULL,
-		(permitPrefix ? TCL_ENSEMBLE_PREFIX : 0));
+	token = TclCreateEnsembleInNs(interp, simpleName,
+	     (Tcl_Namespace *) foundNsPtr, (Tcl_Namespace *) nsPtr,
+	     (permitPrefix ? TCL_ENSEMBLE_PREFIX : 0));
 	Tcl_SetEnsembleSubcommandList(interp, token, subcmdObj);
 	Tcl_SetEnsembleMappingDict(interp, token, mapObj);
 	Tcl_SetEnsembleUnknownHandler(interp, token, unknownObj);
 	Tcl_SetEnsembleParameterList(interp, token, paramObj);
 
@@ -634,52 +637,42 @@
 }
 
 /*
  *----------------------------------------------------------------------
  *
- * Tcl_CreateEnsemble --
- *
- *	Create a simple ensemble attached to the given namespace.
- *
- * Results:
- *	The token for the command created.
- *
- * Side effects:
- *	The ensemble is created and marked for compilation.
+ * TclCreateEnsembleInNs --
+ *
+ *	Like Tcl_CreateEnsemble, but additionally accepts as an argument the
+ *	name of the namespace to create the command in.
  *
  *----------------------------------------------------------------------
  */
 
 Tcl_Command
-Tcl_CreateEnsemble(
+TclCreateEnsembleInNs(
     Tcl_Interp *interp,
-    const char *name,
-    Tcl_Namespace *namespacePtr,
-    int flags)
-{
-    Namespace *nsPtr = (Namespace *) namespacePtr;
-    EnsembleConfig *ensemblePtr = ckalloc(sizeof(EnsembleConfig));
-    Tcl_Obj *nameObj = NULL;
-
-    if (nsPtr == NULL) {
-	nsPtr = (Namespace *) TclGetCurrentNamespace(interp);
-    }
-
-    /*
-     * Make the name of the ensemble into a fully qualified name. This might
-     * allocate a temporary object.
-     */
-
-    if (!(name[0] == ':' && name[1] == ':')) {
-	nameObj = NewNsObj((Tcl_Namespace *) nsPtr);
-	if (nsPtr->parentPtr == NULL) {
-	    Tcl_AppendStringsToObj(nameObj, name, NULL);
-	} else {
-	    Tcl_AppendStringsToObj(nameObj, "::", name, NULL);
-	}
-	Tcl_IncrRefCount(nameObj);
-	name = TclGetString(nameObj);
+
+    const char *name,   /* Simple name of command to create (no */
+			/* namespace components). */
+    Tcl_Namespace       /* Name of namespace to create the command in. */
+    *nameNsPtr,
+    Tcl_Namespace
+    *ensembleNsPtr,	/* Name of the namespace for the ensemble. */
+    int flags
+    )
+{
+    Namespace *nsPtr = (Namespace *) ensembleNsPtr;
+    EnsembleConfig *ensemblePtr;
+    Tcl_Command token;
+
+    ensemblePtr = ckalloc(sizeof(EnsembleConfig));
+    token = TclNRCreateCommandInNs(interp, name,
+	(Tcl_Namespace *) nameNsPtr, NsEnsembleImplementationCmd,
+	NsEnsembleImplementationCmdNR, ensemblePtr, DeleteEnsembleConfig);
+    if (token == NULL) {
+	ckfree(ensemblePtr);
+	return NULL;
     }
 
     ensemblePtr->nsPtr = nsPtr;
     ensemblePtr->epoch = 0;
     Tcl_InitHashTable(&ensemblePtr->subcommandTable, TCL_STRING_KEYS);
@@ -688,13 +681,11 @@
     ensemblePtr->subcommandDict = NULL;
     ensemblePtr->flags = flags;
     ensemblePtr->numParameters = 0;
     ensemblePtr->parameterList = NULL;
     ensemblePtr->unknownHandler = NULL;
-    ensemblePtr->token = Tcl_NRCreateCommand(interp, name,
-	    NsEnsembleImplementationCmd, NsEnsembleImplementationCmdNR,
-	    ensemblePtr, DeleteEnsembleConfig);
+    ensemblePtr->token = token;
     ensemblePtr->next = (EnsembleConfig *) nsPtr->ensembles;
     nsPtr->ensembles = (Tcl_Ensemble *) ensemblePtr;
 
     /*
      * Trigger an eventual recomputation of the ensemble command set. Note
@@ -707,15 +698,56 @@
 
     if (flags & ENSEMBLE_COMPILE) {
 	((Command *) ensemblePtr->token)->compileProc = TclCompileEnsemble;
     }
 
-    if (nameObj != NULL) {
-	TclDecrRefCount(nameObj);
-    }
     return ensemblePtr->token;
+
+}
+
+
+/*
+ *----------------------------------------------------------------------
+ *
+ * Tcl_CreateEnsemble
+ *
+ *	Create a simple ensemble attached to the given namespace.
+ *
+ *	Deprecated by TclCreateEnsembleInNs.
+ *
+ * Value
+ *
+ *	The token for the command created.
+ *
+ * Effect
+ *	The ensemble is created and marked for compilation.
+ *
+ *
+ *----------------------------------------------------------------------
+ */
+
+Tcl_Command
+Tcl_CreateEnsemble(
+    Tcl_Interp *interp,
+    const char *name,
+    Tcl_Namespace *namespacePtr,
+    int flags)
+{
+    Namespace *nsPtr = (Namespace *)namespacePtr, *foundNsPtr, *altNsPtr,
+    	*actualNsPtr;
+    const char * simpleName;
+
+    if (nsPtr == NULL) {
+	nsPtr = (Namespace *) TclGetCurrentNamespace(interp);
+    }
+
+    TclGetNamespaceForQualName(interp, name, nsPtr, TCL_CREATE_NS_IF_UNKNOWN,
+    	&foundNsPtr, &altNsPtr, &actualNsPtr, &simpleName);
+    return TclCreateEnsembleInNs(interp, simpleName,
+	(Tcl_Namespace *) foundNsPtr, (Tcl_Namespace *) nsPtr, flags);
 }
+
 
 /*
  *----------------------------------------------------------------------
  *
  * Tcl_SetEnsembleSubcommandList --
@@ -1883,10 +1915,11 @@
 	 * Hand off to the target command.
 	 */
 
 	TclSkipTailcall(interp);
 	Tcl_ListObjGetElements(NULL, copyPtr, &copyObjc, &copyObjv);
+	((Interp *)interp)->lookupNsPtr = ensemblePtr->nsPtr;
 	return TclNREvalObjv(interp, copyObjc, copyObjv, TCL_EVAL_INVOKE, NULL);
     }
 
   unknownOrAmbiguousSubcommand:
     /*
@@ -2395,19 +2428,37 @@
  * Side effects:
  *	Memory is (eventually) deallocated.
  *
  *----------------------------------------------------------------------
  */
+
+static void
+ClearTable(
+    EnsembleConfig *ensemblePtr)
+{
+    Tcl_HashTable *hash = &ensemblePtr->subcommandTable;
+
+    if (hash->numEntries != 0) {
+        Tcl_HashSearch search;
+        Tcl_HashEntry *hPtr = Tcl_FirstHashEntry(hash, &search);
+
+        while (hPtr != NULL) {
+            Tcl_Obj *prefixObj = Tcl_GetHashValue(hPtr);
+            Tcl_DecrRefCount(prefixObj);
+            hPtr = Tcl_NextHashEntry(&search);
+        }
+        ckfree((char *) ensemblePtr->subcommandArrayPtr);
+    }
+    Tcl_DeleteHashTable(hash);
+}
 
 static void
 DeleteEnsembleConfig(
     ClientData clientData)
 {
     EnsembleConfig *ensemblePtr = clientData;
     Namespace *nsPtr = ensemblePtr->nsPtr;
-    Tcl_HashSearch search;
-    Tcl_HashEntry *hEnt;
 
     /*
      * Unlink from the ensemble chain if it has not been marked as having been
      * done already.
      */
@@ -2437,21 +2488,11 @@
 
     /*
      * Kill the pointer-containing fields.
      */
 
-    if (ensemblePtr->subcommandTable.numEntries != 0) {
-	ckfree(ensemblePtr->subcommandArrayPtr);
-    }
-    hEnt = Tcl_FirstHashEntry(&ensemblePtr->subcommandTable, &search);
-    while (hEnt != NULL) {
-	Tcl_Obj *prefixObj = Tcl_GetHashValue(hEnt);
-
-	Tcl_DecrRefCount(prefixObj);
-	hEnt = Tcl_NextHashEntry(&search);
-    }
-    Tcl_DeleteHashTable(&ensemblePtr->subcommandTable);
+    ClearTable(ensemblePtr);
     if (ensemblePtr->subcmdList != NULL) {
 	Tcl_DecrRefCount(ensemblePtr->subcmdList);
     }
     if (ensemblePtr->parameterList != NULL) {
 	Tcl_DecrRefCount(ensemblePtr->parameterList);
@@ -2503,104 +2544,105 @@
 				 * the namespace that backs up this
 				 * ensemble. */
     int i, j, isNew;
     Tcl_HashTable *hash = &ensemblePtr->subcommandTable;
     Tcl_HashEntry *hPtr;
-
-    if (hash->numEntries != 0) {
-	/*
-	 * Remove pre-existing table.
-	 */
-
-	ckfree(ensemblePtr->subcommandArrayPtr);
-	hPtr = Tcl_FirstHashEntry(hash, &search);
-	while (hPtr != NULL) {
-	    Tcl_Obj *prefixObj = Tcl_GetHashValue(hPtr);
-
-	    Tcl_DecrRefCount(prefixObj);
-	    hPtr = Tcl_NextHashEntry(&search);
-	}
-	Tcl_DeleteHashTable(hash);
-	Tcl_InitHashTable(hash, TCL_STRING_KEYS);
-    }
-
-    /*
-     * See if we've got an export list. If so, we will only export exactly
-     * those commands, which may be either implemented by the prefix in the
-     * subcommandDict or mapped directly onto the namespace's commands.
-     */
-
-    if (ensemblePtr->subcmdList != NULL) {
-	Tcl_Obj **subcmdv, *target, *cmdObj, *cmdPrefixObj;
-	int subcmdc;
-
-	TclListObjGetElements(NULL, ensemblePtr->subcmdList, &subcmdc,
-		&subcmdv);
-	for (i=0 ; i<subcmdc ; i++) {
-	    const char *name = TclGetString(subcmdv[i]);
-
-	    hPtr = Tcl_CreateHashEntry(hash, name, &isNew);
-
-	    /*
-	     * Skip non-unique cases.
-	     */
-
-	    if (!isNew) {
-		continue;
-	    }
-
-	    /*
-	     * Look in our dictionary (if present) for the command.
-	     */
-
-	    if (ensemblePtr->subcommandDict != NULL) {
-		Tcl_DictObjGet(NULL, ensemblePtr->subcommandDict, subcmdv[i],
-			&target);
-		if (target != NULL) {
-		    Tcl_SetHashValue(hPtr, target);
-		    Tcl_IncrRefCount(target);
-		    continue;
-		}
-	    }
-
-	    /*
-	     * Not there, so map onto the namespace. Note in this case that we
-	     * do not guarantee that the command is actually there; that is
-	     * the programmer's responsibility (or [::unknown] of course).
-	     */
-
-	    cmdObj = NewNsObj((Tcl_Namespace *) ensemblePtr->nsPtr);
-	    if (ensemblePtr->nsPtr->parentPtr != NULL) {
-		Tcl_AppendStringsToObj(cmdObj, "::", name, NULL);
-	    } else {
-		Tcl_AppendStringsToObj(cmdObj, name, NULL);
-	    }
-	    cmdPrefixObj = Tcl_NewListObj(1, &cmdObj);
-	    Tcl_SetHashValue(hPtr, cmdPrefixObj);
-	    Tcl_IncrRefCount(cmdPrefixObj);
-	}
-    } else if (ensemblePtr->subcommandDict != NULL) {
-	/*
-	 * No subcmd list, but we do have a mapping dictionary so we should
-	 * use the keys of that. Convert the dictionary's contents into the
-	 * form required for the ensemble's internal hashtable.
-	 */
-
-	Tcl_DictSearch dictSearch;
-	Tcl_Obj *keyObj, *valueObj;
-	int done;
-
-	Tcl_DictObjFirst(NULL, ensemblePtr->subcommandDict, &dictSearch,
-		&keyObj, &valueObj, &done);
-	while (!done) {
-	    const char *name = TclGetString(keyObj);
-
-	    hPtr = Tcl_CreateHashEntry(hash, name, &isNew);
-	    Tcl_SetHashValue(hPtr, valueObj);
-	    Tcl_IncrRefCount(valueObj);
-	    Tcl_DictObjNext(&dictSearch, &keyObj, &valueObj, &done);
-	}
+    Tcl_Obj *mapDict = ensemblePtr->subcommandDict;
+    Tcl_Obj *subList = ensemblePtr->subcmdList;
+
+    ClearTable(ensemblePtr);
+    Tcl_InitHashTable(hash, TCL_STRING_KEYS);
+
+    if (subList) {
+        int subc;
+        Tcl_Obj **subv, *target, *cmdObj, *cmdPrefixObj;
+        char *name;
+
+        /*
+         * There is a list of exactly what subcommands go in the table.
+         * Must determine the target for each.
+         */
+
+        Tcl_ListObjGetElements(NULL, subList, &subc, &subv);
+        if (subList == mapDict) {
+            /*
+             * Strange case where explicit list of subcommands is same value
+             * as the dict mapping to targets.
+             */
+
+            for (i = 0; i < subc; i += 2) {
+                name = TclGetString(subv[i]);
+                hPtr = Tcl_CreateHashEntry(hash, name, &isNew);
+                if (!isNew) {
+                    cmdObj = (Tcl_Obj *)Tcl_GetHashValue(hPtr);
+                    Tcl_DecrRefCount(cmdObj);
+                }
+                Tcl_SetHashValue(hPtr, subv[i+1]);
+                Tcl_IncrRefCount(subv[i+1]);
+
+                name = TclGetString(subv[i+1]);
+                hPtr = Tcl_CreateHashEntry(hash, name, &isNew);
+                if (isNew) {
+                    cmdObj = Tcl_NewStringObj(name, -1);
+                    cmdPrefixObj = Tcl_NewListObj(1, &cmdObj);
+                    Tcl_SetHashValue(hPtr, cmdPrefixObj);
+                    Tcl_IncrRefCount(cmdPrefixObj);
+                }
+            }
+        } else {
+            /* Usual case where we can freely act on the list and dict. */
+
+            for (i = 0; i < subc; i++) {
+                name = TclGetString(subv[i]);
+                hPtr = Tcl_CreateHashEntry(hash, name, &isNew);
+                if (!isNew) {
+                    continue;
+                }
+
+                /* Lookup target in the dictionary */
+                if (mapDict) {
+                    Tcl_DictObjGet(NULL, mapDict, subv[i], &target);
+                    if (target) {
+                        Tcl_SetHashValue(hPtr, target);
+                        Tcl_IncrRefCount(target);
+                        continue;
+                    }
+                }
+
+                /*
+                 * target was not in the dictionary so map onto the namespace.
+                 * Note in this case that we do not guarantee that the
+                 * command is actually there; that is the programmer's
+                 * responsibility (or [::unknown] of course).
+                 */
+                cmdObj = Tcl_NewStringObj(name, -1);
+                cmdPrefixObj = Tcl_NewListObj(1, &cmdObj);
+                Tcl_SetHashValue(hPtr, cmdPrefixObj);
+                Tcl_IncrRefCount(cmdPrefixObj);
+            }
+        }
+    } else if (mapDict) {
+        /*
+         * No subcmd list, but we do have a mapping dictionary so we should
+         * use the keys of that. Convert the dictionary's contents into the
+         * form required for the ensemble's internal hashtable.
+         */
+
+        Tcl_DictSearch dictSearch;
+        Tcl_Obj *keyObj, *valueObj;
+        int done;
+
+        Tcl_DictObjFirst(NULL, ensemblePtr->subcommandDict, &dictSearch,
+                &keyObj, &valueObj, &done);
+        while (!done) {
+            char *name = TclGetString(keyObj);
+
+            hPtr = Tcl_CreateHashEntry(hash, name, &isNew);
+            Tcl_SetHashValue(hPtr, valueObj);
+            Tcl_IncrRefCount(valueObj);
+            Tcl_DictObjNext(&dictSearch, &keyObj, &valueObj, &done);
+        }
     } else {
 	/*
 	 * Discover what commands are actually exported by the namespace.
 	 * What we have is an array of patterns and a hash table whose keys
 	 * are the command names exported by the namespace (the contents do
@@ -2632,15 +2674,11 @@
 		     */
 
 		    if (isNew) {
 			Tcl_Obj *cmdObj, *cmdPrefixObj;
 
-			TclNewObj(cmdObj);
-			Tcl_AppendStringsToObj(cmdObj,
-				ensemblePtr->nsPtr->fullName,
-				(ensemblePtr->nsPtr->parentPtr ? "::" : ""),
-				nsCmdName, NULL);
+			cmdObj = Tcl_NewStringObj(nsCmdName, -1);
 			cmdPrefixObj = Tcl_NewListObj(1, &cmdObj);
 			Tcl_SetHashValue(hPtr, cmdPrefixObj);
 			Tcl_IncrRefCount(cmdPrefixObj);
 		    }
 		    break;

Index: generic/tclEvent.c
==================================================================
--- generic/tclEvent.c
+++ generic/tclEvent.c
@@ -1055,11 +1055,10 @@
 					 * converting to/from double. */
 	    TclInitObjSubsystem();	/* Register obj types, create
 					 * mutexes. */
 	    TclInitIOSubsystem();	/* Inits a tsd key (noop). */
 	    TclInitEncodingSubsystem();	/* Process wide encoding init. */
-	    TclpSetInterfaces();
 	    TclInitNamespaceSubsystem();/* Register ns obj type (mutexed). */
 	    subsystemsInitialized = 1;
 	}
 	TclpInitUnlock();
     }

Index: generic/tclExecute.c
==================================================================
--- generic/tclExecute.c
+++ generic/tclExecute.c
@@ -323,11 +323,11 @@
 	    NEXT_INST_F(((condition)? 5 : TclGetInt4AtPtr(pc+1)), (cleanup), 0); \
 	case INST_JUMP_TRUE4:						\
 	    NEXT_INST_F(((condition)? TclGetInt4AtPtr(pc+1) : 5), (cleanup), 0); \
 	default:							\
 	    if ((condition) < 0) {					\
-		TclNewLongObj(objResultPtr, -1);				\
+		TclNewIntObj(objResultPtr, -1);				\
 	    } else {							\
 		objResultPtr = TCONST((condition) > 0);			\
 	    }								\
 	    NEXT_INST_F(0, (cleanup), 1);				\
 	}								\
@@ -344,11 +344,11 @@
 	    NEXT_INST_V(((condition)? 5 : TclGetInt4AtPtr(pc+1)), (cleanup), 0); \
 	case INST_JUMP_TRUE4:						\
 	    NEXT_INST_V(((condition)? TclGetInt4AtPtr(pc+1) : 5), (cleanup), 0); \
 	default:							\
 	    if ((condition) < 0) {					\
-		TclNewLongObj(objResultPtr, -1);				\
+		TclNewIntObj(objResultPtr, -1);				\
 	    } else {							\
 		objResultPtr = TCONST((condition) > 0);			\
 	    }								\
 	    NEXT_INST_V(0, (cleanup), 1);				\
 	}								\
@@ -355,20 +355,20 @@
     } while (0)
 #else /* TCL_COMPILE_DEBUG */
 #define JUMP_PEEPHOLE_F(condition, pcAdjustment, cleanup) \
     do{									\
 	if ((condition) < 0) {						\
-	    TclNewLongObj(objResultPtr, -1);				\
+	    TclNewIntObj(objResultPtr, -1);				\
 	} else {							\
 	    objResultPtr = TCONST((condition) > 0);			\
 	}								\
 	NEXT_INST_F((pcAdjustment), (cleanup), 1);			\
     } while (0)
 #define JUMP_PEEPHOLE_V(condition, pcAdjustment, cleanup) \
     do{									\
 	if ((condition) < 0) {						\
-	    TclNewLongObj(objResultPtr, -1);				\
+	    TclNewIntObj(objResultPtr, -1);				\
 	} else {							\
 	    objResultPtr = TCONST((condition) > 0);			\
 	}								\
 	NEXT_INST_V((pcAdjustment), (cleanup), 1);			\
     } while (0)
@@ -496,32 +496,12 @@
  *
  * MODULE_SCOPE int GetNumberFromObj(Tcl_Interp *interp, Tcl_Obj *objPtr,
  *			ClientData *ptrPtr, int *tPtr);
  */
 
-#ifdef TCL_WIDE_INT_IS_LONG
-#define GetNumberFromObj(interp, objPtr, ptrPtr, tPtr) \
-    (((objPtr)->typePtr == &tclIntType)					\
-	?	(*(tPtr) = TCL_NUMBER_LONG,				\
-		*(ptrPtr) = (ClientData)				\
-		    (&((objPtr)->internalRep.longValue)), TCL_OK) :	\
-    ((objPtr)->typePtr == &tclDoubleType)				\
-	?	(((TclIsNaN((objPtr)->internalRep.doubleValue))		\
-		    ?	(*(tPtr) = TCL_NUMBER_NAN)			\
-		    :	(*(tPtr) = TCL_NUMBER_DOUBLE)),			\
-		*(ptrPtr) = (ClientData)				\
-		    (&((objPtr)->internalRep.doubleValue)), TCL_OK) :	\
-    (((objPtr)->bytes != NULL) && ((objPtr)->length == 0))		\
-	? TCL_ERROR :			\
-    TclGetNumberFromObj((interp), (objPtr), (ptrPtr), (tPtr)))
-#else /* !TCL_WIDE_INT_IS_LONG */
-#define GetNumberFromObj(interp, objPtr, ptrPtr, tPtr) \
-    (((objPtr)->typePtr == &tclIntType)					\
-	?	(*(tPtr) = TCL_NUMBER_LONG,				\
-		*(ptrPtr) = (ClientData)				\
-		    (&((objPtr)->internalRep.longValue)), TCL_OK) :	\
-    ((objPtr)->typePtr == &tclWideIntType)				\
+#define GetNumberFromObj(interp, objPtr, ptrPtr, tPtr) \
+    (((objPtr)->typePtr == &tclIntType)					\
 	?	(*(tPtr) = TCL_NUMBER_WIDE,				\
 		*(ptrPtr) = (ClientData)				\
 		    (&((objPtr)->internalRep.wideValue)), TCL_OK) :	\
     ((objPtr)->typePtr == &tclDoubleType)				\
 	?	(((TclIsNaN((objPtr)->internalRep.doubleValue))		\
@@ -530,25 +510,10 @@
 		*(ptrPtr) = (ClientData)				\
 		    (&((objPtr)->internalRep.doubleValue)), TCL_OK) :	\
     (((objPtr)->bytes != NULL) && ((objPtr)->length == 0))		\
 	? TCL_ERROR :			\
     TclGetNumberFromObj((interp), (objPtr), (ptrPtr), (tPtr)))
-#endif /* TCL_WIDE_INT_IS_LONG */
-
-/*
- * Macro used in this file to save a function call for common uses of
- * Tcl_GetBooleanFromObj(). The ANSI C "prototype" is:
- *
- * MODULE_SCOPE int TclGetBooleanFromObj(Tcl_Interp *interp, Tcl_Obj *objPtr,
- *			int *boolPtr);
- */
-
-#define TclGetBooleanFromObj(interp, objPtr, boolPtr) \
-    ((((objPtr)->typePtr == &tclIntType)				\
-	|| ((objPtr)->typePtr == &tclBooleanType))			\
-	? (*(boolPtr) = ((objPtr)->internalRep.longValue!=0), TCL_OK)	\
-	: Tcl_GetBooleanFromObj((interp), (objPtr), (boolPtr)))
 
 /*
  * Macro used to make the check for type overflow more mnemonic. This works by
  * comparing sign bits; the rest of the word is irrelevant. The ANSI C
  * "prototype" (where inttype_t is any integer type) is:
@@ -574,44 +539,10 @@
 
 /*
  * Auxiliary tables used to compute powers of small integers.
  */
 
-#if (LONG_MAX == 0x7fffffff)
-
-/*
- * Maximum base that, when raised to powers 2, 3, ... 8, fits in a 32-bit
- * signed integer.
- */
-
-static const long MaxBase32[] = {46340, 1290, 215, 73, 35, 21, 14};
-static const size_t MaxBase32Size = sizeof(MaxBase32)/sizeof(long);
-
-/*
- * Table giving 3, 4, ..., 11, raised to the powers 9, 10, ..., as far as they
- * fit in a 32-bit signed integer. Exp32Index[i] gives the starting index of
- * powers of i+3; Exp32Value[i] gives the corresponding powers.
- */
-
-static const unsigned short Exp32Index[] = {
-    0, 11, 18, 23, 26, 29, 31, 32, 33
-};
-static const size_t Exp32IndexSize =
-    sizeof(Exp32Index) / sizeof(unsigned short);
-static const long Exp32Value[] = {
-    19683, 59049, 177147, 531441, 1594323, 4782969, 14348907, 43046721,
-    129140163, 387420489, 1162261467, 262144, 1048576, 4194304,
-    16777216, 67108864, 268435456, 1073741824, 1953125, 9765625,
-    48828125, 244140625, 1220703125, 10077696, 60466176, 362797056,
-    40353607, 282475249, 1977326743, 134217728, 1073741824, 387420489,
-    1000000000
-};
-static const size_t Exp32ValueSize = sizeof(Exp32Value)/sizeof(long);
-#endif /* LONG_MAX == 0x7fffffff -- 32 bit machine */
-
-#if (LONG_MAX > 0x7fffffff) || !defined(TCL_WIDE_INT_IS_LONG)
-
 /*
  * Maximum base that, when raised to powers 2, 3, ..., 16, fits in a
  * Tcl_WideInt.
  */
 
@@ -711,11 +642,10 @@
     (Tcl_WideInt)161051*161051*161051*11*11*11,
     (Tcl_WideInt)248832*248832*248832*12*12,
     (Tcl_WideInt)371293*371293*371293*13*13
 };
 static const size_t Exp64ValueSize = sizeof(Exp64Value) / sizeof(Tcl_WideInt);
-#endif /* (LONG_MAX > 0x7fffffff) || !defined(TCL_WIDE_INT_IS_LONG) */
 
 /*
  * Markers for ExecuteExtendedBinaryMathOp.
  */
 
@@ -742,12 +672,10 @@
 #endif /* TCL_COMPILE_DEBUG */
 static ByteCode *	CompileExprObj(Tcl_Interp *interp, Tcl_Obj *objPtr);
 static void		DeleteExecStack(ExecStack *esPtr);
 static void		DupExprCodeInternalRep(Tcl_Obj *srcPtr,
 			    Tcl_Obj *copyPtr);
-MODULE_SCOPE int	TclCompareTwoNumbers(Tcl_Obj *valuePtr,
-			    Tcl_Obj *value2Ptr);
 static Tcl_Obj *	ExecuteExtendedBinaryMathOp(Tcl_Interp *interp,
 			    int opcode, Tcl_Obj **constants,
 			    Tcl_Obj *valuePtr, Tcl_Obj *value2Ptr);
 static Tcl_Obj *	ExecuteExtendedUnaryMathOp(int opcode,
 			    Tcl_Obj *valuePtr);
@@ -906,13 +834,13 @@
     ExecEnv *eePtr = ckalloc(sizeof(ExecEnv));
     ExecStack *esPtr = ckalloc(sizeof(ExecStack)
 	    + (size_t) (size-1) * sizeof(Tcl_Obj *));
 
     eePtr->execStackPtr = esPtr;
-    TclNewLongObj(eePtr->constants[0], 0);
+    TclNewIntObj(eePtr->constants[0], 0);
     Tcl_IncrRefCount(eePtr->constants[0]);
-    TclNewLongObj(eePtr->constants[1], 1);
+    TclNewIntObj(eePtr->constants[1], 1);
     Tcl_IncrRefCount(eePtr->constants[1]);
     eePtr->interp = interp;
     eePtr->callbackPtr = NULL;
     eePtr->corPtr = NULL;
     eePtr->rewind = 0;
@@ -1875,41 +1803,10 @@
 	TclGetIntFromObj(interp, incrPtr, &type1);
 	Tcl_AddErrorInfo(interp, "\n    (reading increment)");
 	return TCL_ERROR;
     }
 
-    if ((type1 == TCL_NUMBER_LONG) && (type2 == TCL_NUMBER_LONG)) {
-	long augend = *((const long *) ptr1);
-	long addend = *((const long *) ptr2);
-	long sum = augend + addend;
-
-	/*
-	 * Overflow when (augend and sum have different sign) and (augend and
-	 * addend have the same sign). This is encapsulated in the Overflowing
-	 * macro.
-	 */
-
-	if (!Overflowing(augend, addend, sum)) {
-	    TclSetLongObj(valuePtr, sum);
-	    return TCL_OK;
-	}
-#ifndef TCL_WIDE_INT_IS_LONG
-	{
-	    Tcl_WideInt w1 = (Tcl_WideInt) augend;
-	    Tcl_WideInt w2 = (Tcl_WideInt) addend;
-
-	    /*
-	     * We know the sum value is outside the long range, so we use the
-	     * macro form that doesn't range test again.
-	     */
-
-	    TclSetWideIntObj(valuePtr, w1 + w2);
-	    return TCL_OK;
-	}
-#endif
-    }
-
     if ((type1 == TCL_NUMBER_DOUBLE) || (type1 == TCL_NUMBER_NAN)) {
 	/*
 	 * Produce error message (reparse?!)
 	 */
 
@@ -1923,11 +1820,10 @@
 	TclGetIntFromObj(interp, incrPtr, &type1);
 	Tcl_AddErrorInfo(interp, "\n    (reading increment)");
 	return TCL_ERROR;
     }
 
-#ifndef TCL_WIDE_INT_IS_LONG
     if ((type1 != TCL_NUMBER_BIG) && (type2 != TCL_NUMBER_BIG)) {
 	Tcl_WideInt w1, w2, sum;
 
 	TclGetWideIntFromObj(NULL, valuePtr, &w1);
 	TclGetWideIntFromObj(NULL, incrPtr, &w2);
@@ -1936,15 +1832,14 @@
 	/*
 	 * Check for overflow.
 	 */
 
 	if (!Overflowing(w1, w2, sum)) {
-	    Tcl_SetWideIntObj(valuePtr, sum);
+	    TclSetIntObj(valuePtr, sum);
 	    return TCL_OK;
 	}
     }
-#endif
 
     Tcl_TakeBignumFromObj(interp, valuePtr, &value);
     Tcl_GetBignumFromObj(interp, incrPtr, &incr);
     mp_add(&value, &incr, &value);
     mp_clear(&incr);
@@ -2682,13 +2577,13 @@
     }
 
     case INST_STR_CONCAT1:
 
 	opnd = TclGetUInt1AtPtr(pc+1);
-
-	if (TCL_OK != TclStringCatObjv(interp, /* inPlace */ 1,
-		opnd, &OBJ_AT_DEPTH(opnd-1), &objResultPtr)) {
+	objResultPtr = TclStringCat(interp, opnd, &OBJ_AT_DEPTH(opnd-1),
+		TCL_STRING_IN_PLACE);
+	if (objResultPtr == NULL) {
 	    TRACE_ERROR(interp);
 	    goto gotError;
 	}
 
 	TRACE_WITH_OBJ(("%u => ", opnd), objResultPtr);
@@ -3624,13 +3519,11 @@
 
 /*TODO: Consider more untangling here; merge with LOAD and STORE ? */
 
     {
 	Tcl_Obj *incrPtr;
-#ifndef TCL_WIDE_INT_IS_LONG
 	Tcl_WideInt w;
-#endif
 	long increment;
 
     case INST_INCR_SCALAR1:
     case INST_INCR_ARRAY1:
     case INST_INCR_ARRAY_STK:
@@ -3725,13 +3618,13 @@
 	    ClientData ptr;
 	    int type;
 
 	    objPtr = varPtr->value.objPtr;
 	    if (GetNumberFromObj(NULL, objPtr, &ptr, &type) == TCL_OK) {
-		if (type == TCL_NUMBER_LONG) {
-		    long augend = *((const long *)ptr);
-		    long sum = augend + increment;
+		if (type == TCL_NUMBER_WIDE) {
+		    Tcl_WideInt augend = *((const Tcl_WideInt *)ptr);
+		    Tcl_WideInt sum = augend + increment;
 
 		    /*
 		     * Overflow when (augend and sum have different sign) and
 		     * (augend and increment have the same sign). This is
 		     * encapsulated in the Overflowing macro.
@@ -3739,20 +3632,19 @@
 
 		    if (!Overflowing(augend, increment, sum)) {
 			TRACE(("%u %ld => ", opnd, increment));
 			if (Tcl_IsShared(objPtr)) {
 			    objPtr->refCount--;	/* We know it's shared. */
-			    TclNewLongObj(objResultPtr, sum);
+			    TclNewIntObj(objResultPtr, sum);
 			    Tcl_IncrRefCount(objResultPtr);
 			    varPtr->value.objPtr = objResultPtr;
 			} else {
 			    objResultPtr = objPtr;
-			    TclSetLongObj(objPtr, sum);
+			    TclSetIntObj(objPtr, sum);
 			}
 			goto doneIncr;
 		    }
-#ifndef TCL_WIDE_INT_IS_LONG
 		    w = (Tcl_WideInt)augend;
 
 		    TRACE(("%u %ld => ", opnd, increment));
 		    if (Tcl_IsShared(objPtr)) {
 			objPtr->refCount--;	/* We know it's shared. */
@@ -3765,58 +3657,24 @@
 			/*
 			 * We know the sum value is outside the long range;
 			 * use macro form that doesn't range test again.
 			 */
 
-			TclSetWideIntObj(objPtr, w+increment);
-		    }
-		    goto doneIncr;
-#endif
-		}	/* end if (type == TCL_NUMBER_LONG) */
-#ifndef TCL_WIDE_INT_IS_LONG
-		if (type == TCL_NUMBER_WIDE) {
-		    Tcl_WideInt sum;
-
-		    w = *((const Tcl_WideInt *) ptr);
-		    sum = w + increment;
-
-		    /*
-		     * Check for overflow.
-		     */
-
-		    if (!Overflowing(w, increment, sum)) {
-			TRACE(("%u %ld => ", opnd, increment));
-			if (Tcl_IsShared(objPtr)) {
-			    objPtr->refCount--;	/* We know it's shared. */
-			    objResultPtr = Tcl_NewWideIntObj(sum);
-			    Tcl_IncrRefCount(objResultPtr);
-			    varPtr->value.objPtr = objResultPtr;
-			} else {
-			    objResultPtr = objPtr;
-
-			    /*
-			     * We *do not* know the sum value is outside the
-			     * long range (wide + long can yield long); use
-			     * the function call that checks range.
-			     */
-
-			    Tcl_SetWideIntObj(objPtr, sum);
-			}
-			goto doneIncr;
-		    }
-		}
-#endif
+			TclSetIntObj(objPtr, w+increment);
+		    }
+		    goto doneIncr;
+		}	/* end if (type == TCL_NUMBER_WIDE) */
 	    }
 	    if (Tcl_IsShared(objPtr)) {
 		objPtr->refCount--;	/* We know it's shared */
 		objResultPtr = Tcl_DuplicateObj(objPtr);
 		Tcl_IncrRefCount(objResultPtr);
 		varPtr->value.objPtr = objResultPtr;
 	    } else {
 		objResultPtr = objPtr;
 	    }
-	    TclNewLongObj(incrPtr, increment);
+	    TclNewIntObj(incrPtr, increment);
 	    if (TclIncrObj(interp, objResultPtr, incrPtr) != TCL_OK) {
 		Tcl_DecrRefCount(incrPtr);
 		TRACE_ERROR(interp);
 		goto gotError;
 	    }
@@ -3826,11 +3684,11 @@
 
 	/*
 	 * All other cases, flow through to generic handling.
 	 */
 
-	TclNewLongObj(incrPtr, increment);
+	TclNewIntObj(incrPtr, increment);
 	Tcl_IncrRefCount(incrPtr);
 
     doIncrScalar:
 	varPtr = LOCAL(opnd);
 	while (TclIsVarLink(varPtr)) {
@@ -4524,11 +4382,11 @@
 	}
 	TRACE_WITH_OBJ(("=> "), objResultPtr);
 	NEXT_INST_F(1, 0, 1);
     }
     case INST_INFO_LEVEL_NUM:
-	TclNewLongObj(objResultPtr, iPtr->varFramePtr->level);
+	TclNewIntObj(objResultPtr, iPtr->varFramePtr->level);
 	TRACE_WITH_OBJ(("=> "), objResultPtr);
 	NEXT_INST_F(1, 0, 1);
     case INST_INFO_LEVEL_ARGS: {
 	int level;
 	register CallFrame *framePtr = iPtr->varFramePtr;
@@ -4893,11 +4751,11 @@
 	TRACE(("\"%.30s\" => ", O2S(OBJ_AT_TOS)));
 	if (TclListObjLength(interp, OBJ_AT_TOS, &length) != TCL_OK) {
 	    TRACE_ERROR(interp);
 	    goto gotError;
 	}
-	TclNewLongObj(objResultPtr, length);
+	TclNewIntObj(objResultPtr, length);
 	TRACE_APPEND(("%d\n", length));
 	NEXT_INST_F(1, 1, 1);
 
     case INST_LIST_INDEX:	/* lindex with objc == 3 */
 	value2Ptr = OBJ_AT_TOS;
@@ -4950,20 +4808,13 @@
 	if (TclListObjGetElements(interp, valuePtr, &objc, &objv) != TCL_OK) {
 	    TRACE_ERROR(interp);
 	    goto gotError;
 	}
 
-	/*
-	 * Select the list item based on the index. Negative operand means
-	 * end-based indexing.
-	 */
-
-	if (opnd < -1) {
-	    index = opnd+1 + objc;
-	} else {
-	    index = opnd;
-	}
+	/* Decode end-offset index values. */
+
+	index = TclIndexDecode(opnd, objc - 1);
 	pcAdjustment = 5;
 
     lindexFastPath:
 	if (index >= 0 && index < objc) {
 	    objResultPtr = objv[index];
@@ -5107,51 +4958,68 @@
 	if (*(pc+9) == INST_POP) {
 	    NEXT_INST_F(10, 1, 0);
 	}
 #endif
 
-	/*
-	 * Adjust the indices for end-based handling.
-	 */
-
-	if (fromIdx < -1) {
-	    fromIdx += 1+objc;
-	    if (fromIdx < -1) {
-		fromIdx = -1;
-	    }
-	} else if (fromIdx > objc) {
-	    fromIdx = objc;
-	}
-	if (toIdx < -1) {
-	    toIdx += 1 + objc;
-	    if (toIdx < -1) {
-		toIdx = -1;
-	    }
-	} else if (toIdx > objc) {
-	    toIdx = objc;
-	}
-
-	/*
-	 * Check if we are referring to a valid, non-empty list range, and if
-	 * so, build the list of elements in that range.
-	 */
-
-	if (fromIdx<=toIdx && fromIdx<objc && toIdx>=0) {
-	    if (fromIdx < 0) {
-		fromIdx = 0;
-	    }
-	    if (toIdx >= objc) {
-		toIdx = objc-1;
-	    }
-	    if (fromIdx == 0 && toIdx != objc-1 && !Tcl_IsShared(valuePtr)) {
-		Tcl_ListObjReplace(interp, valuePtr,
-			toIdx + 1, LIST_MAX, 0, NULL);
+	/* Every range of an empty list is an empty list */
+	if (objc == 0) {
+	    TRACE_APPEND(("\n"));
+	    NEXT_INST_F(9, 0, 0);
+	}
+
+	/* Decode index value operands. */
+
+	/* 
+	assert ( toIdx != TCL_INDEX_AFTER);
+	 *
+	 * Extra safety for legacy bytecodes:
+	 */
+	if (toIdx == TCL_INDEX_AFTER) {
+	    toIdx = TCL_INDEX_END;
+	}
+
+	if ((toIdx == TCL_INDEX_BEFORE) || (fromIdx == TCL_INDEX_AFTER)) {
+	    goto emptyList;
+	}
+	toIdx = TclIndexDecode(toIdx, objc - 1);
+	if (toIdx < 0) {
+	    goto emptyList;
+	} else if (toIdx >= objc) {
+	    toIdx = objc - 1;
+	}
+
+	assert ( toIdx >= 0 && toIdx < objc);
+	/*
+	assert ( fromIdx != TCL_INDEX_BEFORE );
+	 *
+	 * Extra safety for legacy bytecodes:
+	 */
+	if (fromIdx == TCL_INDEX_BEFORE) {
+	    fromIdx = TCL_INDEX_START;
+	}
+
+	fromIdx = TclIndexDecode(fromIdx, objc - 1);
+	if (fromIdx < 0) {
+	    fromIdx = 0;
+	}
+
+	if (fromIdx <= toIdx) {
+	    /* Construct the subsquence list */
+	    /* unshared optimization */
+	    if (Tcl_IsShared(valuePtr)) {
+		objResultPtr = Tcl_NewListObj(toIdx-fromIdx+1, objv+fromIdx);
+	    } else {
+		if (toIdx != objc - 1) {
+		    Tcl_ListObjReplace(NULL, valuePtr, toIdx + 1, LIST_MAX,
+			    0, NULL);
+		}
+		Tcl_ListObjReplace(NULL, valuePtr, 0, fromIdx, 0, NULL);
 		TRACE_APPEND(("%.30s\n", O2S(valuePtr)));
 		NEXT_INST_F(9, 0, 0);
 	    }
-	    objResultPtr = Tcl_NewListObj(toIdx-fromIdx+1, objv+fromIdx);
 	} else {
+	emptyList:
 	    TclNewObj(objResultPtr);
 	}
 
 	TRACE_APPEND(("\"%.30s\"", O2S(objResultPtr)));
 	NEXT_INST_F(9, 1, 1);
@@ -5364,11 +5232,11 @@
 	JUMP_PEEPHOLE_F(match, 1, 2);
 
     case INST_STR_LEN:
 	valuePtr = OBJ_AT_TOS;
 	length = Tcl_GetCharLength(valuePtr);
-	TclNewLongObj(objResultPtr, length);
+	TclNewIntObj(objResultPtr, length);
 	TRACE(("\"%.20s\" => %d\n", O2S(valuePtr), length));
 	NEXT_INST_F(1, 1, 1);
 
     case INST_STR_UPPER:
 	valuePtr = OBJ_AT_TOS;
@@ -5493,160 +5361,117 @@
 	fromIdx = TclGetInt4AtPtr(pc+1);
 	toIdx = TclGetInt4AtPtr(pc+5);
 	length = Tcl_GetCharLength(valuePtr);
 	TRACE(("\"%.20s\" %d %d => ", O2S(valuePtr), fromIdx, toIdx));
 
+	/* Every range of an empty value is an empty value */
+	if (length == 0) {
+	    TRACE_APPEND(("\n"));
+	    NEXT_INST_F(9, 0, 0);
+	}
+
+	/* Decode index operands. */
+
 	/*
-	 * Adjust indices for end-based indexing.
+	assert ( toIdx != TCL_INDEX_BEFORE );
+	assert ( toIdx != TCL_INDEX_AFTER);
+	 *
+	 * Extra safety for legacy bytecodes:
 	 */
-
-	if (fromIdx < -1) {
-	    fromIdx += 1 + length;
-	    if (fromIdx < 0) {
-		fromIdx = 0;
-	    }
-	} else if (fromIdx >= length) {
-	    fromIdx = length;
-	}
-	if (toIdx < -1) {
-	    toIdx += 1 + length;
+	if (toIdx == TCL_INDEX_BEFORE) {
+	    goto emptyRange;
+	}
+	if (toIdx == TCL_INDEX_AFTER) {
+	    toIdx = TCL_INDEX_END;
+	}
+
+	toIdx = TclIndexDecode(toIdx, length - 1);
+	if (toIdx < 0) {
+	    goto emptyRange;
 	} else if (toIdx >= length) {
 	    toIdx = length - 1;
 	}
 
+	assert ( toIdx >= 0 && toIdx < length );
+
 	/*
-	 * Check if we can do a sane substring.
+	assert ( fromIdx != TCL_INDEX_BEFORE );
+	assert ( fromIdx != TCL_INDEX_AFTER);
+	 *
+	 * Extra safety for legacy bytecodes:
 	 */
+	if (fromIdx == TCL_INDEX_BEFORE) {
+	    fromIdx = TCL_INDEX_START;
+	}
+	if (fromIdx == TCL_INDEX_AFTER) {
+	    goto emptyRange;
+	}
+
+	fromIdx = TclIndexDecode(fromIdx, length - 1);
+	if (fromIdx < 0) {
+	    fromIdx = 0;
+	}
 
 	if (fromIdx <= toIdx) {
 	    objResultPtr = Tcl_GetRange(valuePtr, fromIdx, toIdx);
 	} else {
+	emptyRange:
 	    TclNewObj(objResultPtr);
 	}
 	TRACE_APPEND(("%.30s\n", O2S(objResultPtr)));
 	NEXT_INST_F(9, 1, 1);
 
     {
 	Tcl_UniChar *ustring1, *ustring2, *ustring3, *end, *p;
-	int length3;
+	int length3, endIdx;
 	Tcl_Obj *value3Ptr;
 
     case INST_STR_REPLACE:
 	value3Ptr = POP_OBJECT();
 	valuePtr = OBJ_AT_DEPTH(2);
-	length = Tcl_GetCharLength(valuePtr) - 1;
+	endIdx = Tcl_GetCharLength(valuePtr) - 1;
 	TRACE(("\"%.20s\" %s %s \"%.20s\" => ", O2S(valuePtr),
 		O2S(OBJ_UNDER_TOS), O2S(OBJ_AT_TOS), O2S(value3Ptr)));
-	if (TclGetIntForIndexM(interp, OBJ_UNDER_TOS, length,
+	if (TclGetIntForIndexM(interp, OBJ_UNDER_TOS, endIdx,
 		    &fromIdx) != TCL_OK
-	    || TclGetIntForIndexM(interp, OBJ_AT_TOS, length,
+	    || TclGetIntForIndexM(interp, OBJ_AT_TOS, endIdx,
 		    &toIdx) != TCL_OK) {
 	    TclDecrRefCount(value3Ptr);
 	    TRACE_ERROR(interp);
 	    goto gotError;
 	}
 	TclDecrRefCount(OBJ_AT_TOS);
 	(void) POP_OBJECT();
 	TclDecrRefCount(OBJ_AT_TOS);
 	(void) POP_OBJECT();
-	if (fromIdx < 0) {
-	    fromIdx = 0;
-	}
 
-	if (fromIdx > toIdx || fromIdx > length) {
+	if ((toIdx < 0) ||
+		(fromIdx > endIdx) ||
+		(toIdx < fromIdx)) {
 	    TRACE_APPEND(("\"%.30s\"\n", O2S(valuePtr)));
 	    TclDecrRefCount(value3Ptr);
 	    NEXT_INST_F(1, 0, 0);
 	}
 
-	if (toIdx > length) {
-	    toIdx = length;
+	if (fromIdx < 0) {
+	    fromIdx = 0;
 	}
 
-	if (fromIdx == 0 && toIdx == length) {
+	if (toIdx > endIdx) {
+	    toIdx = endIdx;
+	}
+
+	if (fromIdx == 0 && toIdx == endIdx) {
 	    TclDecrRefCount(OBJ_AT_TOS);
 	    OBJ_AT_TOS = value3Ptr;
 	    TRACE_APPEND(("\"%.30s\"\n", O2S(value3Ptr)));
 	    NEXT_INST_F(1, 0, 0);
 	}
 
-	length3 = Tcl_GetCharLength(value3Ptr);
-
-	/*
-	 * See if we can splice in place. This happens when the number of
-	 * characters being replaced is the same as the number of characters
-	 * in the string to be inserted.
-	 */
-
-	if (length3 - 1 == toIdx - fromIdx) {
-	    unsigned char *bytes1, *bytes2;
-
-	    if (Tcl_IsShared(valuePtr)) {
-		objResultPtr = Tcl_DuplicateObj(valuePtr);
-	    } else {
-		objResultPtr = valuePtr;
-	    }
-	    if (TclIsPureByteArray(objResultPtr)
-		    && TclIsPureByteArray(value3Ptr)) {
-		bytes1 = Tcl_GetByteArrayFromObj(objResultPtr, NULL);
-		bytes2 = Tcl_GetByteArrayFromObj(value3Ptr, NULL);
-		memcpy(bytes1 + fromIdx, bytes2, length3);
-	    } else {
-		ustring1 = Tcl_GetUnicodeFromObj(objResultPtr, NULL);
-		ustring2 = Tcl_GetUnicodeFromObj(value3Ptr, NULL);
-		memcpy(ustring1 + fromIdx, ustring2,
-			length3 * sizeof(Tcl_UniChar));
-	    }
-	    Tcl_InvalidateStringRep(objResultPtr);
-	    TclDecrRefCount(value3Ptr);
-	    TRACE_APPEND(("\"%.30s\"\n", O2S(objResultPtr)));
-	    if (objResultPtr == valuePtr) {
-		NEXT_INST_F(1, 0, 0);
-	    } else {
-		NEXT_INST_F(1, 1, 1);
-	    }
-	}
-
-	/*
-	 * Get the unicode representation; this is where we guarantee to lose
-	 * bytearrays.
-	 */
-
-	ustring1 = Tcl_GetUnicodeFromObj(valuePtr, &length);
-	length--;
-
-	/*
-	 * Remove substring using copying.
-	 */
-
-	objResultPtr = NULL;
-	if (fromIdx > 0) {
-	    objResultPtr = Tcl_NewUnicodeObj(ustring1, fromIdx);
-	}
-	if (length3 > 0) {
-	    if (objResultPtr) {
-		Tcl_AppendObjToObj(objResultPtr, value3Ptr);
-	    } else if (Tcl_IsShared(value3Ptr)) {
-		objResultPtr = Tcl_DuplicateObj(value3Ptr);
-	    } else {
-		objResultPtr = value3Ptr;
-	    }
-	}
-	if (toIdx < length) {
-	    if (objResultPtr) {
-		Tcl_AppendUnicodeToObj(objResultPtr, ustring1 + toIdx + 1,
-			length - toIdx);
-	    } else {
-		objResultPtr = Tcl_NewUnicodeObj(ustring1 + toIdx + 1,
-			length - toIdx);
-	    }
-	}
-	if (objResultPtr == NULL) {
-	    /* This has to be the case [string replace $s 0 end {}] */
-	    /* which has result {} which is same as value3Ptr. */
-	    objResultPtr = value3Ptr;
-	}
+	objResultPtr = TclStringReplace(interp, valuePtr, fromIdx,
+		toIdx - fromIdx + 1, value3Ptr, TCL_STRING_IN_PLACE);
+
 	if (objResultPtr == value3Ptr) {
 	    /* See [Bug 82e7f67325] */
 	    TclDecrRefCount(OBJ_AT_TOS);
 	    OBJ_AT_TOS = value3Ptr;
 	    TRACE_APPEND(("\"%.30s\"\n", O2S(value3Ptr)));
@@ -5715,23 +5540,23 @@
 	TRACE_WITH_OBJ(("%.20s %.20s %.20s => ",
 		O2S(value2Ptr), O2S(value3Ptr), O2S(valuePtr)), objResultPtr);
 	NEXT_INST_V(1, 3, 1);
 
     case INST_STR_FIND:
-	match = TclStringFind(OBJ_UNDER_TOS, OBJ_AT_TOS, 0);
+	match = TclStringFirst(OBJ_UNDER_TOS, OBJ_AT_TOS, 0);
 
 	TRACE(("%.20s %.20s => %d\n",
 		O2S(OBJ_UNDER_TOS), O2S(OBJ_AT_TOS), match));
-	TclNewLongObj(objResultPtr, match);
+	TclNewIntObj(objResultPtr, match);
 	NEXT_INST_F(1, 2, 1);
 
     case INST_STR_FIND_LAST:
 	match = TclStringLast(OBJ_UNDER_TOS, OBJ_AT_TOS, INT_MAX - 1);
 
 	TRACE(("%.20s %.20s => %d\n",
 		O2S(OBJ_UNDER_TOS), O2S(OBJ_AT_TOS), match));
-	TclNewLongObj(objResultPtr, match);
+	TclNewIntObj(objResultPtr, match);
 	NEXT_INST_F(1, 2, 1);
 
     case INST_STR_CLASS:
 	opnd = TclGetInt1AtPtr(pc+1);
 	valuePtr = OBJ_AT_TOS;
@@ -5817,16 +5642,11 @@
     case INST_STR_TRIM:
 	valuePtr = OBJ_UNDER_TOS;	/* String */
 	value2Ptr = OBJ_AT_TOS;		/* TrimSet */
 	string2 = TclGetStringFromObj(value2Ptr, &length2);
 	string1 = TclGetStringFromObj(valuePtr, &length);
-	trim1 = TclTrimLeft(string1, length, string2, length2);
-	if (trim1 < length) {
-	    trim2 = TclTrimRight(string1, length, string2, length2);
-	} else {
-	    trim2 = 0;
-	}
+	trim1 = TclTrim(string1, length, string2, length2, &trim2);
     createTrimmedString:
 	/*
 	 * Careful here; trim set often contains non-ASCII characters so we
 	 * take care when printing. [Bug 971cb4f1db]
 	 */
@@ -5900,42 +5720,34 @@
      */
 
     {
 	ClientData ptr1, ptr2;
 	int type1, type2;
-	long l1, l2, lResult;
+	Tcl_WideInt w1, w2, wResult;
 
     case INST_NUM_TYPE:
 	if (GetNumberFromObj(NULL, OBJ_AT_TOS, &ptr1, &type1) != TCL_OK) {
 	    type1 = 0;
-	} else if (type1 == TCL_NUMBER_LONG) {
-	    /* value is between LONG_MIN and LONG_MAX */
+	} else if (type1 == TCL_NUMBER_WIDE) {
+	    /* value is between LLONG_MIN and LLONG_MAX */
 	    /* [string is integer] is -UINT_MAX to UINT_MAX range */
+	    /* [string is wideinteger] is -ULLONG_MAX to ULLONG_MAX range */
 	    int i;
 
-	    if (Tcl_GetIntFromObj(NULL, OBJ_AT_TOS, &i) != TCL_OK) {
-		type1 = TCL_NUMBER_WIDE;
-	    }
-#ifndef TCL_WIDE_INT_IS_LONG
-	} else if (type1 == TCL_NUMBER_WIDE) {
-	    /* value is between WIDE_MIN and WIDE_MAX */
-	    /* [string is wideinteger] is -UWIDE_MAX to UWIDE_MAX range */
-	    int i;
 	    if (Tcl_GetIntFromObj(NULL, OBJ_AT_TOS, &i) == TCL_OK) {
 		type1 = TCL_NUMBER_LONG;
 	    }
-#endif
 	} else if (type1 == TCL_NUMBER_BIG) {
-	    /* value is an integer outside the WIDE_MIN to WIDE_MAX range */
-	    /* [string is wideinteger] is -UWIDE_MAX to UWIDE_MAX range */
+	    /* value is an integer outside the LLONG_MIN to LLONG_MAX range */
+	    /* [string is wideinteger] is -ULLONG_MAX to ULLONG_MAX range */
 	    Tcl_WideInt w;
 
 	    if (Tcl_GetWideIntFromObj(NULL, OBJ_AT_TOS, &w) == TCL_OK) {
 		type1 = TCL_NUMBER_WIDE;
 	    }
 	}
-	TclNewLongObj(objResultPtr, type1);
+	TclNewIntObj(objResultPtr, type1);
 	TRACE(("\"%.20s\" => %d\n", O2S(OBJ_AT_TOS), type1));
 	NEXT_INST_F(1, 1, 1);
 
     case INST_EQ:
     case INST_NEQ:
@@ -5966,14 +5778,14 @@
 	}
 	if (valuePtr == value2Ptr) {
 	    compare = MP_EQ;
 	    goto convertComparison;
 	}
-	if ((type1 == TCL_NUMBER_LONG) && (type2 == TCL_NUMBER_LONG)) {
-	    l1 = *((const long *)ptr1);
-	    l2 = *((const long *)ptr2);
-	    compare = (l1 < l2) ? MP_LT : ((l1 > l2) ? MP_GT : MP_EQ);
+	if ((type1 == TCL_NUMBER_WIDE) && (type2 == TCL_NUMBER_WIDE)) {
+	    w1 = *((const Tcl_WideInt *)ptr1);
+	    w2 = *((const Tcl_WideInt *)ptr2);
+	    compare = (w1 < w2) ? MP_LT : ((w1 > w2) ? MP_GT : MP_EQ);
 	} else {
 	    compare = TclCompareTwoNumbers(valuePtr, value2Ptr);
 	}
 
 	/*
@@ -6045,57 +5857,57 @@
 
 	/*
 	 * Check for common, simple case.
 	 */
 
-	if ((type1 == TCL_NUMBER_LONG) && (type2 == TCL_NUMBER_LONG)) {
-	    l1 = *((const long *)ptr1);
-	    l2 = *((const long *)ptr2);
+	if ((type1 == TCL_NUMBER_WIDE) && (type2 == TCL_NUMBER_WIDE)) {
+	    w1 = *((const Tcl_WideInt *)ptr1);
+	    w2 = *((const Tcl_WideInt *)ptr2);
 
 	    switch (*pc) {
 	    case INST_MOD:
-		if (l2 == 0) {
+		if (w2 == 0) {
 		    TRACE(("%s %s => DIVIDE BY ZERO\n", O2S(valuePtr),
 			    O2S(value2Ptr)));
 		    goto divideByZero;
-		} else if ((l2 == 1) || (l2 == -1)) {
+		} else if ((w2 == 1) || (w2 == -1)) {
 		    /*
 		     * Div. by |1| always yields remainder of 0.
 		     */
 
 		    TRACE(("%s %s => ", O2S(valuePtr), O2S(value2Ptr)));
 		    objResultPtr = TCONST(0);
 		    TRACE(("%s\n", O2S(objResultPtr)));
 		    NEXT_INST_F(1, 2, 1);
-		} else if (l1 == 0) {
+		} else if (w1 == 0) {
 		    /*
 		     * 0 % (non-zero) always yields remainder of 0.
 		     */
 
 		    TRACE(("%s %s => ", O2S(valuePtr), O2S(value2Ptr)));
 		    objResultPtr = TCONST(0);
 		    TRACE(("%s\n", O2S(objResultPtr)));
 		    NEXT_INST_F(1, 2, 1);
 		} else {
-		    lResult = l1 / l2;
+		    wResult = w1 / w2;
 
 		    /*
 		     * Force Tcl's integer division rules.
 		     * TODO: examine for logic simplification
 		     */
 
-		    if ((lResult < 0 || (lResult == 0 &&
-			    ((l1 < 0 && l2 > 0) || (l1 > 0 && l2 < 0)))) &&
-			    (lResult * l2 != l1)) {
-			lResult -= 1;
+		    if ((wResult < 0 || (wResult == 0 &&
+			    ((w1 < 0 && w2 > 0) || (w1 > 0 && w2 < 0)))) &&
+			    (wResult * w2 != w1)) {
+			wResult -= 1;
 		    }
-		    lResult = l1 - l2*lResult;
-		    goto longResultOfArithmetic;
+		    wResult = w1 - w2*wResult;
+		    goto wideResultOfArithmetic;
 		}
 
 	    case INST_RSHIFT:
-		if (l2 < 0) {
+		if (w2 < 0) {
 		    Tcl_SetObjResult(interp, Tcl_NewStringObj(
 			    "negative shift argument", -1));
 #ifdef ERROR_CODE_FOR_EARLY_DETECTED_ARITH_ERROR
 		    DECACHE_STACK_INFO();
 		    Tcl_SetErrorCode(interp, "ARITH", "DOMAIN",
@@ -6102,48 +5914,48 @@
 			    "domain error: argument not in valid range",
 			    NULL);
 		    CACHE_STACK_INFO();
 #endif /* ERROR_CODE_FOR_EARLY_DETECTED_ARITH_ERROR */
 		    goto gotError;
-		} else if (l1 == 0) {
+		} else if (w1 == 0) {
 		    TRACE(("%s %s => ", O2S(valuePtr), O2S(value2Ptr)));
 		    objResultPtr = TCONST(0);
 		    TRACE(("%s\n", O2S(objResultPtr)));
 		    NEXT_INST_F(1, 2, 1);
 		} else {
 		    /*
 		     * Quickly force large right shifts to 0 or -1.
 		     */
 
-		    if (l2 >= (long)(CHAR_BIT*sizeof(long))) {
+		    if (w2 >= (Tcl_WideInt)(CHAR_BIT*sizeof(long))) {
 			/*
 			 * We assume that INT_MAX is much larger than the
 			 * number of bits in a long. This is a pretty safe
 			 * assumption, given that the former is usually around
 			 * 4e9 and the latter 32 or 64...
 			 */
 
 			TRACE(("%s %s => ", O2S(valuePtr), O2S(value2Ptr)));
-			if (l1 > 0L) {
+			if (w1 > 0L) {
 			    objResultPtr = TCONST(0);
 			} else {
-			    TclNewLongObj(objResultPtr, -1);
+			    TclNewIntObj(objResultPtr, -1);
 			}
 			TRACE(("%s\n", O2S(objResultPtr)));
 			NEXT_INST_F(1, 2, 1);
 		    }
 
 		    /*
 		     * Handle shifts within the native long range.
 		     */
 
-		    lResult = l1 >> ((int) l2);
-		    goto longResultOfArithmetic;
+		    wResult = w1 >> ((int) w2);
+		    goto wideResultOfArithmetic;
 		}
 
 	    case INST_LSHIFT:
-		if (l2 < 0) {
+		if (w2 < 0) {
 		    Tcl_SetObjResult(interp, Tcl_NewStringObj(
 			    "negative shift argument", -1));
 #ifdef ERROR_CODE_FOR_EARLY_DETECTED_ARITH_ERROR
 		    DECACHE_STACK_INFO();
 		    Tcl_SetErrorCode(interp, "ARITH", "DOMAIN",
@@ -6150,16 +5962,16 @@
 			    "domain error: argument not in valid range",
 			    NULL);
 		    CACHE_STACK_INFO();
 #endif /* ERROR_CODE_FOR_EARLY_DETECTED_ARITH_ERROR */
 		    goto gotError;
-		} else if (l1 == 0) {
+		} else if (w1 == 0) {
 		    TRACE(("%s %s => ", O2S(valuePtr), O2S(value2Ptr)));
 		    objResultPtr = TCONST(0);
 		    TRACE(("%s\n", O2S(objResultPtr)));
 		    NEXT_INST_F(1, 2, 1);
-		} else if (l2 > (long) INT_MAX) {
+		} else if (w2 > INT_MAX) {
 		    /*
 		     * Technically, we could hold the value (1 << (INT_MAX+1))
 		     * in an mp_int, but since we're using mp_mul_2d() to do
 		     * the work, and it takes only an int argument, that's a
 		     * good place to draw the line.
@@ -6173,21 +5985,21 @@
 			    "integer value too large to represent", NULL);
 		    CACHE_STACK_INFO();
 #endif /* ERROR_CODE_FOR_EARLY_DETECTED_ARITH_ERROR */
 		    goto gotError;
 		} else {
-		    int shift = (int) l2;
+		    int shift = (int) w2;
 
 		    /*
 		     * Handle shifts within the native long range.
 		     */
 
-		    if ((size_t) shift < CHAR_BIT*sizeof(long) && (l1 != 0)
-			    && !((l1>0 ? l1 : ~l1) &
+		    if ((size_t) shift < CHAR_BIT*sizeof(long) && (w1 != 0)
+			    && !((w1>0 ? w1 : ~w1) &
 				-(1L<<(CHAR_BIT*sizeof(long) - 1 - shift)))) {
-			lResult = l1 << shift;
-			goto longResultOfArithmetic;
+			wResult = w1 << shift;
+			goto wideResultOfArithmetic;
 		    }
 		}
 
 		/*
 		 * Too large; need to use the broken-out function.
@@ -6195,27 +6007,18 @@
 
 		TRACE(("%s %s => ", O2S(valuePtr), O2S(value2Ptr)));
 		break;
 
 	    case INST_BITAND:
-		lResult = l1 & l2;
-		goto longResultOfArithmetic;
+		wResult = w1 & w2;
+		goto wideResultOfArithmetic;
 	    case INST_BITOR:
-		lResult = l1 | l2;
-		goto longResultOfArithmetic;
+		wResult = w1 | w2;
+		goto wideResultOfArithmetic;
 	    case INST_BITXOR:
-		lResult = l1 ^ l2;
-	    longResultOfArithmetic:
-		TRACE(("%s %s => ", O2S(valuePtr), O2S(value2Ptr)));
-		if (Tcl_IsShared(valuePtr)) {
-		    TclNewLongObj(objResultPtr, lResult);
-		    TRACE(("%s\n", O2S(objResultPtr)));
-		    NEXT_INST_F(1, 2, 1);
-		}
-		TclSetLongObj(valuePtr, lResult);
-		TRACE(("%s\n", O2S(valuePtr)));
-		NEXT_INST_F(1, 1, 0);
+		wResult = w1 ^ w2;
+		goto wideResultOfArithmetic;
 	    }
 	}
 
 	/*
 	 * DO NOT MERGE THIS WITH THE EQUIVALENT SECTION LATER! That would
@@ -6294,37 +6097,28 @@
 	/*
 	 * Handle (long,long) arithmetic as best we can without going out to
 	 * an external function.
 	 */
 
-	if ((type1 == TCL_NUMBER_LONG) && (type2 == TCL_NUMBER_LONG)) {
-	    Tcl_WideInt w1, w2, wResult;
-
-	    l1 = *((const long *)ptr1);
-	    l2 = *((const long *)ptr2);
+	if ((type1 == TCL_NUMBER_WIDE) && (type2 == TCL_NUMBER_WIDE)) {
+	    w1 = *((const Tcl_WideInt *)ptr1);
+	    w2 = *((const Tcl_WideInt *)ptr2);
 
 	    switch (*pc) {
 	    case INST_ADD:
-		w1 = (Tcl_WideInt) l1;
-		w2 = (Tcl_WideInt) l2;
 		wResult = w1 + w2;
-#ifdef TCL_WIDE_INT_IS_LONG
 		/*
 		 * Check for overflow.
 		 */
 
 		if (Overflowing(w1, w2, wResult)) {
 		    goto overflow;
 		}
-#endif
 		goto wideResultOfArithmetic;
 
 	    case INST_SUB:
-		w1 = (Tcl_WideInt) l1;
-		w2 = (Tcl_WideInt) l2;
 		wResult = w1 - w2;
-#ifdef TCL_WIDE_INT_IS_LONG
 		/*
 		 * Must check for overflow. The macro tests for overflows in
 		 * sums by looking at the sign bits. As we have a subtraction
 		 * here, we are adding -w2. As -w2 could in turn overflow, we
 		 * test with ~w2 instead: it has the opposite sign bit to w2
@@ -6334,57 +6128,56 @@
 		 */
 
 		if (Overflowing(w1, ~w2, wResult)) {
 		    goto overflow;
 		}
-#endif
 	    wideResultOfArithmetic:
 		TRACE(("%s %s => ", O2S(valuePtr), O2S(value2Ptr)));
 		if (Tcl_IsShared(valuePtr)) {
 		    objResultPtr = Tcl_NewWideIntObj(wResult);
 		    TRACE(("%s\n", O2S(objResultPtr)));
 		    NEXT_INST_F(1, 2, 1);
 		}
-		Tcl_SetWideIntObj(valuePtr, wResult);
+		TclSetIntObj(valuePtr, wResult);
 		TRACE(("%s\n", O2S(valuePtr)));
 		NEXT_INST_F(1, 1, 0);
 
 	    case INST_DIV:
-		if (l2 == 0) {
+		if (w2 == 0) {
 		    TRACE(("%s %s => DIVIDE BY ZERO\n",
 			    O2S(valuePtr), O2S(value2Ptr)));
 		    goto divideByZero;
-		} else if ((l1 == LONG_MIN) && (l2 == -1)) {
+		} else if ((w1 == LLONG_MIN) && (w2 == -1)) {
 		    /*
-		     * Can't represent (-LONG_MIN) as a long.
+		     * Can't represent (-LLONG_MIN) as a Tcl_WideInt.
 		     */
 
 		    goto overflow;
 		}
-		lResult = l1 / l2;
+		wResult = w1 / w2;
 
 		/*
 		 * Force Tcl's integer division rules.
 		 * TODO: examine for logic simplification
 		 */
 
-		if (((lResult < 0) || ((lResult == 0) &&
-			((l1 < 0 && l2 > 0) || (l1 > 0 && l2 < 0)))) &&
-			((lResult * l2) != l1)) {
-		    lResult -= 1;
+		if (((wResult < 0) || ((wResult == 0) &&
+			((w1 < 0 && w2 > 0) || (w1 > 0 && w2 < 0)))) &&
+			((wResult * w2) != w1)) {
+		    wResult -= 1;
 		}
-		goto longResultOfArithmetic;
+		goto wideResultOfArithmetic;
 
 	    case INST_MULT:
-		if (((sizeof(long) >= 2*sizeof(int))
-			&& (l1 <= INT_MAX) && (l1 >= INT_MIN)
-			&& (l2 <= INT_MAX) && (l2 >= INT_MIN))
-			|| ((sizeof(long) >= 2*sizeof(short))
-			&& (l1 <= SHRT_MAX) && (l1 >= SHRT_MIN)
-			&& (l2 <= SHRT_MAX) && (l2 >= SHRT_MIN))) {
-		    lResult = l1 * l2;
-		    goto longResultOfArithmetic;
+		if (((sizeof(Tcl_WideInt) >= 2*sizeof(int))
+			&& (w1 <= INT_MAX) && (w1 >= INT_MIN)
+			&& (w2 <= INT_MAX) && (w2 >= INT_MIN))
+			|| ((sizeof(Tcl_WideInt) >= 2*sizeof(short))
+			&& (w1 <= SHRT_MAX) && (w1 >= SHRT_MIN)
+			&& (w2 <= SHRT_MAX) && (w2 >= SHRT_MIN))) {
+		    wResult = w1 * w2;
+		    goto wideResultOfArithmetic;
 		}
 	    }
 
 	    /*
 	     * Fall through with INST_EXPON, INST_DIV and large multiplies.
@@ -6447,18 +6240,18 @@
 	    DECACHE_STACK_INFO();
 	    IllegalExprOperandType(interp, pc, valuePtr);
 	    CACHE_STACK_INFO();
 	    goto gotError;
 	}
-	if (type1 == TCL_NUMBER_LONG) {
-	    l1 = *((const long *) ptr1);
+	if (type1 == TCL_NUMBER_WIDE) {
+	    w1 = *((const Tcl_WideInt *) ptr1);
 	    if (Tcl_IsShared(valuePtr)) {
-		TclNewLongObj(objResultPtr, ~l1);
+		TclNewIntObj(objResultPtr, ~w1);
 		TRACE_APPEND(("%s\n", O2S(objResultPtr)));
 		NEXT_INST_F(1, 1, 1);
 	    }
-	    TclSetLongObj(valuePtr, ~l1);
+	    TclSetIntObj(valuePtr, ~w1);
 	    TRACE_APPEND(("%s\n", O2S(valuePtr)));
 	    NEXT_INST_F(1, 0, 0);
 	}
 	objResultPtr = ExecuteExtendedUnaryMathOp(*pc, valuePtr);
 	if (objResultPtr != NULL) {
@@ -6484,19 +6277,19 @@
 	switch (type1) {
 	case TCL_NUMBER_NAN:
 	    /* -NaN => NaN */
 	    TRACE_APPEND(("%s\n", O2S(valuePtr)));
 	    NEXT_INST_F(1, 0, 0);
-	case TCL_NUMBER_LONG:
-	    l1 = *((const long *) ptr1);
-	    if (l1 != LONG_MIN) {
+	case TCL_NUMBER_WIDE:
+	    w1 = *((const Tcl_WideInt *) ptr1);
+	    if (w1 != LLONG_MIN) {
 		if (Tcl_IsShared(valuePtr)) {
-		    TclNewLongObj(objResultPtr, -l1);
+		    TclNewIntObj(objResultPtr, -w1);
 		    TRACE_APPEND(("%s\n", O2S(objResultPtr)));
 		    NEXT_INST_F(1, 1, 1);
 		}
-		TclSetLongObj(valuePtr, -l1);
+		TclSetIntObj(valuePtr, -w1);
 		TRACE_APPEND(("%s\n", O2S(valuePtr)));
 		NEXT_INST_F(1, 0, 0);
 	    }
 	    /* FALLTHROUGH */
 	}
@@ -6636,11 +6429,12 @@
     {
 	ForeachInfo *infoPtr;
 	Var *iterVarPtr, *listVarPtr;
 	Tcl_Obj *oldValuePtr, *listPtr, **elements;
 	ForeachVarList *varListPtr;
-	int numLists, iterNum, listTmpIndex, listLen, numVars;
+	int numLists, listTmpIndex, listLen, numVars;
+	size_t iterNum;
 	int varIndex, valIndex, continueLoop, j, iterTmpIndex;
 	long i;
 
     case INST_FOREACH_START4: /* DEPRECATED */
 	/*
@@ -6653,14 +6447,14 @@
 	iterTmpIndex = infoPtr->loopCtTemp;
 	iterVarPtr = LOCAL(iterTmpIndex);
 	oldValuePtr = iterVarPtr->value.objPtr;
 
 	if (oldValuePtr == NULL) {
-	    TclNewLongObj(iterVarPtr->value.objPtr, -1);
+	    TclNewIntObj(iterVarPtr->value.objPtr, -1);
 	    Tcl_IncrRefCount(iterVarPtr->value.objPtr);
 	} else {
-	    TclSetLongObj(oldValuePtr, -1);
+	    TclSetIntObj(oldValuePtr, -1);
 	}
 	TRACE(("%u => loop iter count temp %d\n", opnd, iterTmpIndex));
 
 #ifndef TCL_COMPILE_DEBUG
 	/*
@@ -6690,12 +6484,12 @@
 	 * Increment the temp holding the loop iteration number.
 	 */
 
 	iterVarPtr = LOCAL(infoPtr->loopCtTemp);
 	valuePtr = iterVarPtr->value.objPtr;
-	iterNum = valuePtr->internalRep.longValue + 1;
-	TclSetLongObj(valuePtr, iterNum);
+	iterNum = (size_t)valuePtr->internalRep.wideValue + 1;
+	TclSetIntObj(valuePtr, iterNum);
 
 	/*
 	 * Check whether all value lists are exhausted and we should stop the
 	 * loop.
 	 */
@@ -6711,11 +6505,11 @@
 	    if (TclListObjLength(interp, listPtr, &listLen) != TCL_OK) {
 		TRACE_APPEND(("ERROR converting list %ld, \"%.30s\": %s\n",
 			i, O2S(listPtr), O2S(Tcl_GetObjResult(interp))));
 		goto gotError;
 	    }
-	    if (listLen > iterNum * numVars) {
+	    if ((size_t)listLen > iterNum * numVars) {
 		continueLoop = 1;
 	    }
 	    listTmpIndex++;
 	}
 
@@ -6777,11 +6571,11 @@
 		}
 		TclDecrRefCount(listPtr);
 		listTmpIndex++;
 	    }
 	}
-	TRACE_APPEND(("%d lists, iter %d, %s loop\n",
+	TRACE_APPEND(("%d lists, iter %" TCL_Z_MODIFIER "d, %s loop\n",
 		numLists, iterNum, (continueLoop? "continue" : "exit")));
 
 	/*
 	 * Run-time peep-hole optimisation: the compiler ALWAYS follows
 	 * INST_FOREACH_STEP4 with an INST_JUMP_FALSE. We just skip that
@@ -6798,12 +6592,13 @@
     }
     {
 	ForeachInfo *infoPtr;
 	Tcl_Obj *listPtr, **elements, *tmpPtr;
 	ForeachVarList *varListPtr;
-	int numLists, iterMax, listLen, numVars;
-	int iterTmp, iterNum, listTmpDepth;
+	int numLists, listLen, numVars;
+	int listTmpDepth;
+	size_t iterNum, iterMax, iterTmp;
 	int varIndex, valIndex, j;
 	long i;
 
     case INST_FOREACH_START:
 	/*
@@ -6850,12 +6645,12 @@
 	 * thing is properly garbage collected. THIS OBJ MAKES NO SENSE, but
 	 * it will never leave this scope and is read-only.
 	 */
 
 	TclNewObj(tmpPtr);
-	tmpPtr->internalRep.twoPtrValue.ptr1 = INT2PTR(0);
-	tmpPtr->internalRep.twoPtrValue.ptr2 = INT2PTR(iterMax);
+	tmpPtr->internalRep.twoPtrValue.ptr1 = NULL;
+	tmpPtr->internalRep.twoPtrValue.ptr2 = (void *)iterMax;
 	PUSH_OBJECT(tmpPtr); /* iterCounts object */
 
 	/*
 	 * Store a pointer to the ForeachInfo struct; same dirty trick
 	 * as above
@@ -6883,12 +6678,12 @@
 	infoPtr = tmpPtr->internalRep.twoPtrValue.ptr1;
 	numLists = infoPtr->numLists;
 	TRACE(("=> "));
 
 	tmpPtr = OBJ_AT_DEPTH(1);
-	iterNum = PTR2INT(tmpPtr->internalRep.twoPtrValue.ptr1);
-	iterMax = PTR2INT(tmpPtr->internalRep.twoPtrValue.ptr2);
+	iterNum = (size_t)tmpPtr->internalRep.twoPtrValue.ptr1;
+	iterMax = (size_t)tmpPtr->internalRep.twoPtrValue.ptr2;
 
 	/*
 	 * If some list still has a remaining list element iterate one more
 	 * time. Assign to var the next element from its value list.
 	 */
@@ -6896,11 +6691,11 @@
 	if (iterNum < iterMax) {
 	    /*
 	     * Set the variables and jump back to run the body
 	     */
 
-	    tmpPtr->internalRep.twoPtrValue.ptr1 = INT2PTR(iterNum + 1);
+	    tmpPtr->internalRep.twoPtrValue.ptr1 =(void *)(iterNum + 1);
 
 	    listTmpDepth = numLists + 1;
 
 	    for (i = 0;  i < numLists;  i++) {
 		varListPtr = infoPtr->varLists[i];
@@ -7024,11 +6819,11 @@
 	Tcl_IncrRefCount(objPtr);
 	iPtr->objResultPtr = objPtr;
 	NEXT_INST_F(1, 0, -1);
 
     case INST_PUSH_RETURN_CODE:
-	TclNewLongObj(objResultPtr, result);
+	TclNewIntObj(objResultPtr, result);
 	TRACE(("=> %u\n", result));
 	NEXT_INST_F(1, 0, 1);
 
     case INST_PUSH_RETURN_OPTIONS:
 	DECACHE_STACK_INFO();
@@ -7690,11 +7485,10 @@
 		wval = (Tcl_WideInt) now.sec;
 		break;
 	    default:
 		Tcl_Panic("clockRead instruction with unknown clock#");
 	    }
-	    /* TclNewWideObj(objResultPtr, wval); doesn't exist */
 	    objResultPtr = Tcl_NewWideIntObj(wval);
 	    TRACE_WITH_OBJ(("=> "), objResultPtr);
 	    NEXT_INST_F(2, 0, 1);
 	}
 
@@ -8122,23 +7916,15 @@
     int opcode,			/* What operation to perform. */
     Tcl_Obj **constants,	/* The execution environment's constants. */
     Tcl_Obj *valuePtr,		/* The first operand on the stack. */
     Tcl_Obj *value2Ptr)		/* The second operand on the stack. */
 {
-#define LONG_RESULT(l) \
-    if (Tcl_IsShared(valuePtr)) {		\
-	TclNewLongObj(objResultPtr, l);		\
-	return objResultPtr;			\
-    } else {					\
-	Tcl_SetLongObj(valuePtr, l);		\
-	return NULL;				\
-    }
 #define WIDE_RESULT(w) \
     if (Tcl_IsShared(valuePtr)) {		\
 	return Tcl_NewWideIntObj(w);		\
     } else {					\
-	Tcl_SetWideIntObj(valuePtr, w);		\
+	TclSetIntObj(valuePtr, w);		\
 	return NULL;				\
     }
 #define BIG_RESULT(b) \
     if (Tcl_IsShared(valuePtr)) {		\
 	return Tcl_NewBignumObj(b);		\
@@ -8156,11 +7942,10 @@
     }
 
     int type1, type2;
     ClientData ptr1, ptr2;
     double d1, d2, dResult;
-    long l1, l2, lResult;
     Tcl_WideInt w1, w2, wResult;
     mp_int big1, big2, bigResult, bigRemainder;
     Tcl_Obj *objResultPtr;
     int invalid, numPos, zero;
     long shift;
@@ -8170,27 +7955,34 @@
 
     switch (opcode) {
     case INST_MOD:
 	/* TODO: Attempts to re-use unshared operands on stack */
 
-	l2 = 0;			/* silence gcc warning */
-	if (type2 == TCL_NUMBER_LONG) {
-	    l2 = *((const long *)ptr2);
-	    if (l2 == 0) {
+	w2 = 0;			/* silence gcc warning */
+	if (type2 == TCL_NUMBER_WIDE) {
+	    w2 = *((const Tcl_WideInt *)ptr2);
+	    if (w2 == 0) {
 		return DIVIDED_BY_ZERO;
 	    }
-	    if ((l2 == 1) || (l2 == -1)) {
+	    if ((w2 == 1) || (w2 == -1)) {
 		/*
 		 * Div. by |1| always yields remainder of 0.
 		 */
 
 		return constants[0];
 	    }
 	}
-#ifndef TCL_WIDE_INT_IS_LONG
 	if (type1 == TCL_NUMBER_WIDE) {
 	    w1 = *((const Tcl_WideInt *)ptr1);
+
+	    if (w1 == 0) {
+		/*
+		 * 0 % (non-zero) always yields remainder of 0.
+		 */
+
+		return constants[0];
+	    }
 	    if (type2 != TCL_NUMBER_BIG) {
 		Tcl_WideInt wQuotient, wRemainder;
 		Tcl_GetWideIntFromObj(NULL, value2Ptr, &w2);
 		wQuotient = w1 / w2;
 
@@ -8229,11 +8021,10 @@
 	     */
 
 	    mp_clear(&big2);
 	    return NULL;
 	}
-#endif
 	Tcl_GetBignumFromObj(NULL, valuePtr, &big1);
 	Tcl_GetBignumFromObj(NULL, value2Ptr, &big2);
 	mp_init(&bigResult);
 	mp_init(&bigRemainder);
 	mp_div(&big1, &big2, &bigResult, &bigRemainder);
@@ -8256,21 +8047,16 @@
 	/*
 	 * Reject negative shift argument.
 	 */
 
 	switch (type2) {
-	case TCL_NUMBER_LONG:
-	    invalid = (*((const long *)ptr2) < 0L);
-	    break;
-#ifndef TCL_WIDE_INT_IS_LONG
 	case TCL_NUMBER_WIDE:
 	    invalid = (*((const Tcl_WideInt *)ptr2) < (Tcl_WideInt)0);
 	    break;
-#endif
 	case TCL_NUMBER_BIG:
 	    Tcl_TakeBignumFromObj(NULL, value2Ptr, &big2);
-	    invalid = (mp_cmp_d(&big2, 0) == MP_LT);
+	    invalid = mp_isneg(&big2);
 	    mp_clear(&big2);
 	    break;
 	default:
 	    /* Unused, here to silence compiler warning */
 	    invalid = 0;
@@ -8283,11 +8069,11 @@
 
 	/*
 	 * Zero shifted any number of bits is still zero.
 	 */
 
-	if ((type1==TCL_NUMBER_LONG) && (*((const long *)ptr1) == (long)0)) {
+	if ((type1==TCL_NUMBER_WIDE) && (*((const Tcl_WideInt *)ptr1) == (Tcl_WideInt)0)) {
 	    return constants[0];
 	}
 
 	if (opcode == INST_LSHIFT) {
 	    /*
@@ -8296,12 +8082,12 @@
 	     * BEWARE! Can't use Tcl_GetIntFromObj() here because that
 	     * converts values in the (unsigned) range to their signed int
 	     * counterparts, leading to incorrect results.
 	     */
 
-	    if ((type2 != TCL_NUMBER_LONG)
-		    || (*((const long *)ptr2) > (long) INT_MAX)) {
+	    if ((type2 != TCL_NUMBER_WIDE)
+		    || (*((const Tcl_WideInt *)ptr2) > INT_MAX)) {
 		/*
 		 * Technically, we could hold the value (1 << (INT_MAX+1)) in
 		 * an mp_int, but since we're using mp_mul_2d() to do the
 		 * work, and it takes only an int argument, that's a good
 		 * place to draw the line.
@@ -8309,11 +8095,11 @@
 
 		Tcl_SetObjResult(interp, Tcl_NewStringObj(
 			"integer value too large to represent", -1));
 		return GENERAL_ARITHMETIC_ERROR;
 	    }
-	    shift = (int)(*((const long *)ptr2));
+	    shift = (int)(*((const Tcl_WideInt *)ptr2));
 
 	    /*
 	     * Handle shifts within the native wide range.
 	     */
 
@@ -8329,46 +8115,40 @@
 	} else {
 	    /*
 	     * Quickly force large right shifts to 0 or -1.
 	     */
 
-	    if ((type2 != TCL_NUMBER_LONG)
-		    || (*(const long *)ptr2 > INT_MAX)) {
+	    if ((type2 != TCL_NUMBER_WIDE)
+		    || (*(const Tcl_WideInt *)ptr2 > INT_MAX)) {
 		/*
 		 * Again, technically, the value to be shifted could be an
 		 * mp_int so huge that a right shift by (INT_MAX+1) bits could
 		 * not take us to the result of 0 or -1, but since we're using
 		 * mp_div_2d to do the work, and it takes only an int
 		 * argument, we draw the line there.
 		 */
 
 		switch (type1) {
-		case TCL_NUMBER_LONG:
-		    zero = (*(const long *)ptr1 > 0L);
-		    break;
-#ifndef TCL_WIDE_INT_IS_LONG
 		case TCL_NUMBER_WIDE:
 		    zero = (*(const Tcl_WideInt *)ptr1 > (Tcl_WideInt)0);
 		    break;
-#endif
 		case TCL_NUMBER_BIG:
 		    Tcl_TakeBignumFromObj(NULL, valuePtr, &big1);
-		    zero = (mp_cmp_d(&big1, 0) == MP_GT);
+		    zero = (!mp_isneg(&big1));
 		    mp_clear(&big1);
 		    break;
 		default:
 		    /* Unused, here to silence compiler warning. */
 		    zero = 0;
 		}
 		if (zero) {
 		    return constants[0];
 		}
-		LONG_RESULT(-1);
+		WIDE_RESULT(-1);
 	    }
-	    shift = (int)(*(const long *)ptr2);
+	    shift = (int)(*(const Tcl_WideInt *)ptr2);
 
-#ifndef TCL_WIDE_INT_IS_LONG
 	    /*
 	     * Handle shifts within the native wide range.
 	     */
 
 	    if (type1 == TCL_NUMBER_WIDE) {
@@ -8375,15 +8155,14 @@
 		w1 = *(const Tcl_WideInt *)ptr1;
 		if ((size_t)shift >= CHAR_BIT*sizeof(Tcl_WideInt)) {
 		    if (w1 >= (Tcl_WideInt)0) {
 			return constants[0];
 		    }
-		    LONG_RESULT(-1);
+		    WIDE_RESULT(-1);
 		}
 		WIDE_RESULT(w1 >> shift);
 	    }
-#endif
 	}
 
 	Tcl_TakeBignumFromObj(NULL, valuePtr, &big1);
 
 	mp_init(&bigResult);
@@ -8390,11 +8169,11 @@
 	if (opcode == INST_LSHIFT) {
 	    mp_mul_2d(&big1, shift, &bigResult);
 	} else {
 	    mp_init(&bigRemainder);
 	    mp_div_2d(&big1, shift, &bigResult, &bigRemainder);
-	    if (mp_cmp_d(&bigRemainder, 0) == MP_LT) {
+	    if (mp_isneg(&bigRemainder)) {
 		/*
 		 * Convert to Tcl's integer division rules.
 		 */
 
 		mp_sub_d(&bigResult, 1, &bigResult);
@@ -8417,18 +8196,18 @@
 	    /*
 	     * Count how many positive arguments we have. If only one of the
 	     * arguments is negative, store it in 'Second'.
 	     */
 
-	    if (mp_cmp_d(&big1, 0) != MP_LT) {
-		numPos = 1 + (mp_cmp_d(&big2, 0) != MP_LT);
+	    if (!mp_isneg(&big1)) {
+		numPos = 1 + !mp_isneg(&big2);
 		First = &big1;
 		Second = &big2;
 	    } else {
 		First = &big2;
 		Second = &big1;
-		numPos = (mp_cmp_d(First, 0) != MP_LT);
+		numPos = (!mp_isneg(First));
 	    }
 	    mp_init(&bigResult);
 
 	    switch (opcode) {
 	    case INST_BITAND:
@@ -8547,11 +8326,10 @@
 	    mp_clear(&big1);
 	    mp_clear(&big2);
 	    BIG_RESULT(&bigResult);
 	}
 
-#ifndef TCL_WIDE_INT_IS_LONG
 	if ((type1 == TCL_NUMBER_WIDE) || (type2 == TCL_NUMBER_WIDE)) {
 	    TclGetWideIntFromObj(NULL, valuePtr, &w1);
 	    TclGetWideIntFromObj(NULL, value2Ptr, &w2);
 
 	    switch (opcode) {
@@ -8568,29 +8346,28 @@
 		/* Unused, here to silence compiler warning. */
 		wResult = 0;
 	    }
 	    WIDE_RESULT(wResult);
 	}
-#endif
-	l1 = *((const long *)ptr1);
-	l2 = *((const long *)ptr2);
+	w1 = *((const Tcl_WideInt *)ptr1);
+	w2 = *((const Tcl_WideInt *)ptr2);
 
 	switch (opcode) {
 	case INST_BITAND:
-	    lResult = l1 & l2;
+	    wResult = w1 & w2;
 	    break;
 	case INST_BITOR:
-	    lResult = l1 | l2;
+	    wResult = w1 | w2;
 	    break;
 	case INST_BITXOR:
-	    lResult = l1 ^ l2;
+	    wResult = w1 ^ w2;
 	    break;
 	default:
 	    /* Unused, here to silence compiler warning. */
-	    lResult = 0;
+	    wResult = 0;
 	}
-	LONG_RESULT(lResult);
+	WIDE_RESULT(wResult);
 
     case INST_EXPON: {
 	int oddExponent = 0, negativeExponent = 0;
 	unsigned short base;
 
@@ -8602,64 +8379,58 @@
 		return EXPONENT_OF_ZERO;
 	    }
 	    dResult = pow(d1, d2);
 	    goto doubleResult;
 	}
-	l1 = l2 = 0;
-	if (type2 == TCL_NUMBER_LONG) {
-	    l2 = *((const long *) ptr2);
-	    if (l2 == 0) {
+	w2 = 0;
+	if (type2 == TCL_NUMBER_WIDE) {
+	    w2 = *((const Tcl_WideInt *) ptr2);
+	    if (w2 == 0) {
 		/*
 		 * Anything to the zero power is 1.
 		 */
 
 		return constants[1];
-	    } else if (l2 == 1) {
+	    } else if (w2 == 1) {
 		/*
 		 * Anything to the first power is itself
 		 */
 
 		return NULL;
 	    }
 	}
 
 	switch (type2) {
-	case TCL_NUMBER_LONG:
-	    negativeExponent = (l2 < 0);
-	    oddExponent = (int) (l2 & 1);
-	    break;
-#ifndef TCL_WIDE_INT_IS_LONG
 	case TCL_NUMBER_WIDE:
 	    w2 = *((const Tcl_WideInt *)ptr2);
 	    negativeExponent = (w2 < 0);
 	    oddExponent = (int) (w2 & (Tcl_WideInt)1);
 	    break;
-#endif
 	case TCL_NUMBER_BIG:
 	    Tcl_TakeBignumFromObj(NULL, value2Ptr, &big2);
-	    negativeExponent = (mp_cmp_d(&big2, 0) == MP_LT);
+	    negativeExponent = mp_isneg(&big2);
 	    mp_mod_2d(&big2, 1, &big2);
 	    oddExponent = !mp_iszero(&big2);
 	    mp_clear(&big2);
 	    break;
 	}
 
-	if (type1 == TCL_NUMBER_LONG) {
-	    l1 = *((const long *)ptr1);
+	if (type1 == TCL_NUMBER_WIDE) {
+	    w1 = *((const Tcl_WideInt *)ptr1);
 	}
 	if (negativeExponent) {
-	    if (type1 == TCL_NUMBER_LONG) {
-		switch (l1) {
+	    if (type1 == TCL_NUMBER_WIDE) {
+		switch (w1) {
 		case 0:
 		    /*
 		     * Zero to a negative power is div by zero error.
 		     */
 
 		    return EXPONENT_OF_ZERO;
 		case -1:
 		    if (oddExponent) {
-			LONG_RESULT(-1);
+			WIDE_RESULT(-1);
 		    }
 		    /* fallthrough */
 		case 1:
 		    /*
 		     * 1 to any power is 1.
@@ -8675,12 +8446,12 @@
 	     */
 
 	    return constants[0];
 	}
 
-	if (type1 == TCL_NUMBER_LONG) {
-	    switch (l1) {
+	if (type1 == TCL_NUMBER_WIDE) {
+	    switch (w1) {
 	    case 0:
 		/*
 		 * Zero to a positive power is zero.
 		 */
 
@@ -8693,154 +8464,71 @@
 		return constants[1];
 	    case -1:
 		if (!oddExponent) {
 		    return constants[1];
 		}
-		LONG_RESULT(-1);
+		WIDE_RESULT(-1);
 	    }
 	}
 
 	/*
 	 * We refuse to accept exponent arguments that exceed one mp_digit
 	 * which means the max exponent value is 2**28-1 = 0x0fffffff =
 	 * 268435455, which fits into a signed 32 bit int which is within the
 	 * range of the long int type. This means any numeric Tcl_Obj value
-	 * not using TCL_NUMBER_LONG type must hold a value larger than we
+	 * not using TCL_NUMBER_WIDE type must hold a value larger than we
 	 * accept.
 	 */
 
-	if (type2 != TCL_NUMBER_LONG) {
+	if (type2 != TCL_NUMBER_WIDE) {
 	    Tcl_SetObjResult(interp, Tcl_NewStringObj(
 		    "exponent too large", -1));
 	    return GENERAL_ARITHMETIC_ERROR;
 	}
 
-	if (type1 == TCL_NUMBER_LONG) {
-	    if (l1 == 2) {
+	if (type1 == TCL_NUMBER_WIDE) {
+	    if (w1 == 2) {
 		/*
 		 * Reduce small powers of 2 to shifts.
 		 */
 
-		if ((unsigned long) l2 < CHAR_BIT * sizeof(long) - 1) {
-		    LONG_RESULT(1L << l2);
-		}
-#if !defined(TCL_WIDE_INT_IS_LONG)
-		if ((unsigned long)l2 < CHAR_BIT*sizeof(Tcl_WideInt) - 1) {
-		    WIDE_RESULT(((Tcl_WideInt) 1) << l2);
-		}
-#endif
+		if ((Tcl_WideUInt) w2 < (Tcl_WideUInt) CHAR_BIT*sizeof(Tcl_WideInt) - 1) {
+		    WIDE_RESULT(((Tcl_WideInt) 1) << (int)w2);
+		}
 		goto overflowExpon;
 	    }
-	    if (l1 == -2) {
+	    if (w1 == -2) {
 		int signum = oddExponent ? -1 : 1;
 
 		/*
 		 * Reduce small powers of 2 to shifts.
 		 */
 
-		if ((unsigned long) l2 < CHAR_BIT * sizeof(long) - 1) {
-		    LONG_RESULT(signum * (1L << l2));
-		}
-#if !defined(TCL_WIDE_INT_IS_LONG)
-		if ((unsigned long)l2 < CHAR_BIT*sizeof(Tcl_WideInt) - 1){
-		    WIDE_RESULT(signum * (((Tcl_WideInt) 1) << l2));
-		}
-#endif
+		if ((Tcl_WideUInt)w2 < CHAR_BIT*sizeof(Tcl_WideInt) - 1){
+		    WIDE_RESULT(signum * (((Tcl_WideInt) 1) << (int) w2));
+		}
 		goto overflowExpon;
 	    }
-#if (LONG_MAX == 0x7fffffff)
-	    if (l2 - 2 < (long)MaxBase32Size
-		    && l1 <= MaxBase32[l2 - 2]
-		    && l1 >= -MaxBase32[l2 - 2]) {
-		/*
-		 * Small powers of 32-bit integers.
-		 */
-
-		lResult = l1 * l1;		/* b**2 */
-		switch (l2) {
-		case 2:
-		    break;
-		case 3:
-		    lResult *= l1;		/* b**3 */
-		    break;
-		case 4:
-		    lResult *= lResult;		/* b**4 */
-		    break;
-		case 5:
-		    lResult *= lResult;		/* b**4 */
-		    lResult *= l1;		/* b**5 */
-		    break;
-		case 6:
-		    lResult *= l1;		/* b**3 */
-		    lResult *= lResult;		/* b**6 */
-		    break;
-		case 7:
-		    lResult *= l1;		/* b**3 */
-		    lResult *= lResult;		/* b**6 */
-		    lResult *= l1;		/* b**7 */
-		    break;
-		case 8:
-		    lResult *= lResult;		/* b**4 */
-		    lResult *= lResult;		/* b**8 */
-		    break;
-		}
-		LONG_RESULT(lResult);
-	    }
-
-	    if (l1 - 3 >= 0 && l1 -2 < (long)Exp32IndexSize
-		    && l2 - 2 < (long)(Exp32ValueSize + MaxBase32Size)) {
-		base = Exp32Index[l1 - 3]
-			+ (unsigned short) (l2 - 2 - MaxBase32Size);
-		if (base < Exp32Index[l1 - 2]) {
-		    /*
-		     * 32-bit number raised to intermediate power, done by
-		     * table lookup.
-		     */
-
-		    LONG_RESULT(Exp32Value[base]);
-		}
-	    }
-	    if (-l1 - 3 >= 0 && -l1 - 2 < (long)Exp32IndexSize
-		    && l2 - 2 < (long)(Exp32ValueSize + MaxBase32Size)) {
-		base = Exp32Index[-l1 - 3]
-			+ (unsigned short) (l2 - 2 - MaxBase32Size);
-		if (base < Exp32Index[-l1 - 2]) {
-		    /*
-		     * 32-bit number raised to intermediate power, done by
-		     * table lookup.
-		     */
-
-		    lResult = (oddExponent) ?
-			    -Exp32Value[base] : Exp32Value[base];
-		    LONG_RESULT(lResult);
-		}
-	    }
-#endif
-	}
-#if (LONG_MAX > 0x7fffffff) || !defined(TCL_WIDE_INT_IS_LONG)
-	if (type1 == TCL_NUMBER_LONG) {
-	    w1 = l1;
-#ifndef TCL_WIDE_INT_IS_LONG
-	} else if (type1 == TCL_NUMBER_WIDE) {
-	    w1 = *((const Tcl_WideInt *) ptr1);
-#endif
+	}
+	if (type1 == TCL_NUMBER_WIDE) {
+	    w1 = *((const Tcl_WideInt *) ptr1);
 	} else {
 	    goto overflowExpon;
 	}
-	if (l2 - 2 < (long)MaxBase64Size
-		&& w1 <=  MaxBase64[l2 - 2]
-		&& w1 >= -MaxBase64[l2 - 2]) {
+	if (w2 - 2 < (long)MaxBase64Size
+		&& w1 <=  MaxBase64[w2 - 2]
+		&& w1 >= -MaxBase64[w2 - 2]) {
 	    /*
 	     * Small powers of integers whose result is wide.
 	     */
 
 	    wResult = w1 * w1;		/* b**2 */
-	    switch (l2) {
+	    switch (w2) {
 	    case 2:
 		break;
 	    case 3:
-		wResult *= l1;		/* b**3 */
+		wResult *= w1;		/* b**3 */
 		break;
 	    case 4:
 		wResult *= wResult;	/* b**4 */
 		break;
 	    case 5:
@@ -8913,13 +8601,13 @@
 	 * Handle cases of powers > 16 that still fit in a 64-bit word by
 	 * doing table lookup.
 	 */
 
 	if (w1 - 3 >= 0 && w1 - 2 < (long)Exp64IndexSize
-		&& l2 - 2 < (long)(Exp64ValueSize + MaxBase64Size)) {
+		&& w2 - 2 < (long)(Exp64ValueSize + MaxBase64Size)) {
 	    base = Exp64Index[w1 - 3]
-		    + (unsigned short) (l2 - 2 - MaxBase64Size);
+		    + (unsigned short) (w2 - 2 - MaxBase64Size);
 	    if (base < Exp64Index[w1 - 2]) {
 		/*
 		 * 64-bit number raised to intermediate power, done by
 		 * table lookup.
 		 */
@@ -8927,13 +8615,13 @@
 		WIDE_RESULT(Exp64Value[base]);
 	    }
 	}
 
 	if (-w1 - 3 >= 0 && -w1 - 2 < (long)Exp64IndexSize
-		&& l2 - 2 < (long)(Exp64ValueSize + MaxBase64Size)) {
+		&& w2 - 2 < (long)(Exp64ValueSize + MaxBase64Size)) {
 	    base = Exp64Index[-w1 - 3]
-		    + (unsigned short) (l2 - 2 - MaxBase64Size);
+		    + (unsigned short) (w2 - 2 - MaxBase64Size);
 	    if (base < Exp64Index[-w1 - 2]) {
 		/*
 		 * 64-bit number raised to intermediate power, done by
 		 * table lookup.
 		 */
@@ -8940,11 +8628,10 @@
 
 		wResult = oddExponent ? -Exp64Value[base] : Exp64Value[base];
 		WIDE_RESULT(wResult);
 	    }
 	}
-#endif
 
     overflowExpon:
 	Tcl_TakeBignumFromObj(NULL, value2Ptr, &big2);
 	if (big2.used > 1) {
 	    mp_clear(&big2);
@@ -9020,13 +8707,11 @@
 	    TclGetWideIntFromObj(NULL, value2Ptr, &w2);
 
 	    switch (opcode) {
 	    case INST_ADD:
 		wResult = w1 + w2;
-#ifndef TCL_WIDE_INT_IS_LONG
 		if ((type1 == TCL_NUMBER_WIDE) || (type2 == TCL_NUMBER_WIDE))
-#endif
 		{
 		    /*
 		     * Check for overflow.
 		     */
 
@@ -9036,13 +8721,11 @@
 		}
 		break;
 
 	    case INST_SUB:
 		wResult = w1 - w2;
-#ifndef TCL_WIDE_INT_IS_LONG
 		if ((type1 == TCL_NUMBER_WIDE) || (type2 == TCL_NUMBER_WIDE))
-#endif
 		{
 		    /*
 		     * Must check for overflow. The macro tests for overflows
 		     * in sums by looking at the sign bits. As we have a
 		     * subtraction here, we are adding -w2. As -w2 could in
@@ -9058,12 +8741,11 @@
 		    }
 		}
 		break;
 
 	    case INST_MULT:
-		if ((type1 != TCL_NUMBER_LONG) || (type2 != TCL_NUMBER_LONG)
-			|| (sizeof(Tcl_WideInt) < 2*sizeof(long))) {
+		if ((w1 < INT_MIN) || (w1 > INT_MAX) || (w2 < INT_MIN) || (w2 > INT_MAX)) {
 		    goto overflowBasic;
 		}
 		wResult = w1 * w2;
 		break;
 
@@ -9162,41 +8844,30 @@
 
     (void) GetNumberFromObj(NULL, valuePtr, &ptr, &type);
 
     switch (opcode) {
     case INST_BITNOT:
-#ifndef TCL_WIDE_INT_IS_LONG
 	if (type == TCL_NUMBER_WIDE) {
 	    w = *((const Tcl_WideInt *) ptr);
 	    WIDE_RESULT(~w);
 	}
-#endif
 	Tcl_TakeBignumFromObj(NULL, valuePtr, &big);
 	/* ~a = - a - 1 */
 	mp_neg(&big, &big);
 	mp_sub_d(&big, 1, &big);
 	BIG_RESULT(&big);
     case INST_UMINUS:
 	switch (type) {
 	case TCL_NUMBER_DOUBLE:
 	    DOUBLE_RESULT(-(*((const double *) ptr)));
-	case TCL_NUMBER_LONG:
-	    w = (Tcl_WideInt) (*((const long *) ptr));
-	    if (w != LLONG_MIN) {
-		WIDE_RESULT(-w);
-	    }
-	    TclInitBignumFromLong(&big, *(const long *) ptr);
-	    break;
-#ifndef TCL_WIDE_INT_IS_LONG
 	case TCL_NUMBER_WIDE:
 	    w = *((const Tcl_WideInt *) ptr);
 	    if (w != LLONG_MIN) {
 		WIDE_RESULT(-w);
 	    }
 	    TclInitBignumFromWideInt(&big, w);
 	    break;
-#endif
 	default:
 	    Tcl_TakeBignumFromObj(NULL, valuePtr, &big);
 	}
 	mp_neg(&big, &big);
 	BIG_RESULT(&big);
@@ -9203,11 +8874,10 @@
     }
 
     Tcl_Panic("unexpected opcode");
     return NULL;
 }
-#undef LONG_RESULT
 #undef WIDE_RESULT
 #undef BIG_RESULT
 #undef DOUBLE_RESULT
 
 /*
@@ -9235,43 +8905,34 @@
 {
     int type1 = TCL_NUMBER_NAN, type2 = TCL_NUMBER_NAN, compare;
     ClientData ptr1, ptr2;
     mp_int big1, big2;
     double d1, d2, tmp;
-    long l1, l2;
-#ifndef TCL_WIDE_INT_IS_LONG
     Tcl_WideInt w1, w2;
-#endif
 
     (void) GetNumberFromObj(NULL, valuePtr, &ptr1, &type1);
     (void) GetNumberFromObj(NULL, value2Ptr, &ptr2, &type2);
 
     switch (type1) {
-    case TCL_NUMBER_LONG:
-	l1 = *((const long *)ptr1);
+    case TCL_NUMBER_WIDE:
+	w1 = *((const Tcl_WideInt *)ptr1);
 	switch (type2) {
-	case TCL_NUMBER_LONG:
-	    l2 = *((const long *)ptr2);
-	longCompare:
-	    return (l1 < l2) ? MP_LT : ((l1 > l2) ? MP_GT : MP_EQ);
-#ifndef TCL_WIDE_INT_IS_LONG
 	case TCL_NUMBER_WIDE:
 	    w2 = *((const Tcl_WideInt *)ptr2);
-	    w1 = (Tcl_WideInt)l1;
-	    goto wideCompare;
-#endif
+	wideCompare:
+	    return (w1 < w2) ? MP_LT : ((w1 > w2) ? MP_GT : MP_EQ);
 	case TCL_NUMBER_DOUBLE:
 	    d2 = *((const double *)ptr2);
-	    d1 = (double) l1;
+	    d1 = (double) w1;
 
 	    /*
 	     * If the double has a fractional part, or if the long can be
 	     * converted to double without loss of precision, then compare as
 	     * doubles.
 	     */
 
-	    if (DBL_MANT_DIG > CHAR_BIT*sizeof(long) || l1 == (long) d1
+	    if (DBL_MANT_DIG > CHAR_BIT*sizeof(Tcl_WideInt) || w1 == (Tcl_WideInt) d1
 		    || modf(d2, &tmp) != 0.0) {
 		goto doubleCompare;
 	    }
 
 	    /*
@@ -9284,48 +8945,10 @@
 	     * double values that are equivalent within double precision.
 	     * Converting the double to an integer gets done exactly, then
 	     * integer comparison can tell the difference.
 	     */
 
-	    if (d2 < (double)LONG_MIN) {
-		return MP_GT;
-	    }
-	    if (d2 > (double)LONG_MAX) {
-		return MP_LT;
-	    }
-	    l2 = (long) d2;
-	    goto longCompare;
-	case TCL_NUMBER_BIG:
-	    Tcl_TakeBignumFromObj(NULL, value2Ptr, &big2);
-	    if (mp_cmp_d(&big2, 0) == MP_LT) {
-		compare = MP_GT;
-	    } else {
-		compare = MP_LT;
-	    }
-	    mp_clear(&big2);
-	    return compare;
-	}
-
-#ifndef TCL_WIDE_INT_IS_LONG
-    case TCL_NUMBER_WIDE:
-	w1 = *((const Tcl_WideInt *)ptr1);
-	switch (type2) {
-	case TCL_NUMBER_WIDE:
-	    w2 = *((const Tcl_WideInt *)ptr2);
-	wideCompare:
-	    return (w1 < w2) ? MP_LT : ((w1 > w2) ? MP_GT : MP_EQ);
-	case TCL_NUMBER_LONG:
-	    l2 = *((const long *)ptr2);
-	    w2 = (Tcl_WideInt)l2;
-	    goto wideCompare;
-	case TCL_NUMBER_DOUBLE:
-	    d2 = *((const double *)ptr2);
-	    d1 = (double) w1;
-	    if (DBL_MANT_DIG > CHAR_BIT*sizeof(Tcl_WideInt)
-		    || w1 == (Tcl_WideInt) d1 || modf(d2, &tmp) != 0.0) {
-		goto doubleCompare;
-	    }
 	    if (d2 < (double)LLONG_MIN) {
 		return MP_GT;
 	    }
 	    if (d2 > (double)LLONG_MAX) {
 		return MP_LT;
@@ -9332,43 +8955,26 @@
 	    }
 	    w2 = (Tcl_WideInt) d2;
 	    goto wideCompare;
 	case TCL_NUMBER_BIG:
 	    Tcl_TakeBignumFromObj(NULL, value2Ptr, &big2);
-	    if (mp_cmp_d(&big2, 0) == MP_LT) {
+	    if (mp_isneg(&big2)) {
 		compare = MP_GT;
 	    } else {
 		compare = MP_LT;
 	    }
 	    mp_clear(&big2);
 	    return compare;
 	}
-#endif
 
     case TCL_NUMBER_DOUBLE:
 	d1 = *((const double *)ptr1);
 	switch (type2) {
 	case TCL_NUMBER_DOUBLE:
 	    d2 = *((const double *)ptr2);
 	doubleCompare:
 	    return (d1 < d2) ? MP_LT : ((d1 > d2) ? MP_GT : MP_EQ);
-	case TCL_NUMBER_LONG:
-	    l2 = *((const long *)ptr2);
-	    d2 = (double) l2;
-	    if (DBL_MANT_DIG > CHAR_BIT*sizeof(long) || l2 == (long) d2
-		    || modf(d1, &tmp) != 0.0) {
-		goto doubleCompare;
-	    }
-	    if (d1 < (double)LONG_MIN) {
-		return MP_LT;
-	    }
-	    if (d1 > (double)LONG_MAX) {
-		return MP_GT;
-	    }
-	    l1 = (long) d1;
-	    goto longCompare;
-#ifndef TCL_WIDE_INT_IS_LONG
 	case TCL_NUMBER_WIDE:
 	    w2 = *((const Tcl_WideInt *)ptr2);
 	    d2 = (double) w2;
 	    if (DBL_MANT_DIG > CHAR_BIT*sizeof(Tcl_WideInt)
 		    || w2 == (Tcl_WideInt) d2 || modf(d1, &tmp) != 0.0) {
@@ -9380,18 +8986,17 @@
 	    if (d1 > (double)LLONG_MAX) {
 		return MP_GT;
 	    }
 	    w1 = (Tcl_WideInt) d1;
 	    goto wideCompare;
-#endif
 	case TCL_NUMBER_BIG:
 	    if (TclIsInfinite(d1)) {
 		return (d1 > 0.0) ? MP_GT : MP_LT;
 	    }
 	    Tcl_TakeBignumFromObj(NULL, value2Ptr, &big2);
-	    if ((d1 < (double)LONG_MAX) && (d1 > (double)LONG_MIN)) {
-		if (mp_cmp_d(&big2, 0) == MP_LT) {
+	    if ((d1 < (double)LLONG_MAX) && (d1 > (double)LLONG_MIN)) {
+		if (mp_isneg(&big2)) {
 		    compare = MP_GT;
 		} else {
 		    compare = MP_LT;
 		}
 		mp_clear(&big2);
@@ -9408,14 +9013,11 @@
 	}
 
     case TCL_NUMBER_BIG:
 	Tcl_TakeBignumFromObj(NULL, valuePtr, &big1);
 	switch (type2) {
-#ifndef TCL_WIDE_INT_IS_LONG
 	case TCL_NUMBER_WIDE:
-#endif
-	case TCL_NUMBER_LONG:
 	    compare = mp_cmp_d(&big1, 0);
 	    mp_clear(&big1);
 	    return compare;
 	case TCL_NUMBER_DOUBLE:
 	    d2 = *((const double *)ptr2);
@@ -9422,11 +9024,11 @@
 	    if (TclIsInfinite(d2)) {
 		compare = (d2 > 0.0) ? MP_LT : MP_GT;
 		mp_clear(&big1);
 		return compare;
 	    }
-	    if ((d2 < (double)LONG_MAX) && (d2 > (double)LONG_MIN)) {
+	    if ((d2 < (double)LLONG_MAX) && (d2 > (double)LLONG_MIN)) {
 		compare = mp_cmp_d(&big1, 0);
 		mp_clear(&big1);
 		return compare;
 	    }
 	    if (DBL_MANT_DIG > CHAR_BIT*sizeof(long)
@@ -9476,13 +9078,13 @@
 				 * stdout. */
 {
     Proc *procPtr = codePtr->procPtr;
     Interp *iPtr = (Interp *) *codePtr->interpHandle;
 
-    fprintf(stdout, "\nExecuting ByteCode 0x%p, refCt %" TCL_LL_MODIFIER "u, epoch %" TCL_LL_MODIFIER "u, interp 0x%p (epoch %" TCL_LL_MODIFIER "u)\n",
-	    codePtr, (Tcl_WideInt)codePtr->refCount, (Tcl_WideInt)codePtr->compileEpoch, iPtr,
-	    (Tcl_WideInt)iPtr->compileEpoch);
+    fprintf(stdout, "\nExecuting ByteCode 0x%p, refCt %" TCL_Z_MODIFIER "u, epoch %u, interp 0x%p (epoch %u)\n",
+	    codePtr, (size_t)codePtr->refCount, codePtr->compileEpoch, iPtr,
+	    iPtr->compileEpoch);
 
     fprintf(stdout, "  Source: ");
     TclPrintSource(stdout, codePtr->source, 60);
 
     fprintf(stdout, "\n  Cmds %d, src %d, inst %u, litObjs %u, aux %d, stkDepth %u, code/src %.2f\n",
@@ -9624,11 +9226,20 @@
     } else if (opcode <= INST_LNOT) {
 	operator = operatorStrings[opcode - INST_LOR];
     }
 
     if (GetNumberFromObj(NULL, opndPtr, &ptr, &type) != TCL_OK) {
-	description = "non-numeric string";
+	int numBytes;
+	const char *bytes = TclGetStringFromObj(opndPtr, &numBytes);
+
+	if (numBytes == 0) {
+	    description = "empty string";
+	} else if (TclCheckBadOctal(NULL, bytes)) {
+	    description = "invalid octal number";
+	} else {
+	    description = "non-numeric string";
+	}
     } else if (type == TCL_NUMBER_NAN) {
 	description = "non-numeric floating-point value";
     } else if (type == TCL_NUMBER_DOUBLE) {
 	description = "floating-point value";
     } else {
@@ -9635,12 +9246,11 @@
 	/* TODO: No caller needs this. Eliminate? */
 	description = "(big) integer";
     }
 
     Tcl_SetObjResult(interp, Tcl_ObjPrintf(
-	    "can't use %s \"%s\" as operand of \"%s\"", description,
-	    Tcl_GetString(opndPtr), operator));
+	    "can't use %s as operand of \"%s\"", description, operator));
     Tcl_SetErrorCode(interp, "ARITH", "DOMAIN", description, NULL);
 }
 
 /*
  *----------------------------------------------------------------------

Index: generic/tclGet.c
==================================================================
--- generic/tclGet.c
+++ generic/tclGet.c
@@ -140,11 +140,11 @@
     code = TclSetBooleanFromAny(interp, &obj);
     if (obj.refCount > 1) {
 	Tcl_Panic("invalid sharing of Tcl_Obj on C stack");
     }
     if (code == TCL_OK) {
-	*boolPtr = obj.internalRep.longValue;
+	TclGetBooleanFromObj(NULL, &obj, boolPtr);
     }
     return code;
 }
 
 /*

Index: generic/tclHistory.c
==================================================================
--- generic/tclHistory.c
+++ generic/tclHistory.c
@@ -71,10 +71,17 @@
 
 	cmdPtr = Tcl_NewStringObj(cmd, -1);
 	Tcl_IncrRefCount(cmdPtr);
 	result = Tcl_RecordAndEvalObj(interp, cmdPtr, flags);
 
+	/*
+	 * Move the interpreter's object result to the string result, then
+	 * reset the object result.
+	 */
+
+	(void) Tcl_GetStringResult(interp);
+
 	/*
 	 * Discard the Tcl object created to hold the command.
 	 */
 
 	Tcl_DecrRefCount(cmdPtr);

Index: generic/tclIO.c
==================================================================
--- generic/tclIO.c
+++ generic/tclIO.c
@@ -719,21 +719,22 @@
     Tcl_Channel channel,
     int type)			/* One of TCL_STDIN, TCL_STDOUT, TCL_STDERR. */
 {
     ThreadSpecificData *tsdPtr = TCL_TSD_INIT(&dataKey);
 
+    int init = channel ? 1 : -1;
     switch (type) {
     case TCL_STDIN:
-	tsdPtr->stdinInitialized = 1;
+	tsdPtr->stdinInitialized = init;
 	tsdPtr->stdinChannel = channel;
 	break;
     case TCL_STDOUT:
-	tsdPtr->stdoutInitialized = 1;
+	tsdPtr->stdoutInitialized = init;
 	tsdPtr->stdoutChannel = channel;
 	break;
     case TCL_STDERR:
-	tsdPtr->stderrInitialized = 1;
+	tsdPtr->stderrInitialized = init;
 	tsdPtr->stderrChannel = channel;
 	break;
     }
 }
 
@@ -766,12 +767,12 @@
      */
 
     switch (type) {
     case TCL_STDIN:
 	if (!tsdPtr->stdinInitialized) {
+	    tsdPtr->stdinInitialized = -1;
 	    tsdPtr->stdinChannel = TclpGetDefaultStdChannel(TCL_STDIN);
-	    tsdPtr->stdinInitialized = 1;
 
 	    /*
 	     * Artificially bump the refcount to ensure that the channel is
 	     * only closed on exit.
 	     *
@@ -779,30 +780,33 @@
 	     * NULL in situations where Tcl is unable to connect to the
 	     * standard input.
 	     */
 
 	    if (tsdPtr->stdinChannel != NULL) {
+		tsdPtr->stdinInitialized = 1;
 		Tcl_RegisterChannel(NULL, tsdPtr->stdinChannel);
 	    }
 	}
 	channel = tsdPtr->stdinChannel;
 	break;
     case TCL_STDOUT:
 	if (!tsdPtr->stdoutInitialized) {
+	    tsdPtr->stdoutInitialized = -1;
 	    tsdPtr->stdoutChannel = TclpGetDefaultStdChannel(TCL_STDOUT);
-	    tsdPtr->stdoutInitialized = 1;
 	    if (tsdPtr->stdoutChannel != NULL) {
+		tsdPtr->stdoutInitialized = 1;
 		Tcl_RegisterChannel(NULL, tsdPtr->stdoutChannel);
 	    }
 	}
 	channel = tsdPtr->stdoutChannel;
 	break;
     case TCL_STDERR:
 	if (!tsdPtr->stderrInitialized) {
+	    tsdPtr->stderrInitialized = -1;
 	    tsdPtr->stderrChannel = TclpGetDefaultStdChannel(TCL_STDERR);
-	    tsdPtr->stderrInitialized = 1;
 	    if (tsdPtr->stderrChannel != NULL) {
+		tsdPtr->stderrInitialized = 1;
 		Tcl_RegisterChannel(NULL, tsdPtr->stderrChannel);
 	    }
 	}
 	channel = tsdPtr->stderrChannel;
 	break;
@@ -1066,27 +1070,27 @@
     Tcl_Channel chan)
 {
     ChannelState *statePtr = ((Channel *) chan)->state;
     ThreadSpecificData *tsdPtr = TCL_TSD_INIT(&dataKey);
 
-    if (tsdPtr->stdinInitialized
+    if (tsdPtr->stdinInitialized == 1
 	    && tsdPtr->stdinChannel != NULL
 	    && statePtr == ((Channel *)tsdPtr->stdinChannel)->state) {
 	if (statePtr->refCount < 2) {
 	    statePtr->refCount = 0;
 	    tsdPtr->stdinChannel = NULL;
 	    return;
 	}
-    } else if (tsdPtr->stdoutInitialized
+    } else if (tsdPtr->stdoutInitialized == 1
 	    && tsdPtr->stdoutChannel != NULL
 	    && statePtr == ((Channel *)tsdPtr->stdoutChannel)->state) {
 	if (statePtr->refCount < 2) {
 	    statePtr->refCount = 0;
 	    tsdPtr->stdoutChannel = NULL;
 	    return;
 	}
-    } else if (tsdPtr->stderrInitialized
+    } else if (tsdPtr->stderrInitialized == 1
 	    && tsdPtr->stderrChannel != NULL
 	    && statePtr == ((Channel *)tsdPtr->stderrChannel)->state) {
 	if (statePtr->refCount < 2) {
 	    statePtr->refCount = 0;
 	    tsdPtr->stderrChannel = NULL;
@@ -9030,10 +9034,11 @@
  *	be marked busy.
  *
  *----------------------------------------------------------------------
  */
 
+#if !defined(TCL_NO_DEPRECATED)
 int
 TclCopyChannelOld(
     Tcl_Interp *interp,		/* Current interpreter. */
     Tcl_Channel inChan,		/* Channel to read from. */
     Tcl_Channel outChan,	/* Channel to write to. */
@@ -9041,10 +9046,11 @@
     Tcl_Obj *cmdPtr)		/* Pointer to script to execute or NULL. */
 {
     return TclCopyChannel(interp, inChan, outChan, (Tcl_WideInt) toRead,
             cmdPtr);
 }
+#endif
 
 int
 TclCopyChannel(
     Tcl_Interp *interp,		/* Current interpreter. */
     Tcl_Channel inChan,		/* Channel to read from. */

Index: generic/tclIOCmd.c
==================================================================
--- generic/tclIOCmd.c
+++ generic/tclIOCmd.c
@@ -135,11 +135,11 @@
 	newline = 0;
 	if (strcmp(TclGetString(objv[1]), "-nonewline") == 0) {
 	    chanObjPtr = objv[2];
 	    string = objv[3];
 	    break;
-#if TCL_MAJOR_VERSION < 9
+#if !defined(TCL_NO_DEPRECATED) && TCL_MAJOR_VERSION < 9
 	} else if (strcmp(TclGetString(objv[3]), "nonewline") == 0) {
 	    /*
 	     * The code below provides backwards compatibility with an old
 	     * form of the command that is no longer recommended or
 	     * documented. See also [Bug #3151675]. Will be removed in Tcl 9,
@@ -437,11 +437,11 @@
 
     toRead = -1;
     if (i < objc) {
 	if ((TclGetIntFromObj(interp, objv[i], &toRead) != TCL_OK)
 		|| (toRead < 0)) {
-#if TCL_MAJOR_VERSION < 9
+#if !defined(TCL_NO_DEPRECATED) && TCL_MAJOR_VERSION < 9
 	    /*
 	     * The code below provides backwards compatibility with an old
 	     * form of the command that is no longer recommended or
 	     * documented. See also [Bug #3151675]. Will be removed in Tcl 9,
 	     * maybe even earlier.
@@ -452,11 +452,11 @@
 		Tcl_SetObjResult(interp, Tcl_ObjPrintf(
 			"expected non-negative integer but got \"%s\"",
 			TclGetString(objv[i])));
 		Tcl_SetErrorCode(interp, "TCL", "VALUE", "NUMBER", NULL);
 		return TCL_ERROR;
-#if TCL_MAJOR_VERSION < 9
+#if !defined(TCL_NO_DEPRECATED) && TCL_MAJOR_VERSION < 9
 	    }
 	    newline = 1;
 #endif
 	}
     }

Index: generic/tclIORTrans.c
==================================================================
--- generic/tclIORTrans.c
+++ generic/tclIORTrans.c
@@ -85,11 +85,11 @@
 /*
  * Structure of the buffer to hold transform results to be consumed by higher
  * layers upon reading from the channel, plus the functions to manage such.
  */
 
-typedef struct _ResultBuffer_ {
+typedef struct {
     unsigned char *buf;		/* Reference to the buffer area. */
     int allocated;		/* Allocated size of the buffer area. */
     int used;			/* Number of bytes in the buffer,
 				 * <= allocated. */
 } ResultBuffer;
@@ -251,11 +251,11 @@
  * forward an operation code, the argument details, and reference to results.
  * The command is assembled in the CT and belongs fully to that thread. No
  * sharing problems.
  */
 
-typedef struct ForwardParamBase {
+typedef struct {
     int code;			/* O: Ok/Fail of the cmd handler */
     char *msgStr;		/* O: Error message for handler failure */
     int mustFree;		/* O: True if msgStr is allocated, false if
 				 * otherwise (static). */
 } ForwardParamBase;
@@ -296,11 +296,11 @@
 
 /*
  * General event structure, with reference to operation specific data.
  */
 
-typedef struct ForwardingEvent {
+typedef struct {
     Tcl_Event event;		/* Basic event data, has to be first item */
     ForwardingResult *resultPtr;
     ForwardedOperation op;	/* Forwarded driver operation */
     ReflectedTransform *rtPtr;	/* Channel instance */
     ForwardParam *param;	/* Packaged arguments and return values, a

Index: generic/tclIOUtil.c
==================================================================
--- generic/tclIOUtil.c
+++ generic/tclIOUtil.c
@@ -243,11 +243,11 @@
  * combination which was used, and the original and modified filenames, so
  * that we can correctly undo the entire operation when we want to unload the
  * code.
  */
 
-typedef struct FsDivertLoad {
+typedef struct {
     Tcl_LoadHandle loadHandle;
     Tcl_FSUnloadFileProc *unloadProcPtr;
     Tcl_Obj *divertedFile;
     const Tcl_Filesystem *divertedFilesystem;
     ClientData divertedFileNativeRep;
@@ -410,11 +410,10 @@
     TclDStringAppendObj(cwdPtr, cwd);
     Tcl_DecrRefCount(cwd);
     return Tcl_DStringValue(cwdPtr);
 }
 
-/* Obsolete */
 int
 Tcl_EvalFile(
     Tcl_Interp *interp,		/* Interpreter in which to process file. */
     const char *fileName)	/* Name of file to process. Tilde-substitution
 				 * will be performed on this name. */
@@ -829,19 +828,10 @@
 {
     filesystemList = &nativeFilesystemRecord;
     if (++theFilesystemEpoch == 0) {
 	++theFilesystemEpoch;
     }
-
-#ifdef _WIN32
-    /*
-     * Cleans up the win32 API filesystem proc lookup table. This must happen
-     * very late in finalization so that deleting of copied dlls can occur.
-     */
-
-    TclWinResetInterfaces();
-#endif
 }
 
 /*
  *----------------------------------------------------------------------
  *

Index: generic/tclIndexObj.c
==================================================================
--- generic/tclIndexObj.c
+++ generic/tclIndexObj.c
@@ -874,11 +874,12 @@
     const char *message)	/* Error message to print after the leading
 				 * objects in objv. The message may be
 				 * NULL. */
 {
     Tcl_Obj *objPtr;
-    int i, len, elemLen, flags;
+    int i, len, elemLen;
+    char flags;
     Interp *iPtr = (Interp *) interp;
     const char *elementStr;
 
     /*
      * [incr Tcl] does something fairly horrific when generating error

Index: generic/tclInt.decls
==================================================================
--- generic/tclInt.decls
+++ generic/tclInt.decls
@@ -48,11 +48,11 @@
     void TclCleanupCommand(Command *cmdPtr)
 }
 declare 7 {
     int TclCopyAndCollapse(int count, const char *src, char *dst)
 }
-declare 8 {
+declare 8 {deprecated {}} {
     int TclCopyChannelOld(Tcl_Interp *interp, Tcl_Channel inChan,
 	    Tcl_Channel outChan, int toRead, Tcl_Obj *cmdPtr)
 }
 
 # TclCreatePipeline unofficially exported for use by BLT.
@@ -71,11 +71,11 @@
     void TclDeleteCompiledLocalVars(Interp *iPtr, CallFrame *framePtr)
 }
 declare 12 {
     void TclDeleteVars(Interp *iPtr, TclVarHashTable *tablePtr)
 }
-# Removed in 8.5
+# Removed in 8.5:
 #declare 13 {
 #    int TclDoGlob(Tcl_Interp *interp, char *separators,
 #	    Tcl_DString *headPtr, char *tail, Tcl_GlobTypeData *types)
 #}
 declare 14 {
@@ -86,11 +86,11 @@
 #      void TclExpandParseValue(ParseValue *pvPtr, int needed)
 #  }
 declare 16 {
     void TclExprFloatError(Tcl_Interp *interp, double value)
 }
-# Removed in 8.4
+# Removed in 8.4:
 #declare 17 {
 #    int TclFileAttrsCmd(Tcl_Interp *interp, int objc, Tcl_Obj *const objv[])
 #}
 #declare 18 {
 #    int TclFileCopyCmd(Tcl_Interp *interp, int argc, char **argv)
@@ -112,20 +112,20 @@
 declare 23 {
     Proc *TclFindProc(Interp *iPtr, const char *procName)
 }
 # Replaced with macro (see tclInt.h) in Tcl 8.5.0, restored in 8.5.10
 declare 24 {
-    int TclFormatInt(char *buffer, long n)
+    int TclFormatInt(char *buffer, Tcl_WideInt n)
 }
 declare 25 {
     void TclFreePackageInfo(Interp *iPtr)
 }
 # Removed in 8.1:
 #  declare 26 {
 #      char *TclGetCwd(Tcl_Interp *interp)
 #  }
-# Removed in 8.5
+# Removed in 8.5:
 #declare 27 {
 #    int TclGetDate(char *p, unsigned long now, long zone,
 #	    unsigned long *timePtr)
 #}
 declare 28 {
@@ -145,11 +145,11 @@
 }
 declare 32 {
     int TclGetFrame(Tcl_Interp *interp, const char *str,
 	    CallFrame **framePtrPtr)
 }
-# Removed in Tcl 8.5
+# Removed in 8.5:
 #declare 33 {
 #    TclCmdProcType TclGetInterpProc(void)
 #}
 declare 34 {
     int TclGetIntForIndex(Tcl_Interp *interp, Tcl_Obj *objPtr,
@@ -158,11 +158,11 @@
 # Removed in 8.4b2:
 #declare 35 {
 #    Tcl_Obj *TclGetIndexedScalar(Tcl_Interp *interp, int localIndex,
 #	    int flags)
 #}
-# Removed in 8.6a2
+# Removed in 8.6a2:
 #declare 36 {
 #    int TclGetLong(Tcl_Interp *interp, const char *str, long *longPtr)
 #}
 declare 37 {
     int TclGetLoadedPackages(Tcl_Interp *interp, const char *targetName)
@@ -183,13 +183,13 @@
     Tcl_Command TclGetOriginalCommand(Tcl_Command command)
 }
 declare 42 {
     CONST86 char *TclpGetUserHome(const char *name, Tcl_DString *bufferPtr)
 }
-# Removed in Tcl 8.5a2
+# Removed in 8.5a2:
 #declare 43 {
-#    int TclGlobalInvoke(Tcl_Interp *interp, int argc, CONST84 char **argv,
+#    int TclGlobalInvoke(Tcl_Interp *interp, int argc, const char **argv,
 #	    int flags)
 #}
 declare 44 {
     int TclGuessPackageName(const char *fileName, Tcl_DString *bufPtr)
 }
@@ -218,18 +218,18 @@
 	    Namespace *nsPtr)
 }
 declare 51 {
     int TclInterpInit(Tcl_Interp *interp)
 }
-# Removed in Tcl 8.5a2
+# Removed in 8.5a2:
 #declare 52 {
-#    int TclInvoke(Tcl_Interp *interp, int argc, CONST84 char **argv,
+#    int TclInvoke(Tcl_Interp *interp, int argc, const char **argv,
 #	    int flags)
 #}
 declare 53 {
     int TclInvokeObjectCommand(ClientData clientData, Tcl_Interp *interp,
-	    int argc, CONST84 char **argv)
+	    int argc, const char **argv)
 }
 declare 54 {
     int TclInvokeStringCommand(ClientData clientData, Tcl_Interp *interp,
 	    int objc, Tcl_Obj *const objv[])
 }
@@ -271,11 +271,11 @@
 }
 declare 64 {
     int TclObjInvoke(Tcl_Interp *interp, int objc, Tcl_Obj *const objv[],
 	    int flags)
 }
-# Removed in Tcl 8.5a2
+# Removed in 8.5a2:
 #declare 65 {
 #    int TclObjInvokeGlobal(Tcl_Interp *interp, int objc,
 #	    Tcl_Obj *const objv[], int flags)
 #}
 #declare 66 {
@@ -311,13 +311,11 @@
     unsigned long TclpGetClicks(void)
 }
 declare 76 {
     unsigned long TclpGetSeconds(void)
 }
-
-# deprecated
-declare 77 {
+declare 77 {deprecated {}} {
     void TclpGetTime(Tcl_Time *time)
 }
 # Removed in 8.6:
 #declare 78 {
 #    int TclpGetTimeZone(unsigned long time)
@@ -355,11 +353,11 @@
 #  	    int flags, char **termPtr, ParseValue *pvPtr)
 #  }
 #  declare 87 {
 #      void TclPlatformInit(Tcl_Interp *interp)
 #  }
-declare 88 {
+declare 88 {deprecated {}} {
     char *TclPrecTraceProc(ClientData clientData, Tcl_Interp *interp,
 	    const char *name1, const char *name2, int flags)
 }
 declare 89 {
     int TclPreventAliasLoop(Tcl_Interp *interp, Tcl_Interp *cmdInterp,
@@ -378,11 +376,11 @@
 	    const char *procName)
 }
 declare 93 {
     void TclProcDeleteProc(ClientData clientData)
 }
-# Removed in Tcl 8.5:
+# Removed in 8.5:
 #declare 94 {
 #    int TclProcInterpProc(ClientData clientData, Tcl_Interp *interp,
 #	    int argc, const char **argv)
 #}
 # Replaced by Tcl_FSStat in 8.4:
@@ -417,11 +415,11 @@
 }
 declare 103 {
     int TclSockGetPort(Tcl_Interp *interp, const char *str, const char *proto,
 	    int *portPtr)
 }
-declare 104 {
+declare 104 {deprecated {}} {
     int TclSockMinimumBuffersOld(int sock, int size)
 }
 # Replaced by Tcl_FSStat in 8.4:
 #declare 105 {
 #    int TclStat(const char *path, Tcl_StatBuf *buf)
@@ -453,30 +451,30 @@
     void Tcl_AddInterpResolvers(Tcl_Interp *interp, const char *name,
 	    Tcl_ResolveCmdProc *cmdProc, Tcl_ResolveVarProc *varProc,
 	    Tcl_ResolveCompiledVarProc *compiledVarProc)
 }
 declare 112 {
-    int Tcl_AppendExportList(Tcl_Interp *interp, Tcl_Namespace *nsPtr,
+    int TclAppendExportList(Tcl_Interp *interp, Tcl_Namespace *nsPtr,
 	    Tcl_Obj *objPtr)
 }
 declare 113 {
-    Tcl_Namespace *Tcl_CreateNamespace(Tcl_Interp *interp, const char *name,
+    Tcl_Namespace *TclCreateNamespace(Tcl_Interp *interp, const char *name,
 	    ClientData clientData, Tcl_NamespaceDeleteProc *deleteProc)
 }
 declare 114 {
-    void Tcl_DeleteNamespace(Tcl_Namespace *nsPtr)
+    void TclDeleteNamespace(Tcl_Namespace *nsPtr)
 }
 declare 115 {
-    int Tcl_Export(Tcl_Interp *interp, Tcl_Namespace *nsPtr,
+    int TclExport(Tcl_Interp *interp, Tcl_Namespace *nsPtr,
 	    const char *pattern, int resetListFirst)
 }
 declare 116 {
-    Tcl_Command Tcl_FindCommand(Tcl_Interp *interp, const char *name,
+    Tcl_Command TclFindCommand(Tcl_Interp *interp, const char *name,
 	    Tcl_Namespace *contextNsPtr, int flags)
 }
 declare 117 {
-    Tcl_Namespace *Tcl_FindNamespace(Tcl_Interp *interp, const char *name,
+    Tcl_Namespace *TclFindNamespace(Tcl_Interp *interp, const char *name,
 	    Tcl_Namespace *contextNsPtr, int flags)
 }
 declare 118 {
     int Tcl_GetInterpResolvers(Tcl_Interp *interp, const char *name,
 	    Tcl_ResolverInfo *resInfo)
@@ -488,32 +486,32 @@
 declare 120 {
     Tcl_Var Tcl_FindNamespaceVar(Tcl_Interp *interp, const char *name,
 	    Tcl_Namespace *contextNsPtr, int flags)
 }
 declare 121 {
-    int Tcl_ForgetImport(Tcl_Interp *interp, Tcl_Namespace *nsPtr,
+    int TclForgetImport(Tcl_Interp *interp, Tcl_Namespace *nsPtr,
 	    const char *pattern)
 }
 declare 122 {
-    Tcl_Command Tcl_GetCommandFromObj(Tcl_Interp *interp, Tcl_Obj *objPtr)
+    Tcl_Command TclGetCommandFromObj(Tcl_Interp *interp, Tcl_Obj *objPtr)
 }
 declare 123 {
-    void Tcl_GetCommandFullName(Tcl_Interp *interp, Tcl_Command command,
+    void TclGetCommandFullName(Tcl_Interp *interp, Tcl_Command command,
 	    Tcl_Obj *objPtr)
 }
 declare 124 {
-    Tcl_Namespace *Tcl_GetCurrentNamespace(Tcl_Interp *interp)
+    Tcl_Namespace *TclGetCurrentNamespace_(Tcl_Interp *interp)
 }
 declare 125 {
-    Tcl_Namespace *Tcl_GetGlobalNamespace(Tcl_Interp *interp)
+    Tcl_Namespace *TclGetGlobalNamespace_(Tcl_Interp *interp)
 }
 declare 126 {
     void Tcl_GetVariableFullName(Tcl_Interp *interp, Tcl_Var variable,
 	    Tcl_Obj *objPtr)
 }
 declare 127 {
-    int Tcl_Import(Tcl_Interp *interp, Tcl_Namespace *nsPtr,
+    int TclImport(Tcl_Interp *interp, Tcl_Namespace *nsPtr,
 	    const char *pattern, int allowOverwrite)
 }
 declare 128 {
     void Tcl_PopCallFrame(Tcl_Interp *interp)
 }
@@ -530,11 +528,11 @@
 	    Tcl_ResolveCompiledVarProc *compiledVarProc)
 }
 declare 132 {
     int TclpHasSockets(Tcl_Interp *interp)
 }
-declare 133 {
+declare 133 {deprecated {}} {
     struct tm *TclpGetDate(const time_t *time, int useGMT)
 }
 # Removed in 8.5
 #declare 134 {
 #    size_t TclpStrftime(char *s, size_t maxsize, const char *format,
@@ -548,11 +546,11 @@
 
 #declare 137 {
 #   int TclpChdir(const char *dirName)
 #}
 declare 138 {
-    CONST84_RETURN char *TclGetEnv(const char *name, Tcl_DString *valuePtr)
+    const char *TclGetEnv(const char *name, Tcl_DString *valuePtr)
 }
 #declare 139 {
 #    int TclpLoadFile(Tcl_Interp *interp, char *fileName, char *sym1,
 #	    char *sym2, Tcl_PackageInitProc **proc1Ptr,
 #	    Tcl_PackageInitProc **proc2Ptr, ClientData *clientDataPtr)
@@ -560,11 +558,11 @@
 #declare 140 {
 #    int TclLooksLikeInt(const char *bytes, int length)
 #}
 # This is used by TclX, but should otherwise be considered private
 declare 141 {
-    CONST84_RETURN char *TclpGetCwd(Tcl_Interp *interp, Tcl_DString *cwdPtr)
+    const char *TclpGetCwd(Tcl_Interp *interp, Tcl_DString *cwdPtr)
 }
 declare 142 {
     int TclSetByteCodeFromAny(Tcl_Interp *interp, Tcl_Obj *objPtr,
 	    CompileHookProc *hookProc, ClientData clientData)
 }
@@ -623,16 +621,14 @@
 	    int status)
 }
 declare 157 {
     Var *TclVarTraceExists(Tcl_Interp *interp, const char *varName)
 }
-# REMOVED (except from stub table) - use public Tcl_SetStartupScript()
-declare 158 {
+declare 158 {deprecated {use public Tcl_SetStartupScript()}} {
     void TclSetStartupScriptFileName(const char *filename)
 }
-# REMOVED (except from stub table) - use public Tcl_GetStartupScript()
-declare 159 {
+declare 159 {deprecated {use public Tcl_GetStartupScript()}} {
     const char *TclGetStartupScriptFileName(void)
 }
 #declare 160 {
 #    int TclpMatchFilesTypes(Tcl_Interp *interp, char *separators,
 #	    Tcl_DString *dirPtr, char *pattern, char *tail,
@@ -674,17 +670,14 @@
 declare 166 {
     int TclListObjSetElement(Tcl_Interp *interp, Tcl_Obj *listPtr,
 	    int index, Tcl_Obj *valuePtr)
 }
 
-# VFS-aware versions of Tcl*StartupScriptFileName (158 and 159 above)
-# REMOVED (except from stub table) - use public Tcl_SetStartupScript()
-declare 167 {
+declare 167 {deprecated {use public Tcl_SetStartupScript()}} {
     void TclSetStartupScriptPath(Tcl_Obj *pathPtr)
 }
-# REMOVED (except from stub table) - use public Tcl_GetStartupScript()
-declare 168 {
+declare 168 {deprecated {use public Tcl_GetStartupScript()}} {
     Tcl_Obj *TclGetStartupScriptPath(void)
 }
 # variant of Tcl_UtfNCmp that takes n as bytes, not chars
 declare 169 {
     int TclpUtfNcmp2(const char *s1, const char *s2, unsigned long n)
@@ -728,16 +721,15 @@
 }
 declare 177 {
     void TclVarErrMsg(Tcl_Interp *interp, const char *part1, const char *part2,
 	    const char *operation, const char *reason)
 }
-# TIP 338 made these public - now declared in tcl.h too
 declare 178 {
-    void Tcl_SetStartupScript(Tcl_Obj *pathPtr, const char *encodingName)
+    void TclSetStartupScript(Tcl_Obj *pathPtr, const char *encodingName)
 }
 declare 179 {
-    Tcl_Obj *Tcl_GetStartupScript(const char **encodingNamePtr)
+    Tcl_Obj *TclGetStartupScript(const char **encodingNamePtr)
 }
 
 # REMOVED
 # Allocate lists without copying arrays
 # declare 180 {
@@ -746,16 +738,14 @@
 #declare 181 {
 #    Tcl_Obj *TclDbNewListObjDirect(int objc, Tcl_Obj **objv,
 #	    const char *file, int line)
 #}
 
-# TclpGmtime and TclpLocaltime promoted to the generic interface from unix
-
-declare 182 {
+declare 182 {deprecated {}} {
      struct tm *TclpLocaltime(const time_t *clock)
 }
-declare 183 {
+declare 183 {deprecated {}}  {
      struct tm *TclpGmtime(const time_t *clock)
 }
 
 # For the new "Thread Storage" subsystem.
 
@@ -935,14 +925,11 @@
              int *newPtr)
 }
 declare 235 {
     void TclInitVarHashTable(TclVarHashTable *tablePtr, Namespace *nsPtr)
 }
-
-
-# TIP 337 made this one public
-declare 236 {
+declare 236 {deprecated {use Tcl_BackgroundException}} {
     void TclBackgroundException(Tcl_Interp *interp, int code)
 }
 
 # TIP #285: Script cancellation support.
 declare 237 {
@@ -1088,11 +1075,11 @@
 }
 # new for 8.4.20+/8.5.12+ Cygwin only
 declare 10 win {
     Tcl_DirEntry *TclpReaddir(DIR *dir)
 }
-# Removed in 8.3.1 (for Win32s only)
+# Removed in 8.3.1 (for Win32s only):
 #declare 10 win {
 #    int TclWinSynchSpawn(void *args, int type, void **trans, Tcl_Pid *pidPtr)
 #}
 
 # Pipe channel functions
@@ -1138,11 +1125,10 @@
     TclFile TclpOpenFile(const char *fname, int mode)
 }
 declare 20 win {
     void TclWinAddProcess(HANDLE hProcess, DWORD id)
 }
-# new for 8.4.20+/8.5.12+
 declare 21 win {
     char *TclpInetNtoa(struct in_addr addr)
 }
 # removed permanently for 8.4
 #declare 21 win {

Index: generic/tclInt.h
==================================================================
--- generic/tclInt.h
+++ generic/tclInt.h
@@ -158,17 +158,17 @@
     Tcl_ResolveRuntimeVarProc *fetchProc;
     Tcl_ResolveVarDeleteProc *deleteProc;
 } Tcl_ResolvedVarInfo;
 
 typedef int (Tcl_ResolveCompiledVarProc)(Tcl_Interp *interp,
-	CONST84 char *name, int length, Tcl_Namespace *context,
+	const char *name, int length, Tcl_Namespace *context,
 	Tcl_ResolvedVarInfo **rPtr);
 
-typedef int (Tcl_ResolveVarProc)(Tcl_Interp *interp, CONST84 char *name,
+typedef int (Tcl_ResolveVarProc)(Tcl_Interp *interp, const char *name,
 	Tcl_Namespace *context, int flags, Tcl_Var *rPtr);
 
-typedef int (Tcl_ResolveCmdProc)(Tcl_Interp *interp, CONST84 char *name,
+typedef int (Tcl_ResolveCmdProc)(Tcl_Interp *interp, const char *name,
 	Tcl_Namespace *context, int flags, Tcl_Command *rPtr);
 
 typedef struct Tcl_ResolverInfo {
     Tcl_ResolveCmdProc *cmdResProc;
 				/* Procedure handling command name
@@ -263,20 +263,20 @@
     Tcl_HashTable *childTablePtr;
 				/* Contains any child namespaces. Indexed by
 				 * strings; values have type (Namespace *). If
 				 * NULL, there are no children. */
 #endif
-    size_t nsId;		/* Unique id for the namespace. */
+    unsigned long nsId;		/* Unique id for the namespace. */
     Tcl_Interp *interp;		/* The interpreter containing this
 				 * namespace. */
     int flags;			/* OR-ed combination of the namespace status
 				 * flags NS_DYING and NS_DEAD listed below. */
     int activationCount;	/* Number of "activations" or active call
 				 * frames for this namespace that are on the
 				 * Tcl call stack. The namespace won't be
 				 * freed until activationCount becomes zero. */
-    int refCount;		/* Count of references by namespaceName
+    unsigned int refCount;	/* Count of references by namespaceName
 				 * objects. The namespace can't be freed until
 				 * refCount becomes zero. */
     Tcl_HashTable cmdTable;	/* Contains all the commands currently
 				 * registered in the namespace. Indexed by
 				 * strings; values have type (Command *).
@@ -297,16 +297,16 @@
 				 * registered. */
     int numExportPatterns;	/* Number of export patterns currently
 				 * registered using "namespace export". */
     int maxExportPatterns;	/* Mumber of export patterns for which space
 				 * is currently allocated. */
-    size_t cmdRefEpoch;		/* Incremented if a newly added command
+    unsigned int cmdRefEpoch;	/* Incremented if a newly added command
 				 * shadows a command for which this namespace
 				 * has already cached a Command* pointer; this
 				 * causes all its cached Command* pointers to
 				 * be invalidated. */
-    size_t resolverEpoch;	/* Incremented whenever (a) the name
+    unsigned int resolverEpoch;	/* Incremented whenever (a) the name
 				 * resolution rules change for this namespace
 				 * or (b) a newly added command shadows a
 				 * command that is compiled to bytecodes. This
 				 * invalidates all byte codes compiled in the
 				 * namespace, causing the code to be
@@ -329,11 +329,11 @@
 				 * usual variable resolution mechanism in Tcl.
 				 * This procedure is invoked within
 				 * LookupCompiledLocal to resolve variable
 				 * references within the namespace at compile
 				 * time. */
-    size_t exportLookupEpoch;	/* Incremented whenever a command is added to
+    unsigned int exportLookupEpoch;	/* Incremented whenever a command is added to
 				 * a namespace, removed from a namespace or
 				 * the exports of a namespace are changed.
 				 * Allows TIP#112-driven command lists to be
 				 * validated efficiently. */
     Tcl_Ensemble *ensembles;	/* List of structures that contain the details
@@ -424,17 +424,17 @@
  * defines whether the table contains valid data or will need to be recomputed
  * next time the ensemble command is called.
  */
 
 typedef struct EnsembleConfig {
-    Namespace *nsPtr;		/* The namspace backing this ensemble up. */
+    Namespace *nsPtr;		/* The namespace backing this ensemble up. */
     Tcl_Command token;		/* The token for the command that provides
 				 * ensemble support for the namespace, or NULL
 				 * if the command has been deleted (or never
 				 * existed; the global namespace never has an
 				 * ensemble command.) */
-    size_t epoch;		/* The epoch at which this ensemble's table of
+    unsigned int epoch;		/* The epoch at which this ensemble's table of
 				 * exported commands is valid. */
     char **subcommandArrayPtr;	/* Array of ensemble subcommand names. At all
 				 * consistent points, this will have the same
 				 * number of entries as there are entries in
 				 * the subcommandTable hash. */
@@ -543,11 +543,11 @@
 				 * interested in: OR-ed combination of
 				 * TCL_TRACE_RENAME, TCL_TRACE_DELETE. */
     struct CommandTrace *nextPtr;
 				/* Next in list of traces associated with a
 				 * particular command. */
-    int refCount;		/* Used to ensure this structure is not
+    size_t refCount;	/* Used to ensure this structure is not
 				 * deleted too early. Keeps track of how many
 				 * pieces of code have a pointer to this
 				 * structure. */
 } CommandTrace;
 
@@ -616,11 +616,11 @@
     } value;
 } Var;
 
 typedef struct VarInHash {
     Var var;
-    int refCount;		/* Counts number of active uses of this
+    unsigned int refCount;	/* Counts number of active uses of this
 				 * variable: 1 for the entry in the hash
 				 * table, 1 for each additional variable whose
 				 * linkPtr points here, 1 for each nested
 				 * trace active on variable, and 1 if the
 				 * variable is a namespace variable. This
@@ -948,11 +948,11 @@
  */
 
 typedef struct Proc {
     struct Interp *iPtr;	/* Interpreter for which this command is
 				 * defined. */
-    int refCount;		/* Reference count: 1 if still present in
+    unsigned int refCount;	/* Reference count: 1 if still present in
 				 * command table plus 1 for each call to the
 				 * procedure that is currently active. This
 				 * structure can be freed when refCount
 				 * becomes zero. */
     struct Command *cmdPtr;	/* Points to the Command structure for this
@@ -1065,11 +1065,11 @@
  * Will be grown to contain: pointers to the varnames (allocated at the end),
  * plus the init values for each variable (suitable to be memcopied on init)
  */
 
 typedef struct LocalCache {
-    int refCount;
+    unsigned int refCount;
     int numVars;
     Tcl_Obj *varName0;
 } LocalCache;
 
 #define localName(framePtr, i) \
@@ -1227,11 +1227,11 @@
 } CmdFrame;
 
 typedef struct CFWord {
     CmdFrame *framePtr;		/* CmdFrame to access. */
     int word;			/* Index of the word in the command. */
-    int refCount;		/* Number of times the word is on the
+    unsigned int refCount;	/* Number of times the word is on the
 				 * stack. */
 } CFWord;
 
 typedef struct CFWordBC {
     CmdFrame *framePtr;		/* CmdFrame to access. */
@@ -1490,15 +1490,15 @@
     struct LiteralEntry *nextPtr;
 				/* Points to next entry in this hash bucket or
 				 * NULL if end of chain. */
     Tcl_Obj *objPtr;		/* Points to Tcl object that holds the
 				 * literal's bytes and length. */
-    int refCount;		/* If in an interpreter's global literal
+    size_t refCount;		/* If in an interpreter's global literal
 				 * table, the number of ByteCode structures
 				 * that share the literal object; the literal
 				 * entry can be freed when refCount drops to
-				 * 0. If in a local literal table, -1. */
+				 * 0. If in a local literal table, (size_t)-1. */
     Namespace *nsPtr;		/* Namespace in which this literal is used. We
 				 * try to avoid sharing literal non-FQ command
 				 * names among different namespaces to reduce
 				 * shimmering. */
 } LiteralEntry;
@@ -1514,11 +1514,11 @@
 				 * **buckets. */
     int numEntries;		/* Total number of entries present in
 				 * table. */
     int rebuildSize;		/* Enlarge table when numEntries gets to be
 				 * this large. */
-    int mask;			/* Mask value used in hashing function. */
+    unsigned int mask;		/* Mask value used in hashing function. */
 } LiteralTable;
 
 /*
  * The following structure defines for each Tcl interpreter various
  * statistics-related information about the bytecode compiler and
@@ -1632,16 +1632,16 @@
 				 * already (this can happen if deleteProc
 				 * causes the command to be deleted or
 				 * recreated). */
     Namespace *nsPtr;		/* Points to the namespace containing this
 				 * command. */
-    int refCount;		/* 1 if in command hashtable plus 1 for each
+    unsigned int refCount;	/* 1 if in command hashtable plus 1 for each
 				 * reference from a CmdName Tcl object
 				 * representing a command's name in a ByteCode
 				 * instruction sequence. This structure can be
 				 * freed when refCount becomes zero. */
-    size_t cmdEpoch;		/* Incremented to invalidate any references
+    unsigned int cmdEpoch;	/* Incremented to invalidate any references
 				 * that point to this command when it is
 				 * renamed, deleted, hidden, or exposed. */
     CompileProc *compileProc;	/* Procedure called to compile command. NULL
 				 * if no compile proc exists for command. */
     Tcl_ObjCmdProc *objProc;	/* Object-based command procedure. */
@@ -1771,35 +1771,45 @@
  *----------------------------------------------------------------
  */
 
 typedef struct Interp {
     /*
-     * The first two fields were named "result" and "freeProc" in earlier
-     * versions of Tcl.  They are no longer used within Tcl, and are no
-     * longer available to be accessed by extensions.  However, they cannot
-     * be removed.  Why?  There is a deployed base of stub-enabled extensions
-     * that query the value of iPtr->stubTable.  For them to continue to work,
-     * the location of the field "stubTable" within the Interp struct cannot
-     * change.  The most robust way to assure that is to leave all fields up to
-     * that one undisturbed.
+     * Note: the first three fields must match exactly the fields in a
+     * Tcl_Interp struct (see tcl.h). If you change one, be sure to change the
+     * other.
+     *
+     * The interpreter's result is held in both the string and the
+     * objResultPtr fields. These fields hold, respectively, the result's
+     * string or object value. The interpreter's result is always in the
+     * result field if that is non-empty, otherwise it is in objResultPtr.
+     * The two fields are kept consistent unless some C code sets
+     * interp->result directly. Programs should not access result and
+     * objResultPtr directly; instead, they should always get and set the
+     * result using procedures such as Tcl_SetObjResult, Tcl_GetObjResult, and
+     * Tcl_GetStringResult. See the SetResult man page for details.
      */
 
-    const char *legacyResult;
-    void (*legacyFreeProc) (void);
+    char *result;		/* If the last command returned a string
+				 * result, this points to it. Should not be
+				 * accessed directly; see comment above. */
+    Tcl_FreeProc *freeProc;	/* Zero means a string result is statically
+				 * allocated. TCL_DYNAMIC means string result
+				 * was allocated with ckalloc and should be
+				 * freed with ckfree. Other values give
+				 * address of procedure to invoke to free the
+				 * string result. Tcl_Eval must free it before
+				 * executing next command. */
     int errorLine;		/* When TCL_ERROR is returned, this gives the
 				 * line number in the command where the error
 				 * occurred (1 means first line). */
     const struct TclStubs *stubTable;
-				/* Pointer to the exported Tcl stub table.  In
-				 * ancient pre-8.1 versions of Tcl this was a
-				 * pointer to the objResultPtr or a pointer to a
-				 * buckets array in a hash table. Deployed stubs
-				 * enabled extensions check for a NULL pointer value
-				 * and for a TCL_STUBS_MAGIC value to verify they
-				 * are not [load]ing into one of those pre-stubs
-				 * interps.
-				 */
+				/* Pointer to the exported Tcl stub table. On
+				 * previous versions of Tcl this is a pointer
+				 * to the objResultPtr or a pointer to a
+				 * buckets array in a hash table. We therefore
+				 * have to do some careful checking before we
+				 * can use this. */
 
     TclHandle handle;		/* Handle used to keep track of when this
 				 * interp is deleted. */
 
     Namespace *globalNsPtr;	/* The interpreter's global namespace. */
@@ -1814,11 +1824,11 @@
 	void (*optimizer)(void *envPtr);
 	Tcl_HashTable unused2;	/* No longer used (was mathFuncTable). The
 				 * unused space in interp was repurposed for
 				 * pluggable bytecode optimizers. The core
 				 * contains one optimizer, which can be
-				 * selectively overriden by extensions. */
+				 * selectively overridden by extensions. */
     } extra;
 
     /*
      * Information related to procedures and variables. See tclProc.c and
      * tclVar.c for usage.
@@ -1845,10 +1855,29 @@
     CallFrame *rootFramePtr;	/* Global frame pointer for this
 				 * interpreter. */
     Namespace *lookupNsPtr;	/* Namespace to use ONLY on the next
 				 * TCL_EVAL_INVOKE call to Tcl_EvalObjv. */
 
+    /*
+     * Information used by Tcl_AppendResult to keep track of partial results.
+     * See Tcl_AppendResult code for details.
+     */
+
+#if !defined(TCL_NO_DEPRECATED) && TCL_MAJOR_VERSION < 9
+    char *appendResult;		/* Storage space for results generated by
+				 * Tcl_AppendResult. Ckalloc-ed. NULL means
+				 * not yet allocated. */
+    int appendAvl;		/* Total amount of space available at
+				 * partialResult. */
+    int appendUsed;		/* Number of non-null bytes currently stored
+				 * at partialResult. */
+#else
+    char *appendResultDontUse;
+    int appendAvlDontUse;
+    int appendUsedDontUse;
+#endif
+
     /*
      * Information about packages. Used only in tclPkg.c.
      */
 
     Tcl_HashTable packageTable;	/* Describes all of the packages loaded in or
@@ -1867,10 +1896,11 @@
 				 * has been called for this interpreter. */
     int evalFlags;		/* Flags to control next call to Tcl_Eval.
 				 * Normally zero, but may be set before
 				 * calling Tcl_Eval. See below for valid
 				 * values. */
+    int unused1;		/* No longer used (was termOffset) */
     LiteralTable literalTable;	/* Contains LiteralEntry's describing all Tcl
 				 * objects holding literals of scripts
 				 * compiled by the interpreter. Indexed by the
 				 * string representations of literals. Used to
 				 * avoid creating duplicate objects. */
@@ -1904,10 +1934,18 @@
 				 * evaluation stack. */
     Tcl_Obj *emptyObjPtr;	/* Points to an object holding an empty
 				 * string. Returned by Tcl_ObjSetVar2 when
 				 * variable traces change a variable in a
 				 * gross way. */
+#if TCL_MAJOR_VERSION < 9
+# if !defined(TCL_NO_DEPRECATED)
+    char resultSpace[TCL_DSTRING_STATIC_SIZE+1];
+				/* Static space holding small results. */
+# else
+    char resultSpaceDontUse[TCL_DSTRING_STATIC_SIZE+1];
+# endif
+#endif
     Tcl_Obj *objResultPtr;	/* If the last command returned an object
 				 * result, this points to it. Should not be
 				 * accessed directly; see comment above. */
     Tcl_ThreadId threadId;	/* ID of thread that owns the interpreter. */
 
@@ -2213,11 +2251,11 @@
  * RAND_SEED_INITIALIZED: Non-zero means that the randSeed value of the interp
  *			has not be initialized. This is set 1 when we first
  *			use the rand() or srand() functions.
  * SAFE_INTERP:		Non zero means that the current interp is a safe
  *			interp (i.e. it has only the safe commands installed,
- *			less priviledge than a regular interp).
+ *			less privilege than a regular interp).
  * INTERP_DEBUG_FRAME:	Used for switching on various extra interpreter
  *			debug/info mechanisms (e.g. info frame eval/uplevel
  *			tracing) which are performance intensive.
  * INTERP_TRACE_IN_PROGRESS: Non-zero means that an interp trace is currently
  *			active; so no further trace callbacks should be
@@ -2346,19 +2384,19 @@
  * used to hold all element pointers. This is done to make append operations
  * faster.
  */
 
 typedef struct List {
-    int refCount;
+    unsigned int refCount;
     int maxElemCount;		/* Total number of element array slots. */
     int elemCount;		/* Current number of list elements. */
     int canonicalFlag;		/* Set if the string representation was
 				 * derived from the list representation. May
 				 * be ignored if there is no string rep at
 				 * all.*/
     Tcl_Obj *elements;		/* First list element; the struct is grown to
-				 * accomodate all elements. */
+				 * accommodate all elements. */
 } List;
 
 #define LIST_MAX \
 	(1 + (int)(((size_t)UINT_MAX - sizeof(List))/sizeof(Tcl_Obj *)))
 #define LIST_SIZE(numElems) \
@@ -2407,68 +2445,64 @@
 
 #define TCL_EACH_KEEP_NONE  0	/* Discard iteration result like [foreach] */
 #define TCL_EACH_COLLECT    1	/* Collect iteration result like [lmap] */
 
 /*
- * Macros providing a faster path to integers: Tcl_GetLongFromObj,
- * Tcl_GetIntFromObj and TclGetIntForIndex.
+ * Macros providing a faster path to booleans and integers:
+ * Tcl_GetBooleanFromObj, Tcl_GetLongFromObj, Tcl_GetIntFromObj
+ * and TclGetIntForIndex.
  *
  * WARNING: these macros eval their args more than once.
  */
 
-#define TclGetLongFromObj(interp, objPtr, longPtr) \
-    (((objPtr)->typePtr == &tclIntType)	\
-	    ? ((*(longPtr) = (objPtr)->internalRep.longValue), TCL_OK) \
-	    : Tcl_GetLongFromObj((interp), (objPtr), (longPtr)))
-
-#if (LONG_MAX == INT_MAX)
-#define TclGetIntFromObj(interp, objPtr, intPtr) \
-    (((objPtr)->typePtr == &tclIntType)	\
-	    ? ((*(intPtr) = (objPtr)->internalRep.longValue), TCL_OK) \
-	    : Tcl_GetIntFromObj((interp), (objPtr), (intPtr)))
-#define TclGetIntForIndexM(interp, objPtr, endValue, idxPtr) \
-    (((objPtr)->typePtr == &tclIntType)	\
-	    ? ((*(idxPtr) = (objPtr)->internalRep.longValue), TCL_OK) \
-	    : TclGetIntForIndex((interp), (objPtr), (endValue), (idxPtr)))
-#else
-#define TclGetIntFromObj(interp, objPtr, intPtr) \
-    (((objPtr)->typePtr == &tclIntType \
-	    && (objPtr)->internalRep.longValue >= -(Tcl_WideInt)(UINT_MAX) \
-	    && (objPtr)->internalRep.longValue <= (Tcl_WideInt)(UINT_MAX))	\
-	    ? ((*(intPtr) = (objPtr)->internalRep.longValue), TCL_OK) \
-	    : Tcl_GetIntFromObj((interp), (objPtr), (intPtr)))
-#define TclGetIntForIndexM(interp, objPtr, endValue, idxPtr) \
-    (((objPtr)->typePtr == &tclIntType \
-	    && (objPtr)->internalRep.longValue >= INT_MIN \
-	    && (objPtr)->internalRep.longValue <= INT_MAX)	\
-	    ? ((*(idxPtr) = (objPtr)->internalRep.longValue), TCL_OK) \
-	    : TclGetIntForIndex((interp), (objPtr), (endValue), (idxPtr)))
-#endif
+#define TclGetBooleanFromObj(interp, objPtr, boolPtr) \
+    (((objPtr)->typePtr == &tclIntType)			\
+	? (*(boolPtr) = ((objPtr)->internalRep.wideValue!=0), TCL_OK)	\
+	: ((objPtr)->typePtr == &tclBooleanType)			\
+	? (*(boolPtr) = ((objPtr)->internalRep.longValue!=0), TCL_OK)	\
+	: Tcl_GetBooleanFromObj((interp), (objPtr), (boolPtr)))
+
+#ifdef TCL_WIDE_INT_IS_LONG
+#define TclGetLongFromObj(interp, objPtr, longPtr) \
+    (((objPtr)->typePtr == &tclIntType)	\
+	    ? ((*(longPtr) = (objPtr)->internalRep.wideValue), TCL_OK) \
+	    : Tcl_GetLongFromObj((interp), (objPtr), (longPtr)))
+#else
+#define TclGetLongFromObj(interp, objPtr, longPtr) \
+    (((objPtr)->typePtr == &tclIntType \
+	    && (objPtr)->internalRep.wideValue >= -(Tcl_WideInt)(ULONG_MAX) \
+	    && (objPtr)->internalRep.wideValue <= (Tcl_WideInt)(ULONG_MAX))	\
+	    ? ((*(longPtr) = (long)(objPtr)->internalRep.wideValue), TCL_OK) \
+	    : Tcl_GetLongFromObj((interp), (objPtr), (longPtr)))
+#endif
+
+#define TclGetIntFromObj(interp, objPtr, intPtr) \
+    (((objPtr)->typePtr == &tclIntType \
+	    && (objPtr)->internalRep.wideValue >= -(Tcl_WideInt)(UINT_MAX) \
+	    && (objPtr)->internalRep.wideValue <= (Tcl_WideInt)(UINT_MAX))	\
+	    ? ((*(intPtr) = (int)(objPtr)->internalRep.wideValue), TCL_OK) \
+	    : Tcl_GetIntFromObj((interp), (objPtr), (intPtr)))
+#define TclGetIntForIndexM(interp, objPtr, endValue, idxPtr) \
+    (((objPtr)->typePtr == &tclIntType \
+	    && (objPtr)->internalRep.wideValue >= INT_MIN \
+	    && (objPtr)->internalRep.wideValue <= INT_MAX)	\
+	    ? ((*(idxPtr) = (int)(objPtr)->internalRep.wideValue), TCL_OK) \
+	    : TclGetIntForIndex((interp), (objPtr), (endValue), (idxPtr)))
 
 /*
  * Macro used to save a function call for common uses of
  * Tcl_GetWideIntFromObj(). The ANSI C "prototype" is:
  *
  * MODULE_SCOPE int TclGetWideIntFromObj(Tcl_Interp *interp, Tcl_Obj *objPtr,
  *			Tcl_WideInt *wideIntPtr);
  */
 
-#ifdef TCL_WIDE_INT_IS_LONG
 #define TclGetWideIntFromObj(interp, objPtr, wideIntPtr) \
     (((objPtr)->typePtr == &tclIntType)					\
 	? (*(wideIntPtr) = (Tcl_WideInt)				\
-		((objPtr)->internalRep.longValue), TCL_OK) :		\
-	Tcl_GetWideIntFromObj((interp), (objPtr), (wideIntPtr)))
-#else /* !TCL_WIDE_INT_IS_LONG */
-#define TclGetWideIntFromObj(interp, objPtr, wideIntPtr)		\
-    (((objPtr)->typePtr == &tclWideIntType)				\
-	? (*(wideIntPtr) = (objPtr)->internalRep.wideValue, TCL_OK) :	\
-    ((objPtr)->typePtr == &tclIntType)					\
-	? (*(wideIntPtr) = (Tcl_WideInt)				\
-		((objPtr)->internalRep.longValue), TCL_OK) :		\
-	Tcl_GetWideIntFromObj((interp), (objPtr), (wideIntPtr)))
-#endif /* TCL_WIDE_INT_IS_LONG */
+		((objPtr)->internalRep.wideValue), TCL_OK) :		\
+	Tcl_GetWideIntFromObj((interp), (objPtr), (wideIntPtr)))
 
 /*
  * Flag values for TclTraceDictPath().
  *
  * DICT_PATH_READ indicates that all entries on the path must exist but no
@@ -2476,17 +2510,17 @@
  *
  * DICT_PATH_UPDATE indicates that we are going to be doing an update at the
  * tip of the path, so duplication of shared objects should be done along the
  * way.
  *
- * DICT_PATH_EXISTS indicates that we are performing an existance test and a
+ * DICT_PATH_EXISTS indicates that we are performing an existence test and a
  * lookup failure should therefore not be an error. If (and only if) this flag
  * is set, TclTraceDictPath() will return the special value
  * DICT_PATH_NON_EXISTENT if the path is not traceable.
  *
  * DICT_PATH_CREATE (which also requires the DICT_PATH_UPDATE bit to be set)
- * indicates that we are to create non-existant dictionaries on the path.
+ * indicates that we are to create non-existent dictionaries on the path.
  */
 
 #define DICT_PATH_READ		0
 #define DICT_PATH_UPDATE	1
 #define DICT_PATH_EXISTS	2
@@ -2588,11 +2622,11 @@
  *----------------------------------------------------------------
  * Data structures for process-global values.
  *----------------------------------------------------------------
  */
 
-typedef void (TclInitProcessGlobalValueProc)(char **valuePtr, size_t *lengthPtr,
+typedef void (TclInitProcessGlobalValueProc)(char **valuePtr, unsigned int *lengthPtr,
 	Tcl_Encoding *encodingPtr);
 
 /*
  * A ProcessGlobalValue struct exists for each internal value in Tcl that is
  * to be shared among several threads. Each thread sees a (Tcl_Obj) copy of
@@ -2600,13 +2634,13 @@
  * control. Each ProcessGlobalValue struct should be a static variable in some
  * file.
  */
 
 typedef struct ProcessGlobalValue {
-    size_t epoch;		/* Epoch counter to detect changes in the
+    unsigned int epoch;		/* Epoch counter to detect changes in the
 				 * master value. */
-    size_t numBytes;		/* Length of the master string. */
+    unsigned int numBytes;	/* Length of the master string. */
     char *value;		/* The master string value. */
     Tcl_Encoding encoding;	/* system encoding when master string was
 				 * initialized. */
     TclInitProcessGlobalValueProc *proc;
     				/* A procedure to initialize the master string
@@ -2690,13 +2724,10 @@
 MODULE_SCOPE const Tcl_ObjType tclListType;
 MODULE_SCOPE const Tcl_ObjType tclDictType;
 MODULE_SCOPE const Tcl_ObjType tclProcBodyType;
 MODULE_SCOPE const Tcl_ObjType tclStringType;
 MODULE_SCOPE const Tcl_ObjType tclEnsembleCmdType;
-#ifndef TCL_WIDE_INT_IS_LONG
-MODULE_SCOPE const Tcl_ObjType tclWideIntType;
-#endif
 MODULE_SCOPE const Tcl_ObjType tclRegexpType;
 MODULE_SCOPE Tcl_ObjType tclCmdNameType;
 
 /*
  * Variables denoting the hash key types defined in the core.
@@ -2742,10 +2773,11 @@
 MODULE_SCOPE Tcl_ObjCmdProc TclNRExprObjCmd;
 MODULE_SCOPE Tcl_ObjCmdProc TclNRForObjCmd;
 MODULE_SCOPE Tcl_ObjCmdProc TclNRForeachCmd;
 MODULE_SCOPE Tcl_ObjCmdProc TclNRIfObjCmd;
 MODULE_SCOPE Tcl_ObjCmdProc TclNRLmapCmd;
+MODULE_SCOPE Tcl_ObjCmdProc TclNRPackageObjCmd;
 MODULE_SCOPE Tcl_ObjCmdProc TclNRSourceObjCmd;
 MODULE_SCOPE Tcl_ObjCmdProc TclNRSubstObjCmd;
 MODULE_SCOPE Tcl_ObjCmdProc TclNRSwitchObjCmd;
 MODULE_SCOPE Tcl_ObjCmdProc TclNRTryObjCmd;
 MODULE_SCOPE Tcl_ObjCmdProc TclNRUplevelObjCmd;
@@ -2864,29 +2896,46 @@
 			    int strLen, const unsigned char *pattern,
 			    int ptnLen, int flags);
 MODULE_SCOPE double	TclCeil(const mp_int *a);
 MODULE_SCOPE void	TclChannelPreserve(Tcl_Channel chan);
 MODULE_SCOPE void	TclChannelRelease(Tcl_Channel chan);
+MODULE_SCOPE int	TclCheckBadOctal(Tcl_Interp *interp,
+			    const char *value);
 MODULE_SCOPE int	TclChanCaughtErrorBypass(Tcl_Interp *interp,
 			    Tcl_Channel chan);
 MODULE_SCOPE Tcl_ObjCmdProc TclChannelNamesCmd;
 MODULE_SCOPE Tcl_NRPostProc TclClearRootEnsemble;
+MODULE_SCOPE int	TclCompareTwoNumbers(Tcl_Obj *valuePtr,
+			    Tcl_Obj *value2Ptr);
 MODULE_SCOPE ContLineLoc *TclContinuationsEnter(Tcl_Obj *objPtr, int num,
 			    int *loc);
 MODULE_SCOPE void	TclContinuationsEnterDerived(Tcl_Obj *objPtr,
 			    int start, int *clNext);
 MODULE_SCOPE ContLineLoc *TclContinuationsGet(Tcl_Obj *objPtr);
 MODULE_SCOPE void	TclContinuationsCopy(Tcl_Obj *objPtr,
 			    Tcl_Obj *originObjPtr);
 MODULE_SCOPE int	TclConvertElement(const char *src, int length,
 			    char *dst, int flags);
+MODULE_SCOPE Tcl_Command TclCreateObjCommandInNs (
+			    Tcl_Interp *interp,
+			    const char *cmdName,
+			    Tcl_Namespace *nsPtr,
+			    Tcl_ObjCmdProc *proc,
+			    ClientData clientData,
+			    Tcl_CmdDeleteProc *deleteProc);
+MODULE_SCOPE Tcl_Command TclCreateEnsembleInNs(
+			    Tcl_Interp *interp,
+			    const char *name,
+			    Tcl_Namespace *nameNamespacePtr,
+			    Tcl_Namespace *ensembleNamespacePtr,
+			    int flags);
 MODULE_SCOPE void	TclDeleteNamespaceVars(Namespace *nsPtr);
 MODULE_SCOPE int	TclFindDictElement(Tcl_Interp *interp,
 			    const char *dict, int dictLength,
 			    const char **elementPtr, const char **nextPtr,
 			    int *sizePtr, int *literalPtr);
-/* TIP #280 - Modified token based evulation, with line information. */
+/* TIP #280 - Modified token based evaluation, with line information. */
 MODULE_SCOPE int	TclEvalEx(Tcl_Interp *interp, const char *script,
 			    int numBytes, int flags, int line,
 			    int *clNextOuter, const char *outerScript);
 MODULE_SCOPE Tcl_ObjCmdProc TclFileAttrsCmd;
 MODULE_SCOPE Tcl_ObjCmdProc TclFileCopyCmd;
@@ -2905,10 +2954,12 @@
 MODULE_SCOPE char *	TclDStringAppendDString(Tcl_DString *dsPtr,
 			    Tcl_DString *toAppendPtr);
 MODULE_SCOPE Tcl_Obj *	TclDStringToObj(Tcl_DString *dsPtr);
 MODULE_SCOPE Tcl_Obj *const *	TclFetchEnsembleRoot(Tcl_Interp *interp,
 			    Tcl_Obj *const *objv, int objc, int *objcPtr);
+MODULE_SCOPE Tcl_Namespace * 	TclEnsureNamespace(Tcl_Interp *interp,
+			    Tcl_Namespace *namespacePtr);
 MODULE_SCOPE void	TclFinalizeAllocSubsystem(void);
 MODULE_SCOPE void	TclFinalizeAsync(void);
 MODULE_SCOPE void	TclFinalizeDoubleConversion(void);
 MODULE_SCOPE void	TclFinalizeEncodingSubsystem(void);
 MODULE_SCOPE void	TclFinalizeEnvironment(void);
@@ -2931,10 +2982,19 @@
 MODULE_SCOPE void	TclFinalizeThreadObjects(void);
 MODULE_SCOPE double	TclFloor(const mp_int *a);
 MODULE_SCOPE void	TclFormatNaN(double value, char *buffer);
 MODULE_SCOPE int	TclFSFileAttrIndex(Tcl_Obj *pathPtr,
 			    const char *attributeName, int *indexPtr);
+MODULE_SCOPE Tcl_Command TclNRCreateCommandInNs (
+			    Tcl_Interp *interp,
+			    const char *cmdName,
+			    Tcl_Namespace *nsPtr,
+			    Tcl_ObjCmdProc *proc,
+			    Tcl_ObjCmdProc *nreProc,
+			    ClientData clientData,
+			    Tcl_CmdDeleteProc *deleteProc);
+
 MODULE_SCOPE int	TclNREvalFile(Tcl_Interp *interp, Tcl_Obj *pathPtr,
 			    const char *encodingName);
 MODULE_SCOPE void	TclFSUnloadTempFile(Tcl_LoadHandle loadHandle);
 MODULE_SCOPE int *	TclGetAsyncReadyPtr(void);
 MODULE_SCOPE Tcl_Obj *	TclGetBgErrorHandler(Tcl_Interp *interp);
@@ -3057,11 +3117,11 @@
 MODULE_SCOPE int	TclpThreadCreate(Tcl_ThreadId *idPtr,
 			    Tcl_ThreadCreateProc *proc, ClientData clientData,
 			    int stackSize, int flags);
 MODULE_SCOPE int	TclpFindVariable(const char *name, int *lengthPtr);
 MODULE_SCOPE void	TclpInitLibraryPath(char **valuePtr,
-			    size_t *lengthPtr, Tcl_Encoding *encodingPtr);
+			    unsigned int *lengthPtr, Tcl_Encoding *encodingPtr);
 MODULE_SCOPE void	TclpInitLock(void);
 MODULE_SCOPE void	TclpInitPlatform(void);
 MODULE_SCOPE void	TclpInitUnlock(void);
 MODULE_SCOPE Tcl_Obj *	TclpObjListVolumes(void);
 MODULE_SCOPE void	TclpMasterLock(void);
@@ -3091,11 +3151,10 @@
 MODULE_SCOPE void *TclInitPkgFiles(Tcl_Interp *interp);
 MODULE_SCOPE Tcl_Obj *	TclPathPart(Tcl_Interp *interp, Tcl_Obj *pathPtr,
 			    Tcl_PathPart portion);
 MODULE_SCOPE char *	TclpReadlink(const char *fileName,
 			    Tcl_DString *linkPtr);
-MODULE_SCOPE void	TclpSetInterfaces(void);
 MODULE_SCOPE void	TclpSetVariables(Tcl_Interp *interp);
 MODULE_SCOPE void *	TclThreadStorageKeyGet(Tcl_ThreadDataKey *keyPtr);
 MODULE_SCOPE void	TclThreadStorageKeySet(Tcl_ThreadDataKey *keyPtr,
 			    void *data);
 MODULE_SCOPE TCL_NORETURN void TclpThreadExit(int status);
@@ -3105,11 +3164,11 @@
 MODULE_SCOPE void	TclRemoveScriptLimitCallbacks(Tcl_Interp *interp);
 MODULE_SCOPE int	TclReToGlob(Tcl_Interp *interp, const char *reStr,
 			    int reStrLen, Tcl_DString *dsPtr, int *flagsPtr,
 			    int *quantifiersFoundPtr);
 MODULE_SCOPE int	TclScanElement(const char *string, int length,
-			    int *flagPtr);
+			    char *flagPtr);
 MODULE_SCOPE void	TclSetBgErrorHandler(Tcl_Interp *interp,
 			    Tcl_Obj *cmdPrefix);
 MODULE_SCOPE void	TclSetBignumIntRep(Tcl_Obj *objPtr,
 			    mp_int *bignumValue);
 MODULE_SCOPE int	TclSetBooleanFromAny(Tcl_Interp *interp, Tcl_Obj *objPtr);
@@ -3122,24 +3181,14 @@
 MODULE_SCOPE void	TclSpellFix(Tcl_Interp *interp,
 			    Tcl_Obj *const *objv, int objc, int subIdx,
 			    Tcl_Obj *bad, Tcl_Obj *fix);
 MODULE_SCOPE void *	TclStackRealloc(Tcl_Interp *interp, void *ptr,
 			    int numBytes);
-MODULE_SCOPE int	TclStringCatObjv(Tcl_Interp *interp, int inPlace,
-			    int objc, Tcl_Obj *const objv[],
-			    Tcl_Obj **objPtrPtr);
-MODULE_SCOPE int	TclStringFind(Tcl_Obj *needle, Tcl_Obj *haystack,
-			    int start);
-MODULE_SCOPE int	TclStringLast(Tcl_Obj *needle, Tcl_Obj *haystack,
-			    int last);
 MODULE_SCOPE int	TclStringMatch(const char *str, int strLen,
 			    const char *pattern, int ptnLen, int flags);
 MODULE_SCOPE int	TclStringMatchObj(Tcl_Obj *stringObj,
 			    Tcl_Obj *patternObj, int flags);
-MODULE_SCOPE Tcl_Obj *	TclStringObjReverse(Tcl_Obj *objPtr);
-MODULE_SCOPE int	TclStringRepeat(Tcl_Interp *interp, Tcl_Obj *objPtr,
-			    int count, Tcl_Obj **objPtrPtr);
 MODULE_SCOPE void	TclSubstCompile(Tcl_Interp *interp, const char *bytes,
 			    int numBytes, int flags, int line,
 			    struct CompileEnv *envPtr);
 MODULE_SCOPE int	TclSubstOptions(Tcl_Interp *interp, int numOpts,
 			    Tcl_Obj *const opts[], int *flagPtr);
@@ -3147,14 +3196,17 @@
 			    int numBytes, int flags, Tcl_Parse *parsePtr,
 			    Tcl_InterpState *statePtr);
 MODULE_SCOPE int	TclSubstTokens(Tcl_Interp *interp, Tcl_Token *tokenPtr,
 			    int count, int *tokensLeftPtr, int line,
 			    int *clNextOuter, const char *outerScript);
+MODULE_SCOPE int	TclTrim(const char *bytes, int numBytes,
+			    const char *trim, int numTrim, int *trimRight);
 MODULE_SCOPE int	TclTrimLeft(const char *bytes, int numBytes,
 			    const char *trim, int numTrim);
 MODULE_SCOPE int	TclTrimRight(const char *bytes, int numBytes,
 			    const char *trim, int numTrim);
+MODULE_SCOPE int	TclUtfCmp(const char *cs, const char *ct);
 MODULE_SCOPE int	TclUtfCasecmp(const char *cs, const char *ct);
 MODULE_SCOPE int	TclUtfCount(int ch);
 MODULE_SCOPE Tcl_Obj *	TclpNativeToNormalized(ClientData clientData);
 MODULE_SCOPE Tcl_Obj *	TclpFilesystemPathType(Tcl_Obj *pathPtr);
 MODULE_SCOPE int	TclpDlopen(Tcl_Interp *interp, Tcl_Obj *pathPtr,
@@ -3200,11 +3252,11 @@
 MODULE_SCOPE Tcl_Command TclInitArrayCmd(Tcl_Interp *interp);
 MODULE_SCOPE Tcl_Command TclInitBinaryCmd(Tcl_Interp *interp);
 MODULE_SCOPE int	Tcl_BreakObjCmd(ClientData clientData,
 			    Tcl_Interp *interp, int objc,
 			    Tcl_Obj *const objv[]);
-#ifndef TCL_NO_DEPRECATED
+#if !defined(TCL_NO_DEPRECATED) && TCL_MAJOR_VERSION < 9
 MODULE_SCOPE int	Tcl_CaseObjCmd(ClientData clientData,
 			    Tcl_Interp *interp, int objc,
 			    Tcl_Obj *const objv[]);
 #endif
 MODULE_SCOPE int	Tcl_CatchObjCmd(ClientData clientData,
@@ -3939,10 +3991,33 @@
 
 MODULE_SCOPE int	TclCompileAssembleCmd(Tcl_Interp *interp,
 			    Tcl_Parse *parsePtr, Command *cmdPtr,
 			    struct CompileEnv *envPtr);
 
+/*
+ * Routines that provide the [string] ensemble functionality. Possible
+ * candidates for public interface.
+ */
+
+MODULE_SCOPE Tcl_Obj *	TclStringCat(Tcl_Interp *interp, int objc,
+			    Tcl_Obj *const objv[], int flags);
+MODULE_SCOPE int	TclStringFirst(Tcl_Obj *needle, Tcl_Obj *haystack,
+			    int start);
+MODULE_SCOPE int	TclStringLast(Tcl_Obj *needle, Tcl_Obj *haystack,
+			    int last);
+MODULE_SCOPE Tcl_Obj *	TclStringRepeat(Tcl_Interp *interp, Tcl_Obj *objPtr,
+			    int count, int flags);
+MODULE_SCOPE Tcl_Obj *	TclStringReplace(Tcl_Interp *interp, Tcl_Obj *objPtr,
+			    int first, int count, Tcl_Obj *insertPtr,
+			    int flags);
+MODULE_SCOPE Tcl_Obj *	TclStringReverse(Tcl_Obj *objPtr, int flags);
+
+/* Flag values for the [string] ensemble functions. */
+
+#define TCL_STRING_MATCH_NOCASE TCL_MATCH_NOCASE /* (1<<0) in tcl.h */
+#define TCL_STRING_IN_PLACE (1<<1)
+
 /*
  * Functions defined in generic/tclVar.c and currently exported only for use
  * by the bytecode compiler and engine. Some of these could later be placed in
  * the public interface.
  */
@@ -3994,10 +4069,49 @@
 MODULE_SCOPE void	TclFreeObjEntry(Tcl_HashEntry *hPtr);
 MODULE_SCOPE TCL_HASH_TYPE TclHashObjKey(Tcl_HashTable *tablePtr, void *keyPtr);
 
 MODULE_SCOPE int	TclFullFinalizationRequested(void);
 
+/*
+ * TIP #462.
+ */
+
+/*
+ * The following enum values give the status of a spawned process.
+ */
+
+typedef enum TclProcessWaitStatus {
+    TCL_PROCESS_ERROR = -1,	/* Error waiting for process to exit */
+    TCL_PROCESS_UNCHANGED = 0,	/* No change since the last call. */
+    TCL_PROCESS_EXITED = 1,	/* Process has exited. */
+    TCL_PROCESS_SIGNALED = 2,	/* Child killed because of a signal. */
+    TCL_PROCESS_STOPPED = 3,	/* Child suspended because of a signal. */
+    TCL_PROCESS_UNKNOWN_STATUS = 4 
+				/* Child wait status didn't make sense. */
+} TclProcessWaitStatus;
+
+MODULE_SCOPE Tcl_Command TclInitProcessCmd(Tcl_Interp *interp);
+MODULE_SCOPE void	TclProcessCreated(Tcl_Pid pid);
+MODULE_SCOPE TclProcessWaitStatus TclProcessWait(Tcl_Pid pid, int options,
+			    int *codePtr, Tcl_Obj **msgObjPtr,
+			    Tcl_Obj **errorObjPtr);
+
+/*
+ * Utility routines for encoding index values as integers. Used by both
+ * some of the command compilers and by [lsort] and [lsearch].
+ */
+
+MODULE_SCOPE int	TclIndexEncode(Tcl_Interp *interp, Tcl_Obj *objPtr,
+			    int before, int after, int *indexPtr);
+MODULE_SCOPE int	TclIndexDecode(int encoded, int endValue);
+
+/* Constants used in index value encoding routines. */
+#define TCL_INDEX_END           (-2)
+#define TCL_INDEX_BEFORE        (-1)
+#define TCL_INDEX_START         (0)
+#define TCL_INDEX_AFTER         (INT_MAX)
+
 /*
  *----------------------------------------------------------------
  * Macros used by the Tcl core to create and release Tcl objects.
  * TclNewObj(objPtr) creates a new object denoting an empty string.
  * TclDecrRefCount(objPtr) decrements the object's reference count, and frees
@@ -4378,11 +4492,11 @@
  * MODULE_SCOPE int	TclUtfToUniChar(const char *string, Tcl_UniChar *ch);
  *----------------------------------------------------------------
  */
 
 #define TclUtfToUniChar(str, chPtr) \
-	((((unsigned char) *(str)) < 0xC0) ?		\
+	((((unsigned char) *(str)) < 0x80) ?		\
 	    ((*(chPtr) = (unsigned char) *(str)), 1)	\
 	    : Tcl_UtfToUniChar(str, chPtr))
 
 /*
  *----------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -4503,34 +4617,23 @@
  * Macros used by the Tcl core to set a Tcl_Obj's numeric representation
  * avoiding the corresponding function calls in time critical parts of the
  * core. They should only be called on unshared objects. The ANSI C
  * "prototypes" for these macros are:
  *
- * MODULE_SCOPE void	TclSetLongObj(Tcl_Obj *objPtr, long longValue);
- * MODULE_SCOPE void	TclSetWideIntObj(Tcl_Obj *objPtr, Tcl_WideInt w);
+ * MODULE_SCOPE void	TclSetIntObj(Tcl_Obj *objPtr, Tcl_WideInt w);
  * MODULE_SCOPE void	TclSetDoubleObj(Tcl_Obj *objPtr, double d);
  *----------------------------------------------------------------
  */
 
-#define TclSetLongObj(objPtr, i) \
+#define TclSetIntObj(objPtr, i) \
     do {						\
 	TclInvalidateStringRep(objPtr);			\
 	TclFreeIntRep(objPtr);				\
-	(objPtr)->internalRep.longValue = (long)(i);	\
+	(objPtr)->internalRep.wideValue = (Tcl_WideInt)(i);	\
 	(objPtr)->typePtr = &tclIntType;		\
     } while (0)
 
-#ifndef TCL_WIDE_INT_IS_LONG
-#define TclSetWideIntObj(objPtr, w) \
-    do {							\
-	TclInvalidateStringRep(objPtr);				\
-	TclFreeIntRep(objPtr);					\
-	(objPtr)->internalRep.wideValue = (Tcl_WideInt)(w);	\
-	(objPtr)->typePtr = &tclWideIntType;			\
-    } while (0)
-#endif
-
 #define TclSetDoubleObj(objPtr, d) \
     do {							\
 	TclInvalidateStringRep(objPtr);				\
 	TclFreeIntRep(objPtr);					\
 	(objPtr)->internalRep.doubleValue = (double)(d);	\
@@ -4541,27 +4644,26 @@
  *----------------------------------------------------------------
  * Macros used by the Tcl core to create and initialise objects of standard
  * types, avoiding the corresponding function calls in time critical parts of
  * the core. The ANSI C "prototypes" for these macros are:
  *
- * MODULE_SCOPE void	TclNewLongObj(Tcl_Obj *objPtr, long l);
- * MODULE_SCOPE void	TclNewWideObj(Tcl_Obj *objPtr, Tcl_WideInt w);
+ * MODULE_SCOPE void	TclNewIntObj(Tcl_Obj *objPtr, Tcl_WideInt w);
  * MODULE_SCOPE void	TclNewDoubleObj(Tcl_Obj *objPtr, double d);
  * MODULE_SCOPE void	TclNewStringObj(Tcl_Obj *objPtr, const char *s, int len);
  * MODULE_SCOPE void	TclNewLiteralStringObj(Tcl_Obj*objPtr, const char *sLiteral);
  *
  *----------------------------------------------------------------
  */
 
 #ifndef TCL_MEM_DEBUG
-#define TclNewLongObj(objPtr, i) \
+#define TclNewIntObj(objPtr, i) \
     do {						\
 	TclIncrObjsAllocated();				\
 	TclAllocObjStorage(objPtr);			\
 	(objPtr)->refCount = 0;				\
 	(objPtr)->bytes = NULL;				\
-	(objPtr)->internalRep.longValue = (long)(i);	\
+	(objPtr)->internalRep.wideValue = (Tcl_WideInt)(i);	\
 	(objPtr)->typePtr = &tclIntType;		\
 	TCL_DTRACE_OBJ_CREATE(objPtr);			\
     } while (0)
 
 #define TclNewDoubleObj(objPtr, d) \
@@ -4584,12 +4686,12 @@
 	(objPtr)->typePtr = NULL;				\
 	TCL_DTRACE_OBJ_CREATE(objPtr);				\
     } while (0)
 
 #else /* TCL_MEM_DEBUG */
-#define TclNewLongObj(objPtr, l) \
-    (objPtr) = Tcl_NewLongObj(l)
+#define TclNewIntObj(objPtr, w) \
+    (objPtr) = Tcl_NewWideIntObj(w)
 
 #define TclNewDoubleObj(objPtr, d) \
     (objPtr) = Tcl_NewDoubleObj(d)
 
 #define TclNewStringObj(objPtr, s, len) \

Index: generic/tclIntDecls.h
==================================================================
--- generic/tclIntDecls.h
+++ generic/tclIntDecls.h
@@ -26,25 +26,25 @@
 #   else
 #      define TCL_STORAGE_CLASS DLLIMPORT
 #   endif
 #endif
 
-/* [Bug #803489] Tcl_FindNamespace problem in the Stubs table */
-#undef Tcl_CreateNamespace
-#undef Tcl_DeleteNamespace
-#undef Tcl_AppendExportList
-#undef Tcl_Export
-#undef Tcl_Import
-#undef Tcl_ForgetImport
-#undef Tcl_GetCurrentNamespace
-#undef Tcl_GetGlobalNamespace
-#undef Tcl_FindNamespace
-#undef Tcl_FindCommand
-#undef Tcl_GetCommandFromObj
-#undef Tcl_GetCommandFullName
-#undef Tcl_SetStartupScript
-#undef Tcl_GetStartupScript
+#if !defined(TCL_NO_DEPRECATED) && (TCL_MAJOR_VERSION < 9)
+/* Those macro's are especially for Itcl 3.4 compatibility */
+#   define tclCreateNamespace tcl_CreateNamespace
+#   define tclDeleteNamespace tcl_DeleteNamespace
+#   define tclAppendExportList tcl_AppendExportList
+#   define tclExport tcl_Export
+#   define tclImport tcl_Import
+#   define tclForgetImport tcl_ForgetImport
+#   define tclGetCurrentNamespace_ tcl_GetCurrentNamespace
+#   define tclGetGlobalNamespace_ tcl_GetGlobalNamespace
+#   define tclFindNamespace tcl_FindNamespace
+#   define tclFindCommand tcl_FindCommand
+#   define tclGetCommandFromObj tcl_GetCommandFromObj
+#   define tclGetCommandFullName tcl_GetCommandFullName
+#endif /* !defined(TCL_NO_DEPRECATED) */
 
 /*
  * WARNING: This file is automatically generated by the tools/genStubs.tcl
  * script.  Any modifications to the function declarations below should be made
  * in the generic/tclInt.decls script.
@@ -73,11 +73,12 @@
 EXTERN void		TclCleanupCommand(Command *cmdPtr);
 /* 7 */
 EXTERN int		TclCopyAndCollapse(int count, const char *src,
 				char *dst);
 /* 8 */
-EXTERN int		TclCopyChannelOld(Tcl_Interp *interp,
+TCL_DEPRECATED("")
+int			TclCopyChannelOld(Tcl_Interp *interp,
 				Tcl_Channel inChan, Tcl_Channel outChan,
 				int toRead, Tcl_Obj *cmdPtr);
 /* 9 */
 EXTERN int		TclCreatePipeline(Tcl_Interp *interp, int argc,
 				const char **argv, Tcl_Pid **pidArrayPtr,
@@ -111,11 +112,11 @@
 				const char **nextPtr, int *sizePtr,
 				int *bracePtr);
 /* 23 */
 EXTERN Proc *		TclFindProc(Interp *iPtr, const char *procName);
 /* 24 */
-EXTERN int		TclFormatInt(char *buffer, long n);
+EXTERN int		TclFormatInt(char *buffer, Tcl_WideInt n);
 /* 25 */
 EXTERN void		TclFreePackageInfo(Interp *iPtr);
 /* Slot 26 is reserved */
 /* Slot 27 is reserved */
 /* 28 */
@@ -171,11 +172,11 @@
 EXTERN int		TclInterpInit(Tcl_Interp *interp);
 /* Slot 52 is reserved */
 /* 53 */
 EXTERN int		TclInvokeObjectCommand(ClientData clientData,
 				Tcl_Interp *interp, int argc,
-				CONST84 char **argv);
+				const char **argv);
 /* 54 */
 EXTERN int		TclInvokeStringCommand(ClientData clientData,
 				Tcl_Interp *interp, int objc,
 				Tcl_Obj *const objv[]);
 /* 55 */
@@ -216,11 +217,12 @@
 /* 75 */
 EXTERN unsigned long	TclpGetClicks(void);
 /* 76 */
 EXTERN unsigned long	TclpGetSeconds(void);
 /* 77 */
-EXTERN void		TclpGetTime(Tcl_Time *time);
+TCL_DEPRECATED("")
+void			TclpGetTime(Tcl_Time *time);
 /* Slot 78 is reserved */
 /* Slot 79 is reserved */
 /* Slot 80 is reserved */
 /* 81 */
 EXTERN char *		TclpRealloc(char *ptr, unsigned int size);
@@ -229,11 +231,12 @@
 /* Slot 84 is reserved */
 /* Slot 85 is reserved */
 /* Slot 86 is reserved */
 /* Slot 87 is reserved */
 /* 88 */
-EXTERN char *		TclPrecTraceProc(ClientData clientData,
+TCL_DEPRECATED("")
+char *			TclPrecTraceProc(ClientData clientData,
 				Tcl_Interp *interp, const char *name1,
 				const char *name2, int flags);
 /* 89 */
 EXTERN int		TclPreventAliasLoop(Tcl_Interp *interp,
 				Tcl_Interp *cmdInterp, Tcl_Command cmd);
@@ -265,11 +268,12 @@
 EXTERN void		TclSetupEnv(Tcl_Interp *interp);
 /* 103 */
 EXTERN int		TclSockGetPort(Tcl_Interp *interp, const char *str,
 				const char *proto, int *portPtr);
 /* 104 */
-EXTERN int		TclSockMinimumBuffersOld(int sock, int size);
+TCL_DEPRECATED("")
+int			TclSockMinimumBuffersOld(int sock, int size);
 /* Slot 105 is reserved */
 /* Slot 106 is reserved */
 /* Slot 107 is reserved */
 /* 108 */
 EXTERN void		TclTeardownNamespace(Namespace *nsPtr);
@@ -282,26 +286,26 @@
 				const char *name,
 				Tcl_ResolveCmdProc *cmdProc,
 				Tcl_ResolveVarProc *varProc,
 				Tcl_ResolveCompiledVarProc *compiledVarProc);
 /* 112 */
-EXTERN int		Tcl_AppendExportList(Tcl_Interp *interp,
+EXTERN int		TclAppendExportList(Tcl_Interp *interp,
 				Tcl_Namespace *nsPtr, Tcl_Obj *objPtr);
 /* 113 */
-EXTERN Tcl_Namespace *	Tcl_CreateNamespace(Tcl_Interp *interp,
+EXTERN Tcl_Namespace *	TclCreateNamespace(Tcl_Interp *interp,
 				const char *name, ClientData clientData,
 				Tcl_NamespaceDeleteProc *deleteProc);
 /* 114 */
-EXTERN void		Tcl_DeleteNamespace(Tcl_Namespace *nsPtr);
+EXTERN void		TclDeleteNamespace(Tcl_Namespace *nsPtr);
 /* 115 */
-EXTERN int		Tcl_Export(Tcl_Interp *interp, Tcl_Namespace *nsPtr,
+EXTERN int		TclExport(Tcl_Interp *interp, Tcl_Namespace *nsPtr,
 				const char *pattern, int resetListFirst);
 /* 116 */
-EXTERN Tcl_Command	Tcl_FindCommand(Tcl_Interp *interp, const char *name,
+EXTERN Tcl_Command	TclFindCommand(Tcl_Interp *interp, const char *name,
 				Tcl_Namespace *contextNsPtr, int flags);
 /* 117 */
-EXTERN Tcl_Namespace *	Tcl_FindNamespace(Tcl_Interp *interp,
+EXTERN Tcl_Namespace *	TclFindNamespace(Tcl_Interp *interp,
 				const char *name,
 				Tcl_Namespace *contextNsPtr, int flags);
 /* 118 */
 EXTERN int		Tcl_GetInterpResolvers(Tcl_Interp *interp,
 				const char *name, Tcl_ResolverInfo *resInfo);
@@ -312,27 +316,27 @@
 /* 120 */
 EXTERN Tcl_Var		Tcl_FindNamespaceVar(Tcl_Interp *interp,
 				const char *name,
 				Tcl_Namespace *contextNsPtr, int flags);
 /* 121 */
-EXTERN int		Tcl_ForgetImport(Tcl_Interp *interp,
+EXTERN int		TclForgetImport(Tcl_Interp *interp,
 				Tcl_Namespace *nsPtr, const char *pattern);
 /* 122 */
-EXTERN Tcl_Command	Tcl_GetCommandFromObj(Tcl_Interp *interp,
+EXTERN Tcl_Command	TclGetCommandFromObj(Tcl_Interp *interp,
 				Tcl_Obj *objPtr);
 /* 123 */
-EXTERN void		Tcl_GetCommandFullName(Tcl_Interp *interp,
+EXTERN void		TclGetCommandFullName(Tcl_Interp *interp,
 				Tcl_Command command, Tcl_Obj *objPtr);
 /* 124 */
-EXTERN Tcl_Namespace *	Tcl_GetCurrentNamespace(Tcl_Interp *interp);
+EXTERN Tcl_Namespace *	TclGetCurrentNamespace_(Tcl_Interp *interp);
 /* 125 */
-EXTERN Tcl_Namespace *	Tcl_GetGlobalNamespace(Tcl_Interp *interp);
+EXTERN Tcl_Namespace *	TclGetGlobalNamespace_(Tcl_Interp *interp);
 /* 126 */
 EXTERN void		Tcl_GetVariableFullName(Tcl_Interp *interp,
 				Tcl_Var variable, Tcl_Obj *objPtr);
 /* 127 */
-EXTERN int		Tcl_Import(Tcl_Interp *interp, Tcl_Namespace *nsPtr,
+EXTERN int		TclImport(Tcl_Interp *interp, Tcl_Namespace *nsPtr,
 				const char *pattern, int allowOverwrite);
 /* 128 */
 EXTERN void		Tcl_PopCallFrame(Tcl_Interp *interp);
 /* 129 */
 EXTERN int		Tcl_PushCallFrame(Tcl_Interp *interp,
@@ -348,23 +352,22 @@
 				Tcl_ResolveVarProc *varProc,
 				Tcl_ResolveCompiledVarProc *compiledVarProc);
 /* 132 */
 EXTERN int		TclpHasSockets(Tcl_Interp *interp);
 /* 133 */
-EXTERN struct tm *	TclpGetDate(const time_t *time, int useGMT);
+TCL_DEPRECATED("")
+struct tm *		TclpGetDate(const time_t *time, int useGMT);
 /* Slot 134 is reserved */
 /* Slot 135 is reserved */
 /* Slot 136 is reserved */
 /* Slot 137 is reserved */
 /* 138 */
-EXTERN CONST84_RETURN char * TclGetEnv(const char *name,
-				Tcl_DString *valuePtr);
+EXTERN const char *	TclGetEnv(const char *name, Tcl_DString *valuePtr);
 /* Slot 139 is reserved */
 /* Slot 140 is reserved */
 /* 141 */
-EXTERN CONST84_RETURN char * TclpGetCwd(Tcl_Interp *interp,
-				Tcl_DString *cwdPtr);
+EXTERN const char *	TclpGetCwd(Tcl_Interp *interp, Tcl_DString *cwdPtr);
 /* 142 */
 EXTERN int		TclSetByteCodeFromAny(Tcl_Interp *interp,
 				Tcl_Obj *objPtr, CompileHookProc *hookProc,
 				ClientData clientData);
 /* 143 */
@@ -399,13 +402,15 @@
 				int status);
 /* 157 */
 EXTERN Var *		TclVarTraceExists(Tcl_Interp *interp,
 				const char *varName);
 /* 158 */
-EXTERN void		TclSetStartupScriptFileName(const char *filename);
+TCL_DEPRECATED("use public Tcl_SetStartupScript()")
+void			TclSetStartupScriptFileName(const char *filename);
 /* 159 */
-EXTERN const char *	TclGetStartupScriptFileName(void);
+TCL_DEPRECATED("use public Tcl_GetStartupScript()")
+const char *		TclGetStartupScriptFileName(void);
 /* Slot 160 is reserved */
 /* 161 */
 EXTERN int		TclChannelTransform(Tcl_Interp *interp,
 				Tcl_Channel chan, Tcl_Obj *cmdObjPtr);
 /* 162 */
@@ -420,13 +425,15 @@
 /* 166 */
 EXTERN int		TclListObjSetElement(Tcl_Interp *interp,
 				Tcl_Obj *listPtr, int index,
 				Tcl_Obj *valuePtr);
 /* 167 */
-EXTERN void		TclSetStartupScriptPath(Tcl_Obj *pathPtr);
+TCL_DEPRECATED("use public Tcl_SetStartupScript()")
+void			TclSetStartupScriptPath(Tcl_Obj *pathPtr);
 /* 168 */
-EXTERN Tcl_Obj *	TclGetStartupScriptPath(void);
+TCL_DEPRECATED("use public Tcl_GetStartupScript()")
+Tcl_Obj *		TclGetStartupScriptPath(void);
 /* 169 */
 EXTERN int		TclpUtfNcmp2(const char *s1, const char *s2,
 				unsigned long n);
 /* 170 */
 EXTERN int		TclCheckInterpTraces(Tcl_Interp *interp,
@@ -455,20 +462,22 @@
 /* 177 */
 EXTERN void		TclVarErrMsg(Tcl_Interp *interp, const char *part1,
 				const char *part2, const char *operation,
 				const char *reason);
 /* 178 */
-EXTERN void		Tcl_SetStartupScript(Tcl_Obj *pathPtr,
+EXTERN void		TclSetStartupScript(Tcl_Obj *pathPtr,
 				const char *encodingName);
 /* 179 */
-EXTERN Tcl_Obj *	Tcl_GetStartupScript(const char **encodingNamePtr);
+EXTERN Tcl_Obj *	TclGetStartupScript(const char **encodingNamePtr);
 /* Slot 180 is reserved */
 /* Slot 181 is reserved */
 /* 182 */
-EXTERN struct tm *	TclpLocaltime(const time_t *clock);
+TCL_DEPRECATED("")
+struct tm *		TclpLocaltime(const time_t *clock);
 /* 183 */
-EXTERN struct tm *	TclpGmtime(const time_t *clock);
+TCL_DEPRECATED("")
+struct tm *		TclpGmtime(const time_t *clock);
 /* Slot 184 is reserved */
 /* Slot 185 is reserved */
 /* Slot 186 is reserved */
 /* Slot 187 is reserved */
 /* Slot 188 is reserved */
@@ -568,11 +577,12 @@
 				const char *key, int *newPtr);
 /* 235 */
 EXTERN void		TclInitVarHashTable(TclVarHashTable *tablePtr,
 				Namespace *nsPtr);
 /* 236 */
-EXTERN void		TclBackgroundException(Tcl_Interp *interp, int code);
+TCL_DEPRECATED("use Tcl_BackgroundException")
+void			TclBackgroundException(Tcl_Interp *interp, int code);
 /* 237 */
 EXTERN int		TclResetCancellation(Tcl_Interp *interp, int force);
 /* 238 */
 EXTERN int		TclNRInterpProc(ClientData clientData,
 				Tcl_Interp *interp, int objc,
@@ -650,11 +660,11 @@
     void (*tclAllocateFreeObjects) (void); /* 3 */
     void (*reserved4)(void);
     int (*tclCleanupChildren) (Tcl_Interp *interp, int numPids, Tcl_Pid *pidPtr, Tcl_Channel errorChan); /* 5 */
     void (*tclCleanupCommand) (Command *cmdPtr); /* 6 */
     int (*tclCopyAndCollapse) (int count, const char *src, char *dst); /* 7 */
-    int (*tclCopyChannelOld) (Tcl_Interp *interp, Tcl_Channel inChan, Tcl_Channel outChan, int toRead, Tcl_Obj *cmdPtr); /* 8 */
+    TCL_DEPRECATED_API("") int (*tclCopyChannelOld) (Tcl_Interp *interp, Tcl_Channel inChan, Tcl_Channel outChan, int toRead, Tcl_Obj *cmdPtr); /* 8 */
     int (*tclCreatePipeline) (Tcl_Interp *interp, int argc, const char **argv, Tcl_Pid **pidArrayPtr, TclFile *inPipePtr, TclFile *outPipePtr, TclFile *errFilePtr); /* 9 */
     int (*tclCreateProc) (Tcl_Interp *interp, Namespace *nsPtr, const char *procName, Tcl_Obj *argsPtr, Tcl_Obj *bodyPtr, Proc **procPtrPtr); /* 10 */
     void (*tclDeleteCompiledLocalVars) (Interp *iPtr, CallFrame *framePtr); /* 11 */
     void (*tclDeleteVars) (Interp *iPtr, TclVarHashTable *tablePtr); /* 12 */
     void (*reserved13)(void);
@@ -666,11 +676,11 @@
     void (*reserved19)(void);
     void (*reserved20)(void);
     void (*reserved21)(void);
     int (*tclFindElement) (Tcl_Interp *interp, const char *listStr, int listLength, const char **elementPtr, const char **nextPtr, int *sizePtr, int *bracePtr); /* 22 */
     Proc * (*tclFindProc) (Interp *iPtr, const char *procName); /* 23 */
-    int (*tclFormatInt) (char *buffer, long n); /* 24 */
+    int (*tclFormatInt) (char *buffer, Tcl_WideInt n); /* 24 */
     void (*tclFreePackageInfo) (Interp *iPtr); /* 25 */
     void (*reserved26)(void);
     void (*reserved27)(void);
     Tcl_Channel (*tclpGetDefaultStdChannel) (int type); /* 28 */
     void (*reserved29)(void);
@@ -695,11 +705,11 @@
     void (*reserved48)(void);
     void (*reserved49)(void);
     void (*tclInitCompiledLocals) (Tcl_Interp *interp, CallFrame *framePtr, Namespace *nsPtr); /* 50 */
     int (*tclInterpInit) (Tcl_Interp *interp); /* 51 */
     void (*reserved52)(void);
-    int (*tclInvokeObjectCommand) (ClientData clientData, Tcl_Interp *interp, int argc, CONST84 char **argv); /* 53 */
+    int (*tclInvokeObjectCommand) (ClientData clientData, Tcl_Interp *interp, int argc, const char **argv); /* 53 */
     int (*tclInvokeStringCommand) (ClientData clientData, Tcl_Interp *interp, int objc, Tcl_Obj *const objv[]); /* 54 */
     Proc * (*tclIsProc) (Command *cmdPtr); /* 55 */
     void (*reserved56)(void);
     void (*reserved57)(void);
     Var * (*tclLookupVar) (Tcl_Interp *interp, const char *part1, const char *part2, int flags, const char *msg, int createPart1, int createPart2, Var **arrayPtrPtr); /* 58 */
@@ -719,11 +729,11 @@
     void (*reserved72)(void);
     void (*reserved73)(void);
     void (*tclpFree) (char *ptr); /* 74 */
     unsigned long (*tclpGetClicks) (void); /* 75 */
     unsigned long (*tclpGetSeconds) (void); /* 76 */
-    void (*tclpGetTime) (Tcl_Time *time); /* 77 */
+    TCL_DEPRECATED_API("") void (*tclpGetTime) (Tcl_Time *time); /* 77 */
     void (*reserved78)(void);
     void (*reserved79)(void);
     void (*reserved80)(void);
     char * (*tclpRealloc) (char *ptr, unsigned int size); /* 81 */
     void (*reserved82)(void);
@@ -730,11 +740,11 @@
     void (*reserved83)(void);
     void (*reserved84)(void);
     void (*reserved85)(void);
     void (*reserved86)(void);
     void (*reserved87)(void);
-    char * (*tclPrecTraceProc) (ClientData clientData, Tcl_Interp *interp, const char *name1, const char *name2, int flags); /* 88 */
+    TCL_DEPRECATED_API("") char * (*tclPrecTraceProc) (ClientData clientData, Tcl_Interp *interp, const char *name1, const char *name2, int flags); /* 88 */
     int (*tclPreventAliasLoop) (Tcl_Interp *interp, Tcl_Interp *cmdInterp, Tcl_Command cmd); /* 89 */
     void (*reserved90)(void);
     void (*tclProcCleanupProc) (Proc *procPtr); /* 91 */
     int (*tclProcCompileProc) (Tcl_Interp *interp, Proc *procPtr, Tcl_Obj *bodyPtr, Namespace *nsPtr, const char *description, const char *procName); /* 92 */
     void (*tclProcDeleteProc) (ClientData clientData); /* 93 */
@@ -746,48 +756,48 @@
     void (*reserved99)(void);
     void (*reserved100)(void);
     CONST86 char * (*tclSetPreInitScript) (const char *string); /* 101 */
     void (*tclSetupEnv) (Tcl_Interp *interp); /* 102 */
     int (*tclSockGetPort) (Tcl_Interp *interp, const char *str, const char *proto, int *portPtr); /* 103 */
-    int (*tclSockMinimumBuffersOld) (int sock, int size); /* 104 */
+    TCL_DEPRECATED_API("") int (*tclSockMinimumBuffersOld) (int sock, int size); /* 104 */
     void (*reserved105)(void);
     void (*reserved106)(void);
     void (*reserved107)(void);
     void (*tclTeardownNamespace) (Namespace *nsPtr); /* 108 */
     int (*tclUpdateReturnInfo) (Interp *iPtr); /* 109 */
     int (*tclSockMinimumBuffers) (void *sock, int size); /* 110 */
     void (*tcl_AddInterpResolvers) (Tcl_Interp *interp, const char *name, Tcl_ResolveCmdProc *cmdProc, Tcl_ResolveVarProc *varProc, Tcl_ResolveCompiledVarProc *compiledVarProc); /* 111 */
-    int (*tcl_AppendExportList) (Tcl_Interp *interp, Tcl_Namespace *nsPtr, Tcl_Obj *objPtr); /* 112 */
-    Tcl_Namespace * (*tcl_CreateNamespace) (Tcl_Interp *interp, const char *name, ClientData clientData, Tcl_NamespaceDeleteProc *deleteProc); /* 113 */
-    void (*tcl_DeleteNamespace) (Tcl_Namespace *nsPtr); /* 114 */
-    int (*tcl_Export) (Tcl_Interp *interp, Tcl_Namespace *nsPtr, const char *pattern, int resetListFirst); /* 115 */
-    Tcl_Command (*tcl_FindCommand) (Tcl_Interp *interp, const char *name, Tcl_Namespace *contextNsPtr, int flags); /* 116 */
-    Tcl_Namespace * (*tcl_FindNamespace) (Tcl_Interp *interp, const char *name, Tcl_Namespace *contextNsPtr, int flags); /* 117 */
+    int (*tclAppendExportList) (Tcl_Interp *interp, Tcl_Namespace *nsPtr, Tcl_Obj *objPtr); /* 112 */
+    Tcl_Namespace * (*tclCreateNamespace) (Tcl_Interp *interp, const char *name, ClientData clientData, Tcl_NamespaceDeleteProc *deleteProc); /* 113 */
+    void (*tclDeleteNamespace) (Tcl_Namespace *nsPtr); /* 114 */
+    int (*tclExport) (Tcl_Interp *interp, Tcl_Namespace *nsPtr, const char *pattern, int resetListFirst); /* 115 */
+    Tcl_Command (*tclFindCommand) (Tcl_Interp *interp, const char *name, Tcl_Namespace *contextNsPtr, int flags); /* 116 */
+    Tcl_Namespace * (*tclFindNamespace) (Tcl_Interp *interp, const char *name, Tcl_Namespace *contextNsPtr, int flags); /* 117 */
     int (*tcl_GetInterpResolvers) (Tcl_Interp *interp, const char *name, Tcl_ResolverInfo *resInfo); /* 118 */
     int (*tcl_GetNamespaceResolvers) (Tcl_Namespace *namespacePtr, Tcl_ResolverInfo *resInfo); /* 119 */
     Tcl_Var (*tcl_FindNamespaceVar) (Tcl_Interp *interp, const char *name, Tcl_Namespace *contextNsPtr, int flags); /* 120 */
-    int (*tcl_ForgetImport) (Tcl_Interp *interp, Tcl_Namespace *nsPtr, const char *pattern); /* 121 */
-    Tcl_Command (*tcl_GetCommandFromObj) (Tcl_Interp *interp, Tcl_Obj *objPtr); /* 122 */
-    void (*tcl_GetCommandFullName) (Tcl_Interp *interp, Tcl_Command command, Tcl_Obj *objPtr); /* 123 */
-    Tcl_Namespace * (*tcl_GetCurrentNamespace) (Tcl_Interp *interp); /* 124 */
-    Tcl_Namespace * (*tcl_GetGlobalNamespace) (Tcl_Interp *interp); /* 125 */
+    int (*tclForgetImport) (Tcl_Interp *interp, Tcl_Namespace *nsPtr, const char *pattern); /* 121 */
+    Tcl_Command (*tclGetCommandFromObj) (Tcl_Interp *interp, Tcl_Obj *objPtr); /* 122 */
+    void (*tclGetCommandFullName) (Tcl_Interp *interp, Tcl_Command command, Tcl_Obj *objPtr); /* 123 */
+    Tcl_Namespace * (*tclGetCurrentNamespace_) (Tcl_Interp *interp); /* 124 */
+    Tcl_Namespace * (*tclGetGlobalNamespace_) (Tcl_Interp *interp); /* 125 */
     void (*tcl_GetVariableFullName) (Tcl_Interp *interp, Tcl_Var variable, Tcl_Obj *objPtr); /* 126 */
-    int (*tcl_Import) (Tcl_Interp *interp, Tcl_Namespace *nsPtr, const char *pattern, int allowOverwrite); /* 127 */
+    int (*tclImport) (Tcl_Interp *interp, Tcl_Namespace *nsPtr, const char *pattern, int allowOverwrite); /* 127 */
     void (*tcl_PopCallFrame) (Tcl_Interp *interp); /* 128 */
     int (*tcl_PushCallFrame) (Tcl_Interp *interp, Tcl_CallFrame *framePtr, Tcl_Namespace *nsPtr, int isProcCallFrame); /* 129 */
     int (*tcl_RemoveInterpResolvers) (Tcl_Interp *interp, const char *name); /* 130 */
     void (*tcl_SetNamespaceResolvers) (Tcl_Namespace *namespacePtr, Tcl_ResolveCmdProc *cmdProc, Tcl_ResolveVarProc *varProc, Tcl_ResolveCompiledVarProc *compiledVarProc); /* 131 */
     int (*tclpHasSockets) (Tcl_Interp *interp); /* 132 */
-    struct tm * (*tclpGetDate) (const time_t *time, int useGMT); /* 133 */
+    TCL_DEPRECATED_API("") struct tm * (*tclpGetDate) (const time_t *time, int useGMT); /* 133 */
     void (*reserved134)(void);
     void (*reserved135)(void);
     void (*reserved136)(void);
     void (*reserved137)(void);
-    CONST84_RETURN char * (*tclGetEnv) (const char *name, Tcl_DString *valuePtr); /* 138 */
+    const char * (*tclGetEnv) (const char *name, Tcl_DString *valuePtr); /* 138 */
     void (*reserved139)(void);
     void (*reserved140)(void);
-    CONST84_RETURN char * (*tclpGetCwd) (Tcl_Interp *interp, Tcl_DString *cwdPtr); /* 141 */
+    const char * (*tclpGetCwd) (Tcl_Interp *interp, Tcl_DString *cwdPtr); /* 141 */
     int (*tclSetByteCodeFromAny) (Tcl_Interp *interp, Tcl_Obj *objPtr, CompileHookProc *hookProc, ClientData clientData); /* 142 */
     int (*tclAddLiteralObj) (struct CompileEnv *envPtr, Tcl_Obj *objPtr, LiteralEntry **litPtrPtr); /* 143 */
     void (*tclHideLiteral) (Tcl_Interp *interp, struct CompileEnv *envPtr, int index); /* 144 */
     const struct AuxDataType * (*tclGetAuxDataType) (const char *typeName); /* 145 */
     TclHandle (*tclHandleCreate) (void *ptr); /* 146 */
@@ -800,36 +810,36 @@
     Tcl_Obj * (*tclGetLibraryPath) (void); /* 153 */
     void (*reserved154)(void);
     void (*reserved155)(void);
     void (*tclRegError) (Tcl_Interp *interp, const char *msg, int status); /* 156 */
     Var * (*tclVarTraceExists) (Tcl_Interp *interp, const char *varName); /* 157 */
-    void (*tclSetStartupScriptFileName) (const char *filename); /* 158 */
-    const char * (*tclGetStartupScriptFileName) (void); /* 159 */
+    TCL_DEPRECATED_API("use public Tcl_SetStartupScript()") void (*tclSetStartupScriptFileName) (const char *filename); /* 158 */
+    TCL_DEPRECATED_API("use public Tcl_GetStartupScript()") const char * (*tclGetStartupScriptFileName) (void); /* 159 */
     void (*reserved160)(void);
     int (*tclChannelTransform) (Tcl_Interp *interp, Tcl_Channel chan, Tcl_Obj *cmdObjPtr); /* 161 */
     void (*tclChannelEventScriptInvoker) (ClientData clientData, int flags); /* 162 */
     const void * (*tclGetInstructionTable) (void); /* 163 */
     void (*tclExpandCodeArray) (void *envPtr); /* 164 */
     void (*tclpSetInitialEncodings) (void); /* 165 */
     int (*tclListObjSetElement) (Tcl_Interp *interp, Tcl_Obj *listPtr, int index, Tcl_Obj *valuePtr); /* 166 */
-    void (*tclSetStartupScriptPath) (Tcl_Obj *pathPtr); /* 167 */
-    Tcl_Obj * (*tclGetStartupScriptPath) (void); /* 168 */
+    TCL_DEPRECATED_API("use public Tcl_SetStartupScript()") void (*tclSetStartupScriptPath) (Tcl_Obj *pathPtr); /* 167 */
+    TCL_DEPRECATED_API("use public Tcl_GetStartupScript()") Tcl_Obj * (*tclGetStartupScriptPath) (void); /* 168 */
     int (*tclpUtfNcmp2) (const char *s1, const char *s2, unsigned long n); /* 169 */
     int (*tclCheckInterpTraces) (Tcl_Interp *interp, const char *command, int numChars, Command *cmdPtr, int result, int traceFlags, int objc, Tcl_Obj *const objv[]); /* 170 */
     int (*tclCheckExecutionTraces) (Tcl_Interp *interp, const char *command, int numChars, Command *cmdPtr, int result, int traceFlags, int objc, Tcl_Obj *const objv[]); /* 171 */
     int (*tclInThreadExit) (void); /* 172 */
     int (*tclUniCharMatch) (const Tcl_UniChar *string, int strLen, const Tcl_UniChar *pattern, int ptnLen, int flags); /* 173 */
     void (*reserved174)(void);
     int (*tclCallVarTraces) (Interp *iPtr, Var *arrayPtr, Var *varPtr, const char *part1, const char *part2, int flags, int leaveErrMsg); /* 175 */
     void (*tclCleanupVar) (Var *varPtr, Var *arrayPtr); /* 176 */
     void (*tclVarErrMsg) (Tcl_Interp *interp, const char *part1, const char *part2, const char *operation, const char *reason); /* 177 */
-    void (*tcl_SetStartupScript) (Tcl_Obj *pathPtr, const char *encodingName); /* 178 */
-    Tcl_Obj * (*tcl_GetStartupScript) (const char **encodingNamePtr); /* 179 */
+    void (*tclSetStartupScript) (Tcl_Obj *pathPtr, const char *encodingName); /* 178 */
+    Tcl_Obj * (*tclGetStartupScript) (const char **encodingNamePtr); /* 179 */
     void (*reserved180)(void);
     void (*reserved181)(void);
-    struct tm * (*tclpLocaltime) (const time_t *clock); /* 182 */
-    struct tm * (*tclpGmtime) (const time_t *clock); /* 183 */
+    TCL_DEPRECATED_API("") struct tm * (*tclpLocaltime) (const time_t *clock); /* 182 */
+    TCL_DEPRECATED_API("") struct tm * (*tclpGmtime) (const time_t *clock); /* 183 */
     void (*reserved184)(void);
     void (*reserved185)(void);
     void (*reserved186)(void);
     void (*reserved187)(void);
     void (*reserved188)(void);
@@ -878,11 +888,11 @@
     int (*tclGetNamespaceFromObj) (Tcl_Interp *interp, Tcl_Obj *objPtr, Tcl_Namespace **nsPtrPtr); /* 231 */
     int (*tclEvalObjEx) (Tcl_Interp *interp, Tcl_Obj *objPtr, int flags, const CmdFrame *invoker, int word); /* 232 */
     void (*tclGetSrcInfoForPc) (CmdFrame *contextPtr); /* 233 */
     Var * (*tclVarHashCreateVar) (TclVarHashTable *tablePtr, const char *key, int *newPtr); /* 234 */
     void (*tclInitVarHashTable) (TclVarHashTable *tablePtr, Namespace *nsPtr); /* 235 */
-    void (*tclBackgroundException) (Tcl_Interp *interp, int code); /* 236 */
+    TCL_DEPRECATED_API("use Tcl_BackgroundException") void (*tclBackgroundException) (Tcl_Interp *interp, int code); /* 236 */
     int (*tclResetCancellation) (Tcl_Interp *interp, int force); /* 237 */
     int (*tclNRInterpProc) (ClientData clientData, Tcl_Interp *interp, int objc, Tcl_Obj *const objv[]); /* 238 */
     int (*tclNRInterpProcCore) (Tcl_Interp *interp, Tcl_Obj *procNameObj, int skip, ProcErrorProc *errorProc); /* 239 */
     int (*tclNRRunCallbacks) (Tcl_Interp *interp, int result, struct NRE_callback *rootPtr); /* 240 */
     int (*tclNREvalObjEx) (Tcl_Interp *interp, Tcl_Obj *objPtr, int flags, const CmdFrame *invoker, int word); /* 241 */
@@ -1086,42 +1096,42 @@
 	(tclIntStubsPtr->tclUpdateReturnInfo) /* 109 */
 #define TclSockMinimumBuffers \
 	(tclIntStubsPtr->tclSockMinimumBuffers) /* 110 */
 #define Tcl_AddInterpResolvers \
 	(tclIntStubsPtr->tcl_AddInterpResolvers) /* 111 */
-#define Tcl_AppendExportList \
-	(tclIntStubsPtr->tcl_AppendExportList) /* 112 */
-#define Tcl_CreateNamespace \
-	(tclIntStubsPtr->tcl_CreateNamespace) /* 113 */
-#define Tcl_DeleteNamespace \
-	(tclIntStubsPtr->tcl_DeleteNamespace) /* 114 */
-#define Tcl_Export \
-	(tclIntStubsPtr->tcl_Export) /* 115 */
-#define Tcl_FindCommand \
-	(tclIntStubsPtr->tcl_FindCommand) /* 116 */
-#define Tcl_FindNamespace \
-	(tclIntStubsPtr->tcl_FindNamespace) /* 117 */
+#define TclAppendExportList \
+	(tclIntStubsPtr->tclAppendExportList) /* 112 */
+#define TclCreateNamespace \
+	(tclIntStubsPtr->tclCreateNamespace) /* 113 */
+#define TclDeleteNamespace \
+	(tclIntStubsPtr->tclDeleteNamespace) /* 114 */
+#define TclExport \
+	(tclIntStubsPtr->tclExport) /* 115 */
+#define TclFindCommand \
+	(tclIntStubsPtr->tclFindCommand) /* 116 */
+#define TclFindNamespace \
+	(tclIntStubsPtr->tclFindNamespace) /* 117 */
 #define Tcl_GetInterpResolvers \
 	(tclIntStubsPtr->tcl_GetInterpResolvers) /* 118 */
 #define Tcl_GetNamespaceResolvers \
 	(tclIntStubsPtr->tcl_GetNamespaceResolvers) /* 119 */
 #define Tcl_FindNamespaceVar \
 	(tclIntStubsPtr->tcl_FindNamespaceVar) /* 120 */
-#define Tcl_ForgetImport \
-	(tclIntStubsPtr->tcl_ForgetImport) /* 121 */
-#define Tcl_GetCommandFromObj \
-	(tclIntStubsPtr->tcl_GetCommandFromObj) /* 122 */
-#define Tcl_GetCommandFullName \
-	(tclIntStubsPtr->tcl_GetCommandFullName) /* 123 */
-#define Tcl_GetCurrentNamespace \
-	(tclIntStubsPtr->tcl_GetCurrentNamespace) /* 124 */
-#define Tcl_GetGlobalNamespace \
-	(tclIntStubsPtr->tcl_GetGlobalNamespace) /* 125 */
+#define TclForgetImport \
+	(tclIntStubsPtr->tclForgetImport) /* 121 */
+#define TclGetCommandFromObj \
+	(tclIntStubsPtr->tclGetCommandFromObj) /* 122 */
+#define TclGetCommandFullName \
+	(tclIntStubsPtr->tclGetCommandFullName) /* 123 */
+#define TclGetCurrentNamespace_ \
+	(tclIntStubsPtr->tclGetCurrentNamespace_) /* 124 */
+#define TclGetGlobalNamespace_ \
+	(tclIntStubsPtr->tclGetGlobalNamespace_) /* 125 */
 #define Tcl_GetVariableFullName \
 	(tclIntStubsPtr->tcl_GetVariableFullName) /* 126 */
-#define Tcl_Import \
-	(tclIntStubsPtr->tcl_Import) /* 127 */
+#define TclImport \
+	(tclIntStubsPtr->tclImport) /* 127 */
 #define Tcl_PopCallFrame \
 	(tclIntStubsPtr->tcl_PopCallFrame) /* 128 */
 #define Tcl_PushCallFrame \
 	(tclIntStubsPtr->tcl_PushCallFrame) /* 129 */
 #define Tcl_RemoveInterpResolvers \
@@ -1208,14 +1218,14 @@
 	(tclIntStubsPtr->tclCallVarTraces) /* 175 */
 #define TclCleanupVar \
 	(tclIntStubsPtr->tclCleanupVar) /* 176 */
 #define TclVarErrMsg \
 	(tclIntStubsPtr->tclVarErrMsg) /* 177 */
-#define Tcl_SetStartupScript \
-	(tclIntStubsPtr->tcl_SetStartupScript) /* 178 */
-#define Tcl_GetStartupScript \
-	(tclIntStubsPtr->tcl_GetStartupScript) /* 179 */
+#define TclSetStartupScript \
+	(tclIntStubsPtr->tclSetStartupScript) /* 178 */
+#define TclGetStartupScript \
+	(tclIntStubsPtr->tclGetStartupScript) /* 179 */
 /* Slot 180 is reserved */
 /* Slot 181 is reserved */
 #define TclpLocaltime \
 	(tclIntStubsPtr->tclpLocaltime) /* 182 */
 #define TclpGmtime \
@@ -1348,60 +1358,30 @@
 /* !END!: Do not edit above this line. */
 
 #undef TCL_STORAGE_CLASS
 #define TCL_STORAGE_CLASS DLLIMPORT
 
-#undef TclGetStartupScriptFileName
-#undef TclSetStartupScriptFileName
-#undef TclGetStartupScriptPath
-#undef TclSetStartupScriptPath
-#undef TclBackgroundException
-
-#if defined(USE_TCL_STUBS) && defined(TCL_NO_DEPRECATED)
-#   undef Tcl_SetStartupScript
-#   define Tcl_SetStartupScript \
-	    (tclStubsPtr->tcl_SetStartupScript) /* 622 */
-#   undef Tcl_GetStartupScript
-#   define Tcl_GetStartupScript \
-	    (tclStubsPtr->tcl_GetStartupScript) /* 623 */
-#   undef Tcl_CreateNamespace
-#   define Tcl_CreateNamespace \
-	   (tclStubsPtr->tcl_CreateNamespace) /* 506 */
-#   undef Tcl_DeleteNamespace
-#   define Tcl_DeleteNamespace \
-	   (tclStubsPtr->tcl_DeleteNamespace) /* 507 */
-#   undef Tcl_AppendExportList
-#   define Tcl_AppendExportList \
-	   (tclStubsPtr->tcl_AppendExportList) /* 508 */
-#   undef Tcl_Export
-#   define Tcl_Export \
-	   (tclStubsPtr->tcl_Export) /* 509 */
-#   undef Tcl_Import
-#   define Tcl_Import \
-	   (tclStubsPtr->tcl_Import) /* 510 */
-#   undef Tcl_ForgetImport
-#   define Tcl_ForgetImport \
-	   (tclStubsPtr->tcl_ForgetImport) /* 511 */
-#   undef Tcl_GetCurrentNamespace
-#   define Tcl_GetCurrentNamespace \
-	   (tclStubsPtr->tcl_GetCurrentNamespace) /* 512 */
-#   undef Tcl_GetGlobalNamespace
-#   define Tcl_GetGlobalNamespace \
-	   (tclStubsPtr->tcl_GetGlobalNamespace) /* 513 */
-#   undef Tcl_FindNamespace
-#   define Tcl_FindNamespace \
-	   (tclStubsPtr->tcl_FindNamespace) /* 514 */
-#   undef Tcl_FindCommand
-#   define Tcl_FindCommand \
-	   (tclStubsPtr->tcl_FindCommand) /* 515 */
-#   undef Tcl_GetCommandFromObj
-#   define Tcl_GetCommandFromObj \
-	   (tclStubsPtr->tcl_GetCommandFromObj) /* 516 */
-#   undef Tcl_GetCommandFullName
-#   define Tcl_GetCommandFullName \
-	   (tclStubsPtr->tcl_GetCommandFullName) /* 517 */
+#if defined(USE_TCL_STUBS)
+#   undef TclGetStartupScriptFileName
+#   undef TclSetStartupScriptFileName
+#   undef TclGetStartupScriptPath
+#   undef TclSetStartupScriptPath
+#   undef TclBackgroundException
+#   undef TclSetStartupScript
+#   undef TclGetStartupScript
+#   undef TclCreateNamespace
+#   undef TclDeleteNamespace
+#   undef TclAppendExportList
+#   undef TclExport
+#   undef TclImport
+#   undef TclForgetImport
+#   undef TclGetCurrentNamespace_
+#   undef TclGetGlobalNamespace_
+#   undef TclFindNamespace
+#   undef TclFindCommand
+#   undef TclGetCommandFromObj
+#   undef TclGetCommandFullName
+#   undef TclCopyChannelOld
+#   undef TclSockMinimumBuffersOld
 #endif
 
-#undef TclCopyChannelOld
-#undef TclSockMinimumBuffersOld
-
 #endif /* _TCLINTDECLS */

Index: generic/tclIntPlatDecls.h
==================================================================
--- generic/tclIntPlatDecls.h
+++ generic/tclIntPlatDecls.h
@@ -553,14 +553,22 @@
 #if defined(_WIN32)
 #   undef TclWinNToHS
 #   undef TclWinGetServByName
 #   undef TclWinGetSockOpt
 #   undef TclWinSetSockOpt
-#   define TclWinNToHS ntohs
-#   define TclWinGetServByName getservbyname
-#   define TclWinGetSockOpt getsockopt
-#   define TclWinSetSockOpt setsockopt
+#   undef TclWinGetPlatformId
+#   undef TclWinResetInterfaces
+#   undef TclWinSetInterfaces
+#   if !defined(TCL_NO_DEPRECATED) && TCL_MAJOR_VERSION < 9
+#	define TclWinNToHS ntohs
+#	define TclWinGetServByName getservbyname
+#	define TclWinGetSockOpt getsockopt
+#	define TclWinSetSockOpt setsockopt
+#	define TclWinGetPlatformId() (2) /* VER_PLATFORM_WIN32_NT */
+#	define TclWinResetInterfaces() /* nop */
+#	define TclWinSetInterfaces(dummy) /* nop */
+#   endif /* TCL_NO_DEPRECATED */
 #else
 #   undef TclpGetPid
 #   define TclpGetPid(pid) ((unsigned long) (pid))
 #endif
 

Index: generic/tclInterp.c
==================================================================
--- generic/tclInterp.c
+++ generic/tclInterp.c
@@ -3206,14 +3206,10 @@
 	 * Assume these functions all work. [Bug 2895741]
 	 */
 
 	(void) Tcl_EvalEx(interp,
 		"namespace eval ::tcl {namespace eval mathfunc {}}", -1, 0);
-	(void) Tcl_CreateAlias(interp, "::tcl::mathfunc::min", master,
-		"::tcl::mathfunc::min", 0, NULL);
-	(void) Tcl_CreateAlias(interp, "::tcl::mathfunc::max", master,
-		"::tcl::mathfunc::max", 0, NULL);
     }
 
     iPtr->flags |= SAFE_INTERP;
 
     /*

Index: generic/tclLink.c
==================================================================
--- generic/tclLink.c
+++ generic/tclLink.c
@@ -652,11 +652,11 @@
 static Tcl_ObjType invalidRealType = {
     "invalidReal",			/* name */
     NULL,				/* freeIntRepProc */
     NULL,				/* dupIntRepProc */
     NULL,				/* updateStringProc */
-    SetInvalidRealFromAny		/* setFromAnyProc */
+    NULL				/* setFromAnyProc */
 };
 
 static int
 SetInvalidRealFromAny(Tcl_Interp *interp, Tcl_Obj *objPtr) {
     const char *str;

Index: generic/tclListObj.c
==================================================================
--- generic/tclListObj.c
+++ generic/tclListObj.c
@@ -53,26 +53,24 @@
 /*
  *----------------------------------------------------------------------
  *
  * NewListIntRep --
  *
- *	Creates a 'List' structure with space for 'objc' elements.  'objc' must
- *	be > 0.  If 'objv' is not NULL, The list is initialized with first
- *	'objc' values in that array.  Otherwise the list is initialized to have
- *	0 elements, with space to add 'objc' more.  Flag value 'p' indicates
+ *	Creates a list internal rep with space for objc elements.  objc
+ *	must be > 0.  If objv!=NULL, initializes with the first objc values
+ *	in that array.  If objv==NULL, initalize list internal rep to have
+ *	0 elements, with space to add objc more.  Flag value "p" indicates
  *	how to behave on failure.
  *
- * Value
- *
- *	A new 'List' structure with refCount 0. If some failure
- *	prevents this NULL is returned if 'p' is 0 , and 'Tcl_Panic'
- *	is called if it is not.
- *
- * Effect
- *
- *	The refCount of each value in 'objv' is incremented as it is added
- *	to the list.
+ * Results:
+ *	A new List struct with refCount 0 is returned. If some failure
+ *	prevents this then if p=0, NULL is returned and otherwise the
+ *	routine panics.
+ *
+ * Side effects:
+ *	The ref counts of the elements in objv are incremented since the
+ *	resulting list now refers to them.
  *
  *----------------------------------------------------------------------
  */
 
 static List *
@@ -132,14 +130,26 @@
 }
 
 /*
  *----------------------------------------------------------------------
  *
- *  AttemptNewList --
+ * AttemptNewList --
  *
- *	Like NewListIntRep, but additionally sets an error message on failure. 
- * 
+ *	Creates a list internal rep with space for objc elements.  objc
+ *	must be > 0.  If objv!=NULL, initializes with the first objc values
+ *	in that array.  If objv==NULL, initalize list internal rep to have
+ *	0 elements, with space to add objc more.
+ *
+ * Results:
+ *	A new List struct with refCount 0 is returned. If some failure
+ *	prevents this then NULL is returned, and an error message is left
+ *	in the interp result, unless interp is NULL.
+ *
+ * Side effects:
+ *	The ref counts of the elements in objv are incremented since the
+ *	resulting list now refers to them.
+ *
  *----------------------------------------------------------------------
  */
 
 static List *
 AttemptNewList(
@@ -167,24 +177,27 @@
 /*
  *----------------------------------------------------------------------
  *
  * Tcl_NewListObj --
  *
- *	Creates a new list object and adds values to it. When TCL_MEM_DEBUG is
- *	defined, 'Tcl_DbNewListObj' is called instead.
- *
- * Value
- *
- *	A new list 'Tcl_Obj' to which is appended values from 'objv', or if
- *	'objc' is less than or equal to zero, a list 'Tcl_Obj' having no
- *	elements.  The string representation of the new 'Tcl_Obj' is set to
- *	NULL.  The refCount of the list is 0.
- *
- * Effect
- *
- *	The refCount of each elements in 'objv' is incremented as it is added
- *	to the list.
+ *	This function is normally called when not debugging: i.e., when
+ *	TCL_MEM_DEBUG is not defined. It creates a new list object from an
+ *	(objc,objv) array: that is, each of the objc elements of the array
+ *	referenced by objv is inserted as an element into a new Tcl object.
+ *
+ *	When TCL_MEM_DEBUG is defined, this function just returns the result
+ *	of calling the debugging version Tcl_DbNewListObj.
+ *
+ * Results:
+ *	A new list object is returned that is initialized from the object
+ *	pointers in objv. If objc is less than or equal to zero, an empty
+ *	object is returned. The new object's string representation is left
+ *	NULL. The resulting new list object has ref count 0.
+ *
+ * Side effects:
+ *	The ref counts of the elements in objv are incremented since the
+ *	resulting list now refers to them.
  *
  *----------------------------------------------------------------------
  */
 
 #ifdef TCL_MEM_DEBUG
@@ -231,18 +244,32 @@
 #endif /* if TCL_MEM_DEBUG */
 
 /*
  *----------------------------------------------------------------------
  *
- *  Tcl_DbNewListObj --
- * 
- *	Like 'Tcl_NewListObj', but it calls Tcl_DbCkalloc directly with the
- *	file name and line number from its caller.  This simplifies debugging
- *	since the [memory active] command will report the correct file
- *	name and line number when reporting objects that haven't been freed.
- * 
- *	When TCL_MEM_DEBUG is not defined, 'Tcl_NewListObj' is called instead.
+ * Tcl_DbNewListObj --
+ *
+ *	This function is normally called when debugging: i.e., when
+ *	TCL_MEM_DEBUG is defined. It creates new list objects. It is the same
+ *	as the Tcl_NewListObj function above except that it calls
+ *	Tcl_DbCkalloc directly with the file name and line number from its
+ *	caller. This simplifies debugging since then the [memory active]
+ *	command will report the correct file name and line number when
+ *	reporting objects that haven't been freed.
+ *
+ *	When TCL_MEM_DEBUG is not defined, this function just returns the
+ *	result of calling Tcl_NewListObj.
+ *
+ * Results:
+ *	A new list object is returned that is initialized from the object
+ *	pointers in objv. If objc is less than or equal to zero, an empty
+ *	object is returned. The new object's string representation is left
+ *	NULL. The new list object has ref count 0.
+ *
+ * Side effects:
+ *	The ref counts of the elements in objv are incremented since the
+ *	resulting list now refers to them.
  *
  *----------------------------------------------------------------------
  */
 
 #ifdef TCL_MEM_DEBUG
@@ -299,12 +326,23 @@
 /*
  *----------------------------------------------------------------------
  *
  * Tcl_SetListObj --
  *
- *	Like 'Tcl_NewListObj', but operates on an existing 'Tcl_Obj'instead of
- *	creating a new one.
+ *	Modify an object to be a list containing each of the objc elements of
+ *	the object array referenced by objv.
+ *
+ * Results:
+ *	None.
+ *
+ * Side effects:
+ *	The object is made a list object and is initialized from the object
+ *	pointers in objv. If objc is less than or equal to zero, an empty
+ *	object is returned. The new object's string representation is left
+ *	NULL. The ref counts of the elements in objv are incremented since the
+ *	list now refers to them. The object's old string and internal
+ *	representations are freed and its type is set NULL.
  *
  *----------------------------------------------------------------------
  */
 
 void
@@ -344,24 +382,22 @@
 /*
  *----------------------------------------------------------------------
  *
  * TclListObjCopy --
  *
- *	Creates a new 'Tcl_Obj' which is a pure copy of a list value. This
- *	provides for the C level a counterpart of the [lrange $list 0 end]
- *	command, while using internals details to be as efficient as possible.
- *
- * Value
- *
- *	The address of the new 'Tcl_Obj' which shares its internal
- *	representation with 'listPtr', and whose refCount is 0.  If 'listPtr'
- *	is not actually a list, the value is NULL, and an error message is left
- *	in 'interp' if it is not NULL.
- *
- * Effect
- *
- *	'listPtr' is converted to a list if it isn't one already.
+ *	Makes a "pure list" copy of a list value. This provides for the C
+ *	level a counterpart of the [lrange $list 0 end] command, while using
+ *	internals details to be as efficient as possible.
+ *
+ * Results:
+ *	Normally returns a pointer to a new Tcl_Obj, that contains the same
+ *	list value as *listPtr does. The returned Tcl_Obj has a refCount of
+ *	zero. If *listPtr does not hold a list, NULL is returned, and if
+ *	interp is non-NULL, an error message is recorded there.
+ *
+ * Side effects:
+ *	None.
  *
  *----------------------------------------------------------------------
  */
 
 Tcl_Obj *
@@ -387,34 +423,31 @@
 /*
  *----------------------------------------------------------------------
  *
  * Tcl_ListObjGetElements --
  *
- *	Retreive the elements in a list 'Tcl_Obj'.
- *
- * Value
- *
- *	TCL_OK
- *
- *	    A count of list elements is stored, 'objcPtr', And a pointer to the
- *	    array of elements in the list is stored in 'objvPtr'.
- *
- *	    The elements accessible via 'objvPtr' should be treated as readonly
- *	    and the refCount for each object is _not_ incremented; the caller
- *	    must do that if it holds on to a reference. Furthermore, the
- *	    pointer and length returned by this function may change as soon as
- *	    any function is called on the list object. Be careful about
- *	    retaining the pointer in a local data structure.
- *
- *	TCL_ERROR
- *
- *	    'listPtr' is not a valid list. An error message is left in the
- *	    interpreter's result if 'interp' is not NULL.
- *
- * Effect
- *
- *	'listPtr' is converted to a list object if it isn't one already.
+ *	This function returns an (objc,objv) array of the elements in a list
+ *	object.
+ *
+ * Results:
+ *	The return value is normally TCL_OK; in this case *objcPtr is set to
+ *	the count of list elements and *objvPtr is set to a pointer to an
+ *	array of (*objcPtr) pointers to each list element. If listPtr does not
+ *	refer to a list object and the object can not be converted to one,
+ *	TCL_ERROR is returned and an error message will be left in the
+ *	interpreter's result if interp is not NULL.
+ *
+ *	The objects referenced by the returned array should be treated as
+ *	readonly and their ref counts are _not_ incremented; the caller must
+ *	do that if it holds on to a reference. Furthermore, the pointer and
+ *	length returned by this function may change as soon as any function is
+ *	called on the list object; be careful about retaining the pointer in a
+ *	local data structure.
+ *
+ * Side effects:
+ *	The possible conversion of the object referenced by listPtr
+ *	to a list object.
  *
  *----------------------------------------------------------------------
  */
 
 int
@@ -451,31 +484,24 @@
 /*
  *----------------------------------------------------------------------
  *
  * Tcl_ListObjAppendList --
  *
- *	Appends the elements of elemListPtr to those of listPtr.
- *
- * Value
- *
- *	TCL_OK
- *
- *	    Success.
- *
- *	TCL_ERROR
- *
- *	    'listPtr' or 'elemListPtr' are not valid lists.  An error
- *	    message is left in the interpreter's result if 'interp' is not NULL.
- *
- * Effect
- *
- *	The reference count of each element of 'elemListPtr' as it is added to
- *	'listPtr'. 'listPtr' and 'elemListPtr' are converted to 'tclListType'
- *	if they are not already. Appending the new elements may cause the
- *	array of element pointers in 'listObj' to grow.  If any objects are
- *	appended to 'listPtr'. Any preexisting string representation of
- *	'listPtr' is invalidated.
+ *	This function appends the elements in the list value referenced by
+ *	elemListPtr to the list value referenced by listPtr.
+ *
+ * Results:
+ *	The return value is normally TCL_OK. If listPtr or elemListPtr do not
+ *	refer to list values, TCL_ERROR is returned and an error message is
+ *	left in the interpreter's result if interp is not NULL.
+ *
+ * Side effects:
+ *	The reference counts of the elements in elemListPtr are incremented
+ *	since the list now refers to them. listPtr and elemListPtr are
+ *	converted, if necessary, to list objects. Also, appending the new
+ *	elements may cause listObj's array of element pointers to grow.
+ *	listPtr's old string representation, if any, is invalidated.
  *
  *----------------------------------------------------------------------
  */
 
 int
@@ -510,31 +536,28 @@
 /*
  *----------------------------------------------------------------------
  *
  * Tcl_ListObjAppendElement --
  *
- *	Like 'Tcl_ListObjAppendList', but Appends a single value to a list.
- *
- * Value
- *
- *	TCL_OK
- *
- *	    'objPtr' is appended to the elements of 'listPtr'.
- *
- *	TCL_ERROR
- *
- *	    listPtr does not refer to a list object and the object can not be
- *	    converted to one. An error message will be left in the
- *	    interpreter's result if interp is not NULL.
- *
- * Effect
- *
- *	If 'listPtr' is not already of type 'tclListType', it is converted.
- *	The 'refCount' of 'objPtr' is incremented as it is added to 'listPtr'.
- *	Appending the new element may cause the the array of element pointers
- *	in 'listObj' to grow.  Any preexisting string representation of
- *	'listPtr' is invalidated.
+ *	This function is a special purpose version of Tcl_ListObjAppendList:
+ *	it appends a single object referenced by objPtr to the list object
+ *	referenced by listPtr. If listPtr is not already a list object, an
+ *	attempt will be made to convert it to one.
+ *
+ * Results:
+ *	The return value is normally TCL_OK; in this case objPtr is added to
+ *	the end of listPtr's list. If listPtr does not refer to a list object
+ *	and the object can not be converted to one, TCL_ERROR is returned and
+ *	an error message will be left in the interpreter's result if interp is
+ *	not NULL.
+ *
+ * Side effects:
+ *	The ref count of objPtr is incremented since the list now refers to
+ *	it. listPtr will be converted, if necessary, to a list object. Also,
+ *	appending the new element may cause listObj's array of element
+ *	pointers to grow. listPtr's old string representation, if any, is
+ *	invalidated.
  *
  *----------------------------------------------------------------------
  */
 
 int
@@ -681,31 +704,27 @@
 /*
  *----------------------------------------------------------------------
  *
  * Tcl_ListObjIndex --
  *
- * 	Retrieve a pointer to the element of 'listPtr' at 'index'.  The index
- * 	of the first element is 0.
- *
- * Value
- *
- * 	TCL_OK
- *
- *	    A pointer to the element at 'index' is stored in 'objPtrPtr'.  If
- *	    'index' is out of range, NULL is stored in 'objPtrPtr'.  This
- *	    object should be treated as readonly and its 'refCount' is _not_
- *	    incremented. The caller must do that if it holds on to the
- *	    reference.
- * 
- * 	TCL_ERROR
- *
- * 	    'listPtr' is not a valid list. An an error message is left in the
- * 	    interpreter's result if 'interp' is not NULL.
- *
- *  Effect
- *
- * 	If 'listPtr' is not already of type 'tclListType', it is converted.
+ *	This function returns a pointer to the index'th object from the list
+ *	referenced by listPtr. The first element has index 0. If index is
+ *	negative or greater than or equal to the number of elements in the
+ *	list, a NULL is returned. If listPtr is not a list object, an attempt
+ *	will be made to convert it to a list.
+ *
+ * Results:
+ *	The return value is normally TCL_OK; in this case objPtrPtr is set to
+ *	the Tcl_Obj pointer for the index'th list element or NULL if index is
+ *	out of range. This object should be treated as readonly and its ref
+ *	count is _not_ incremented; the caller must do that if it holds on to
+ *	the reference. If listPtr does not refer to a list and can't be
+ *	converted to one, TCL_ERROR is returned and an error message is left
+ *	in the interpreter's result if interp is not NULL.
+ *
+ * Side effects:
+ *	listPtr will be converted, if necessary, to a list object.
  *
  *----------------------------------------------------------------------
  */
 
 int
@@ -743,24 +762,23 @@
 /*
  *----------------------------------------------------------------------
  *
  * Tcl_ListObjLength --
  *
- * 	Retrieve the number of elements in a list.
- *
- * Value
- *
- *	TCL_OK
- *
- *	    A count of list elements is stored at the address provided by
- *	    'intPtr'. If 'listPtr' is not already of type 'tclListPtr', it is
- *	    converted.
- *
- *	TCL_ERROR
- *
- *	    'listPtr' is not a valid list.  An error message will be left in
- *	    the interpreter's result if 'interp' is not NULL.
+ *	This function returns the number of elements in a list object. If the
+ *	object is not already a list object, an attempt will be made to
+ *	convert it to one.
+ *
+ * Results:
+ *	The return value is normally TCL_OK; in this case *intPtr will be set
+ *	to the integer count of list elements. If listPtr does not refer to a
+ *	list object and the object can not be converted to one, TCL_ERROR is
+ *	returned and an error message will be left in the interpreter's result
+ *	if interp is not NULL.
+ *
+ * Side effects:
+ *	The possible conversion of the argument object to a list object.
  *
  *----------------------------------------------------------------------
  */
 
 int
@@ -792,40 +810,39 @@
 /*
  *----------------------------------------------------------------------
  *
  * Tcl_ListObjReplace --
  *
- *	Replace values in a list.
- *
- *	If 'first' is zero or negative, it refers to the first element. If
- *	'first' outside the range of elements in the list, no elements are
- *	deleted.
- *
- *	If 'count' is zero or negative no elements are deleted, and any new
- *	elements are inserted at the beginning of the list.
- *
- * Value
- *
- *	TCL_OK
- *
- *	    The first 'objc' values of 'objv' replaced 'count' elements in 'listPtr'
- *	    starting at 'first'.  If 'objc' 0, no new elements are added.
- *
- *	TCL_ERROR
- *
- *	    'listPtr' is not a valid list.   An error message is left in the
- *	    interpreter's result if 'interp' is not NULL.
- *
- * Effect
- *
- *	If 'listPtr' is not of type 'tclListType', it is converted if possible.
- *
- *	The 'refCount' of each element appended to the list is incremented.
- *	Similarly, the 'refCount' for each replaced element is decremented.
- *
- *	If 'listPtr' is modified, any previous string representation is
- *	invalidated.
+ *	This function replaces zero or more elements of the list referenced by
+ *	listPtr with the objects from an (objc,objv) array. The objc elements
+ *	of the array referenced by objv replace the count elements in listPtr
+ *	starting at first.
+ *
+ *	If the argument first is zero or negative, it refers to the first
+ *	element. If first 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. Count gives the number of elements to replace.
+ *	If count is zero or negative then no elements are deleted; the new
+ *	elements are simply inserted before first.
+ *
+ *	The argument objv refers to an array of objc pointers to the new
+ *	elements to be added to listPtr in place of those that were deleted.
+ *	If objv is NULL, no new elements are added. If listPtr is not a list
+ *	object, an attempt will be made to convert it to one.
+ *
+ * Results:
+ *	The return value is normally TCL_OK. If listPtr does not refer to a
+ *	list object and can not be converted to one, TCL_ERROR is returned and
+ *	an error message will be left in the interpreter's result if interp is
+ *	not NULL.
+ *
+ * Side effects:
+ *	The ref counts of the objc elements in objv are incremented since the
+ *	resulting list now refers to them. Similarly, the ref counts for
+ *	replaced objects are decremented. listPtr is converted, if necessary,
+ *	to a list object. listPtr's old string representation, if any, is
+ *	freed.
  *
  *----------------------------------------------------------------------
  */
 
 int
@@ -1079,23 +1096,26 @@
 /*
  *----------------------------------------------------------------------
  *
  * TclLindexList --
  *
- *	Implements the 'lindex' command when objc==3.
- *
- *	Implemented entirely as a wrapper around 'TclLindexFlat'. Reconfigures
- *	the argument format into required form while taking care to manage
- *	shimmering so as to tend to keep the most useful intreps
- *	and/or avoid the most expensive conversions.
- *
- * Value
- *
- *	A pointer to the specified element, with its 'refCount' incremented, or
- *	NULL if an error occurred.
- *
- * Notes
+ *	This procedure handles the 'lindex' command when objc==3.
+ *
+ * Results:
+ *	Returns a pointer to the object extracted, or NULL if an error
+ *	occurred. The returned object already includes one reference count for
+ *	the pointer returned.
+ *
+ * Side effects:
+ *	None.
+ *
+ * Notes:
+ *	This procedure is implemented entirely as a wrapper around
+ *	TclLindexFlat. All it does is reconfigure the argument format into the
+ *	form required by TclLindexFlat, while taking care to manage shimmering
+ *	in such a way that we tend to keep the most useful intreps and/or
+ *	avoid the most expensive conversions.
  *
  *----------------------------------------------------------------------
  */
 
 Tcl_Obj *
@@ -1143,44 +1163,43 @@
 	 */
 
 	return TclLindexFlat(interp, listPtr, 1, &argPtr);
     }
 
-    if (indexListCopy->typePtr == &tclListType) {
-	List *listRepPtr = ListRepPtr(indexListCopy);
-
-	listPtr = TclLindexFlat(interp, listPtr, listRepPtr->elemCount,
-		&listRepPtr->elements);
-    } else {
-	int indexCount = -1;	/* Size of the array of list indices. */
-	Tcl_Obj **indices = NULL;
-				/* Array of list indices. */
-
-	Tcl_ListObjGetElements(NULL, indexListCopy, &indexCount, &indices);
+    {
+	int indexCount = -1;		/* Size of the array of list indices. */
+	Tcl_Obj **indices = NULL; 	/* Array of list indices. */
+
+	TclListObjGetElements(NULL, indexListCopy, &indexCount, &indices);
 	listPtr = TclLindexFlat(interp, listPtr, indexCount, indices);
     }
     Tcl_DecrRefCount(indexListCopy);
     return listPtr;
 }
 
 /*
  *----------------------------------------------------------------------
  *
- *  TclLindexFlat --
- *
- * 	The core of the 'lindex' command, with all index
- * 	arguments presented as a flat list.
- *
- *  Value
- *
- *	A pointer to the object extracted, with its 'refCount' incremented,  or
- *	NULL if an error occurred.  Thus, the calling code will usually do
- *	something like:
- *
- * 		Tcl_SetObjResult(interp, result);
- * 		Tcl_DecrRefCount(result);
- *
+ * TclLindexFlat --
+ *
+ *	This procedure is the core of the 'lindex' command, with all index
+ *	arguments presented as a flat list.
+ *
+ * Results:
+ *	Returns a pointer to the object extracted, or NULL if an error
+ *	occurred. The returned object already includes one reference count for
+ *	the pointer returned.
+ *
+ * Side effects:
+ *	None.
+ *
+ * Notes:
+ *	The reference count of the returned object includes one reference
+ *	corresponding to the pointer returned. Thus, the calling code will
+ *	usually do something like:
+ *		Tcl_SetObjResult(interp, result);
+ *		Tcl_DecrRefCount(result);
  *
  *----------------------------------------------------------------------
  */
 
 Tcl_Obj *
@@ -1252,20 +1271,27 @@
 /*
  *----------------------------------------------------------------------
  *
  * TclLsetList --
  *
- *	The core of [lset] when objc == 4. Objv[2] may be either a
+ *	Core of the 'lset' command when objc == 4. Objv[2] may be either a
  *	scalar index or a list of indices.
  *
- *	Implemented entirely as a wrapper around 'TclLindexFlat', as described
- *	for 'TclLindexList'.
+ * Results:
+ *	Returns the new value of the list variable, or NULL if there was an
+ *	error. The returned object includes one reference count for the
+ *	pointer returned.
  *
- * Value
+ * Side effects:
+ *	None.
  *
- *	The new list, with the 'refCount' of 'valuPtr' incremented, or NULL if
- *	there was an error.
+ * Notes:
+ *	This procedure is implemented entirely as a wrapper around
+ *	TclLsetFlat. All it does is reconfigure the argument format into the
+ *	form required by TclLsetFlat, while taking care to manage shimmering
+ *	in such a way that we tend to keep the most useful intreps and/or
+ *	avoid the most expensive conversions.
  *
  *----------------------------------------------------------------------
  */
 
 Tcl_Obj *
@@ -1323,43 +1349,40 @@
  *
  * TclLsetFlat --
  *
  *	Core engine of the 'lset' command.
  *
- * Value
- *
- *	The resulting list
- *
- *	    The 'refCount' of 'valuePtr' is incremented.  If 'listPtr' was not
- *	    duplicated, its 'refCount' is incremented.  The reference count of
- *	    an unduplicated object is therefore 2 (one for the returned pointer
- *	    and one for the variable that holds it).  The reference count of a
- *	    duplicate object is 1, reflecting that result is the only active
- *	    reference. The caller is expected to store the result in the
- *	    variable and decrement its reference count. (INST_STORE_* does
- *	    exactly this.)
- * 
- *	NULL
- *	
- *	    An error occurred.  If 'listPtr' was duplicated, the reference
- *	    count on the duplicate is decremented so that it is 0, causing any
- *	    memory allocated by this function to be freed.
- *
- *
- * Effect
- *
- *	On entry, the reference count of 'listPtr' does not reflect any
- *	references held on the stack. The first action of this function is to
- *	determine whether 'listPtr' is shared and to create a duplicate
- *	unshared copy if it is.  The reference count of the duplicate is
- *	incremented. At this point, the reference count is 1 in either case so
- *	that the object is considered unshared.
- *
- *	The unshared list is altered directly to produce the result.
- *	'TclLsetFlat' maintains a linked list of 'Tcl_Obj' values whose string
+ * Results:
+ *	Returns the new value of the list variable, or NULL if an error
+ *	occurred. The returned object includes one reference count for the
+ *	pointer returned.
+ *
+ * Side effects:
+ *	On entry, the reference count of the variable value does not reflect
+ *	any references held on the stack. The first action of this function is
+ *	to determine whether the object is shared, and to duplicate it if it
+ *	is. The reference count of the duplicate is incremented. At this
+ *	point, the reference count will be 1 for either case, so that the
+ *	object will appear to be unshared.
+ *
+ *	If an error occurs, and the object has been duplicated, the reference
+ *	count on the duplicate is decremented so that it is now 0: this
+ *	dismisses any memory that was allocated by this function.
+ *
+ *	If no error occurs, the reference count of the original object is
+ *	incremented if the object has not been duplicated, and nothing is done
+ *	to a reference count of the duplicate. Now the reference count of an
+ *	unduplicated object is 2 (the returned pointer, plus the one stored in
+ *	the variable). The reference count of a duplicate object is 1,
+ *	reflecting that the returned pointer is the only active reference. The
+ *	caller is expected to store the returned value back in the variable
+ *	and decrement its reference count. (INST_STORE_* does exactly this.)
+ *
+ *	Surgery is performed on the unshared list value to produce the result.
+ *	TclLsetFlat maintains a linked list of Tcl_Obj's whose string
  *	representations must be spoilt by threading via 'ptr2' of the
- *	two-pointer internal representation. On entry to 'TclLsetFlat', the
+ *	two-pointer internal representation. On entry to TclLsetFlat, the
  *	values of 'ptr2' are immaterial; on exit, the 'ptr2' field of any
  *	Tcl_Obj that has been modified is set to NULL.
  *
  *----------------------------------------------------------------------
  */
@@ -1570,42 +1593,30 @@
 /*
  *----------------------------------------------------------------------
  *
  * TclListObjSetElement --
  *
- *	Set a single element of a list to a specified value.
+ *	Set a single element of a list to a specified value
+ *
+ * Results:
+ *	The return value is normally TCL_OK. If listPtr does not refer to a
+ *	list object and cannot be converted to one, TCL_ERROR is returned and
+ *	an error message will be left in the interpreter result if interp is
+ *	not NULL. Similarly, if index designates an element outside the range
+ *	[0..listLength-1], where listLength is the count of elements in the
+ *	list object designated by listPtr, TCL_ERROR is returned and an error
+ *	message is left in the interpreter result.
+ *
+ * Side effects:
+ *	Tcl_Panic if listPtr designates a shared object. Otherwise, attempts
+ *	to convert it to a list with a non-shared internal rep. Decrements the
+ *	ref count of the object at the specified index within the list,
+ *	replaces with the object designated by valuePtr, and increments the
+ *	ref count of the replacement object.
  *
  *	It is the caller's responsibility to invalidate the string
- *	representation of the 'listPtr'.
- *
- * Value
- *
- * 	TCL_OK
- *
- *	    Success.
- *
- *	TCL_ERROR
- *
- *	    'listPtr' does not refer to a list object and cannot be converted
- *	    to one.  An error message will be left in the interpreter result if
- *	    interp is not NULL.
- *
- *	TCL_ERROR
- *
- *	    An index designates an element outside the range [0..listLength-1],
- *	    where 'listLength' is the count of elements in the list object
- *	    designated by 'listPtr'.  An error message is left in the
- *	    interpreter result.
- *
- * Effect
- *
- *	If 'listPtr' designates a shared object, 'Tcl_Panic' is called.  If
- *	'listPtr' is not already of type 'tclListType', it is converted and the
- *	internal representation is unshared. The 'refCount' of the element at
- *	'index' is decremented and replaced in the list with the 'valuePtr',
- *	whose 'refCount' in turn is incremented.
- *
+ *	representation of the object.
  *
  *----------------------------------------------------------------------
  */
 
 int
@@ -1719,18 +1730,20 @@
 /*
  *----------------------------------------------------------------------
  *
  * FreeListInternalRep --
  *
- *	Deallocate the storage associated with the internal representation of a
- *	a list object.
- *
- * Effect
- *
- *	The storage for the internal 'List' pointer of 'listPtr' is freed, the
- *	'internalRep.twoPtrValue.ptr1' of 'listPtr' is set to NULL, and the 'refCount'
- *	of each element of the list is decremented.
+ *	Deallocate the storage associated with a list object's internal
+ *	representation.
+ *
+ * Results:
+ *	None.
+ *
+ * Side effects:
+ *	Frees listPtr's List* internal representation and sets listPtr's
+ *	internalRep.twoPtrValue.ptr1 to NULL. Decrements the ref counts of all
+ *	element objects, which may free them.
  *
  *----------------------------------------------------------------------
  */
 
 static void
@@ -1755,16 +1768,18 @@
 /*
  *----------------------------------------------------------------------
  *
  * DupListInternalRep --
  *
- *	Initialize the internal representation of a list 'Tcl_Obj' to share the
+ *	Initialize the internal representation of a list Tcl_Obj to share the
  *	internal representation of an existing list object.
  *
- * Effect
+ * Results:
+ *	None.
  *
- *	The 'refCount' of the List internal rep is incremented.
+ * Side effects:
+ *	The reference count of the List internal rep is incremented.
  *
  *----------------------------------------------------------------------
  */
 
 static void
@@ -1780,24 +1795,20 @@
 /*
  *----------------------------------------------------------------------
  *
  * SetListFromAny --
  *
- *	Convert any object to a list.
- *
- * Value
- *
- *    TCL_OK
- *
- *	Success.  The internal representation of 'objPtr' is set, and the type
- *	of 'objPtr' is 'tclListType'.
- *
- *    TCL_ERROR
- *
- *	An error occured during conversion. An error message is left in the
- *	interpreter's result if 'interp' is not NULL.
- *
+ *	Attempt to generate a list internal form for the Tcl object "objPtr".
+ *
+ * Results:
+ *	The return value is TCL_OK or TCL_ERROR. If an error occurs during
+ *	conversion, an error message is left in the interpreter's result
+ *	unless "interp" is NULL.
+ *
+ * Side effects:
+ *	If no error occurs, a list is stored as "objPtr"s internal
+ *	representation.
  *
  *----------------------------------------------------------------------
  */
 
 static int
@@ -1918,30 +1929,32 @@
 /*
  *----------------------------------------------------------------------
  *
  * UpdateStringOfList --
  *
- *	Update the string representation for a list object.
- *
- *	Any previously-exising string representation is not invalidated, so
- *	storage is lost if this has not been taken care of.
- *
- * Effect
- *
- *	The string representation of 'listPtr' is set to the resulting string.
- *	This string will be empty if the list has no elements. It is assumed
- *	that the list internal representation is not NULL.
+ *	Update the string representation for a list object. Note: This
+ *	function does not invalidate an existing old string rep so storage
+ *	will be lost if this has not already been done.
+ *
+ * Results:
+ *	None.
+ *
+ * Side effects:
+ *	The object's string is set to a valid string that results from the
+ *	list-to-string conversion. This string will be empty if the list has
+ *	no elements. The list internal representation should not be NULL and
+ *	we assume it is not NULL.
  *
  *----------------------------------------------------------------------
  */
 
 static void
 UpdateStringOfList(
     Tcl_Obj *listPtr)		/* List object with string rep to update. */
 {
-#   define LOCAL_SIZE 20
-    int localFlags[LOCAL_SIZE], *flagPtr = NULL;
+#   define LOCAL_SIZE 64
+    char localFlags[LOCAL_SIZE], *flagPtr = NULL;
     List *listRepPtr = ListRepPtr(listPtr);
     int numElems = listRepPtr->elemCount;
     int i, length, bytesNeeded = 0;
     const char *elem;
     char *dst;
@@ -1974,11 +1987,11 @@
     } else {
 	/*
 	 * We know numElems <= LIST_MAX, so this is safe.
 	 */
 
-	flagPtr = ckalloc(numElems * sizeof(int));
+	flagPtr = ckalloc(numElems);
     }
     elemPtrs = &listRepPtr->elements;
     for (i = 0; i < numElems; i++) {
 	flagPtr[i] = (i ? TCL_DONT_QUOTE_HASH : 0);
 	elem = TclGetStringFromObj(elemPtrs[i], &length);

Index: generic/tclLiteral.c
==================================================================
--- generic/tclLiteral.c
+++ generic/tclLiteral.c
@@ -184,11 +184,11 @@
     int flags,
     LiteralEntry **globalPtrPtr)
 {
     LiteralTable *globalTablePtr = &iPtr->literalTable;
     LiteralEntry *globalPtr;
-    int globalHash;
+    unsigned int globalHash;
     Tcl_Obj *objPtr;
 
     /*
      * Is it in the interpreter's global literal table?
      */
@@ -391,11 +391,12 @@
     Interp *iPtr = envPtr->iPtr;
     LiteralTable *localTablePtr = &envPtr->localLitTable;
     LiteralEntry *globalPtr, *localPtr;
     Tcl_Obj *objPtr;
     unsigned hash;
-    int localHash, objIndex, new;
+    unsigned int localHash;
+    int objIndex, new;
     Namespace *nsPtr;
 
     if (length < 0) {
 	length = (bytes ? strlen(bytes) : 0);
     }
@@ -535,11 +536,12 @@
     int index)			/* The index of the entry in the literal
 				 * array. */
 {
     LiteralEntry **nextPtrPtr, *entryPtr, *lPtr;
     LiteralTable *localTablePtr = &envPtr->localLitTable;
-    int localHash, length;
+    unsigned int localHash;
+    int length;
     const char *bytes;
     Tcl_Obj *newObjPtr;
 
     lPtr = &envPtr->literalArrayPtr[index];
 
@@ -554,11 +556,11 @@
     Tcl_IncrRefCount(newObjPtr);
     TclReleaseLiteral(interp, lPtr->objPtr);
     lPtr->objPtr = newObjPtr;
 
     bytes = TclGetStringFromObj(newObjPtr, &length);
-    localHash = (HashString(bytes, length) & localTablePtr->mask);
+    localHash = HashString(bytes, length) & localTablePtr->mask;
     nextPtrPtr = &localTablePtr->buckets[localHash];
 
     for (entryPtr=*nextPtrPtr ; entryPtr!=NULL ; entryPtr=*nextPtrPtr) {
 	if (entryPtr == lPtr) {
 	    *nextPtrPtr = lPtr->nextPtr;
@@ -610,11 +612,11 @@
     envPtr->literalArrayNext++;
 
     lPtr = &envPtr->literalArrayPtr[objIndex];
     lPtr->objPtr = objPtr;
     Tcl_IncrRefCount(objPtr);
-    lPtr->refCount = -1;	/* i.e., unused */
+    lPtr->refCount = (size_t)-1;	/* i.e., unused */
     lPtr->nextPtr = NULL;
 
     if (litPtrPtr) {
 	*litPtrPtr = lPtr;
     }
@@ -807,11 +809,12 @@
 {
     Interp *iPtr = (Interp *) interp;
     LiteralTable *globalTablePtr;
     register LiteralEntry *entryPtr, *prevPtr;
     const char *bytes;
-    int length, index;
+    int length;
+    unsigned int index;
 
     if (iPtr == NULL) {
 	goto done;
     }
 
@@ -826,19 +829,17 @@
      */
 
     for (prevPtr=NULL, entryPtr=globalTablePtr->buckets[index];
 	    entryPtr!=NULL ; prevPtr=entryPtr, entryPtr=entryPtr->nextPtr) {
 	if (entryPtr->objPtr == objPtr) {
-	    entryPtr->refCount--;
-
 	    /*
 	     * If the literal is no longer being used by any ByteCode, delete
 	     * the entry then remove the reference corresponding to the global
 	     * literal table entry (decrement the ref count of the object).
 	     */
 
-	    if (entryPtr->refCount == 0) {
+	    if (entryPtr->refCount-- <= 1) {
 		if (prevPtr == NULL) {
 		    globalTablePtr->buckets[index] = entryPtr->nextPtr;
 		} else {
 		    prevPtr->nextPtr = entryPtr->nextPtr;
 		}
@@ -952,12 +953,12 @@
     LiteralEntry **oldBuckets;
     register LiteralEntry **oldChainPtr, **newChainPtr;
     register LiteralEntry *entryPtr;
     LiteralEntry **bucketPtr;
     const char *bytes;
-    unsigned int oldSize;
-    int count, index, length;
+    unsigned int oldSize, index;
+    int count, length;
 
     oldSize = tablePtr->numBuckets;
     oldBuckets = tablePtr->buckets;
 
     /*

Index: generic/tclLoad.c
==================================================================
--- generic/tclLoad.c
+++ generic/tclLoad.c
@@ -468,21 +468,23 @@
      * Test for whether the initialization failed. If so, transfer the error
      * from the target interpreter to the originating one.
      */
 
     if (code != TCL_OK) {
+#if defined(TCL_NO_DEPRECATED) || TCL_MAJOR_VERSION > 8
 	Interp *iPtr = (Interp *) target;
-	if (iPtr->legacyResult && !iPtr->legacyFreeProc) {
+	if (iPtr->result && *(iPtr->result) && !iPtr->freeProc) {
 	    /*
 	     * A call to Tcl_InitStubs() determined the caller extension and
 	     * this interp are incompatible in their stubs mechanisms, and
 	     * recorded the error in the oldest legacy place we have to do so.
 	     */
-	    Tcl_SetObjResult(target, Tcl_NewStringObj(iPtr->legacyResult, -1));
-	    iPtr->legacyResult = NULL;
-	    iPtr->legacyFreeProc = (void (*) (void))-1;
+	    Tcl_SetObjResult(target, Tcl_NewStringObj(iPtr->result, -1));
+	    iPtr->result =  &tclEmptyString;
+	    iPtr->freeProc = NULL;
 	}
+#endif /* defined(TCL_NO_DEPRECATED) */
 	Tcl_TransferResult(target, code, interp);
 	goto done;
     }
 
     /*

Index: generic/tclMain.c
==================================================================
--- generic/tclMain.c
+++ generic/tclMain.c
@@ -264,22 +264,18 @@
 	     * Test for the existence of the rc file before trying to read it.
 	     */
 
 	    c = Tcl_OpenFileChannel(NULL, fullName, "r", 0);
 	    if (c != NULL) {
-		Tcl_Obj *fullNameObj = Tcl_NewStringObj(fullName, -1);
-
 		Tcl_Close(NULL, c);
-		Tcl_IncrRefCount(fullNameObj);
-		if (Tcl_FSEvalFileEx(interp, fullNameObj, NULL) != TCL_OK) {
+		if (Tcl_EvalFile(interp, fullName) != TCL_OK) {
 		    chan = Tcl_GetStdChannel(TCL_STDERR);
 		    if (chan) {
 			Tcl_WriteObj(chan, Tcl_GetObjResult(interp));
 			Tcl_WriteChars(chan, "\n", 1);
 		    }
 		}
-		Tcl_DecrRefCount(fullNameObj);
 	    }
 	}
 	Tcl_DStringFree(&temp);
     }
 }

Index: generic/tclNamesp.c
==================================================================
--- generic/tclNamesp.c
+++ generic/tclNamesp.c
@@ -30,11 +30,11 @@
  * Thread-local storage used to avoid having a global lock on data that is not
  * limited to a single interpreter.
  */
 
 typedef struct {
-    size_t numNsCreated;	/* Count of the number of namespaces created
+    unsigned long numNsCreated;	/* Count of the number of namespaces created
 				 * within the thread. This value is used as a
 				 * unique id for each namespace. Cannot be
 				 * per-interp because the nsId is used to
 				 * distinguish objects which can be passed
 				 * around between interps in the same thread,
@@ -400,11 +400,11 @@
 	ckfree(framePtr->varTablePtr);
 	framePtr->varTablePtr = NULL;
     }
     if (framePtr->numCompiledLocals > 0) {
 	TclDeleteCompiledLocalVars(iPtr, framePtr);
-	if (--framePtr->localCachePtr->refCount == 0) {
+	if (framePtr->localCachePtr->refCount-- <= 1) {
 	    TclFreeLocalCache(interp, framePtr->localCachePtr);
 	}
 	framePtr->localCachePtr = NULL;
     }
 
@@ -913,10 +913,15 @@
 	    TclGetGlobalNamespace((Tcl_Interp *) iPtr);
     Tcl_HashEntry *entryPtr;
     Tcl_HashSearch search;
     Command *cmdPtr;
 
+    /*
+     * Ensure that this namespace doesn't get deallocated in the meantime.
+     */
+    nsPtr->refCount++;
+
     /*
      * Give anyone interested - notably TclOO - a chance to use this namespace
      * normally despite the fact that the namespace is going to go. Allows the
      * calling of destructors. Will only be called once (unless re-established
      * by the called function). [Bug 2950259]
@@ -1045,20 +1050,11 @@
 		ckfree(nsPtr->childTablePtr);
 	    }
 #endif
 	    Tcl_DeleteHashTable(&nsPtr->cmdTable);
 
-	    /*
-	     * If the reference count is 0, then discard the namespace.
-	     * Otherwise, mark it as "dead" so that it can't be used.
-	     */
-
-	    if (nsPtr->refCount == 0) {
-		NamespaceFree(nsPtr);
-	    } else {
-		nsPtr->flags |= NS_DEAD;
-	    }
+	    nsPtr ->flags |= NS_DEAD;
 	} else {
 	    /*
 	     * Restore the ::errorInfo and ::errorCode traces.
 	     */
 
@@ -1071,10 +1067,11 @@
 	     */
 
 	    nsPtr->flags &= ~(NS_DYING|NS_KILLED);
 	}
     }
+    TclNsDecrRefCount(nsPtr);
 }
 
 /*
  *----------------------------------------------------------------------
  *
@@ -2422,10 +2419,39 @@
 }
 
 /*
  *----------------------------------------------------------------------
  *
+ * TclEnsureNamespace --
+ *
+ *	Provide a namespace that is not deleted.
+ *
+ * Value
+ *
+ *	namespacePtr, if it is not scheduled for deletion, or a pointer to a
+ *	new namespace with the same name otherwise.
+ *
+ * Effect
+ *	None.
+ *
+ *----------------------------------------------------------------------
+ */
+Tcl_Namespace *
+TclEnsureNamespace(
+    Tcl_Interp *interp,
+    Tcl_Namespace *namespacePtr)
+{
+    Namespace *nsPtr = (Namespace *) namespacePtr;
+    if (!(nsPtr->flags & NS_DYING)) {
+	    return namespacePtr;
+    }
+    return Tcl_CreateNamespace(interp, nsPtr->fullName, NULL, NULL);
+}
+
+/*
+ *----------------------------------------------------------------------
+ *
  * Tcl_FindNamespace --
  *
  *	Searches for a namespace.
  *
  * Results:
@@ -2636,11 +2662,11 @@
 	}
     } else {
 	Namespace *nsPtr[2];
 	register int search;
 
-	TclGetNamespaceForQualName(interp, name, (Namespace *) contextNsPtr,
+	TclGetNamespaceForQualName(interp, name, cxtNsPtr,
 		flags, &nsPtr[0], &nsPtr[1], &cxtNsPtr, &simpleName);
 
 	/*
 	 * Look for the command in the command table of its namespace. Be sure
 	 * to check both possible search paths: from the specified namespace

Index: generic/tclOO.c
==================================================================
--- generic/tclOO.c
+++ generic/tclOO.c
@@ -2,10 +2,11 @@
  * tclOO.c --
  *
  *	This file contains the object-system core (NB: not Tcl_Obj, but ::oo)
  *
  * Copyright (c) 2005-2012 by Donal K. Fellows
+ * Copyright (c) 2017 by Nathan Coulter
  *
  * See the file "license.terms" for information on usage and redistribution of
  * this file, and for a DISCLAIMER OF ALL WARRANTIES.
  */
 
@@ -56,13 +57,11 @@
  * Function declarations for things defined in this file.
  */
 
 static Class *		AllocClass(Tcl_Interp *interp, Object *useThisObj);
 static Object *		AllocObject(Tcl_Interp *interp, const char *nameStr,
-			    const char *nsNameStr);
-static void		ClearMixins(Class *clsPtr);
-static void		ClearSuperclasses(Class *clsPtr);
+			    Namespace *nsPtr, const char *nsNameStr);
 static int		CloneClassMethod(Tcl_Interp *interp, Class *clsPtr,
 			    Method *mPtr, Tcl_Obj *namePtr,
 			    Method **newMPtrPtr);
 static int		CloneObjectMethod(Tcl_Interp *interp, Object *oPtr,
 			    Method *mPtr, Tcl_Obj *namePtr);
@@ -70,21 +69,26 @@
 static void		DeletedObjdefNamespace(ClientData clientData);
 static void		DeletedHelpersNamespace(ClientData clientData);
 static Tcl_NRPostProc	FinalizeAlloc;
 static Tcl_NRPostProc	FinalizeNext;
 static Tcl_NRPostProc	FinalizeObjectCall;
+static inline void	InitClassPath(Tcl_Interp * interp, Class *clsPtr);
+static void		InitClassSystemRoots(Tcl_Interp *interp,
+			    Foundation *fPtr);
 static int		InitFoundation(Tcl_Interp *interp);
 static void		KillFoundation(ClientData clientData,
 			    Tcl_Interp *interp);
 static void		MyDeleted(ClientData clientData);
 static void		ObjectNamespaceDeleted(ClientData clientData);
 static void		ObjectRenamedTrace(ClientData clientData,
 			    Tcl_Interp *interp, const char *oldName,
 			    const char *newName, int flags);
 static void		ReleaseClassContents(Tcl_Interp *interp,Object *oPtr);
+static void		DeleteDescendants(Tcl_Interp *interp,Object *oPtr);
+static inline void	RemoveClass(Class **list, int num, int idx);
+static inline void	RemoveObject(Object **list, int num, int idx);
 static inline void	SquelchCachedName(Object *oPtr);
-static void		SquelchedNsFirst(ClientData clientData);
 
 static int		PublicObjectCmd(ClientData clientData,
 			    Tcl_Interp *interp, int objc,
 			    Tcl_Obj *const *objv);
 static int		PublicNRObjectCmd(ClientData clientData,
@@ -226,14 +230,56 @@
  * either an oPtr or a classPtr. Note that the roots oo::object and oo::class
  * have _both_ their object and class flags tagged with ROOT_OBJECT and
  * ROOT_CLASS respectively.
  */
 
-#define Deleted(oPtr)		(((Object *)(oPtr))->command == NULL)
+#define Deleted(oPtr)		((oPtr)->flags & OBJECT_DELETED)
 #define IsRootObject(ocPtr)	((ocPtr)->flags & ROOT_OBJECT)
 #define IsRootClass(ocPtr)	((ocPtr)->flags & ROOT_CLASS)
 #define IsRoot(ocPtr)		((ocPtr)->flags & (ROOT_OBJECT|ROOT_CLASS))
+
+#define RemoveItem(type, lst, i) \
+    do {						\
+	Remove ## type ((lst).list, (lst).num, i);	\
+	(lst).num--;					\
+    } while (0)
+
+/*
+ * ----------------------------------------------------------------------
+ *
+ * RemoveClass, RemoveObject --
+ *
+ *	Helpers for the RemoveItem macro for deleting a class or object from a
+ *	list. Setting the "empty" location to NULL makes debugging a little
+ *	easier.
+ *
+ * ----------------------------------------------------------------------
+ */
+
+static inline void
+RemoveClass(
+    Class **list,
+    int num,
+    int idx)
+{
+    for (; idx < num - 1; idx++) {
+	list[idx] = list[idx + 1];
+    }
+    list[idx] = NULL;
+}
+
+static inline void
+RemoveObject(
+    Object **list,
+    int num,
+    int idx)
+{
+    for (; idx < num - 1; idx++) {
+	list[idx] = list[idx + 1];
+    }
+    list[idx] = NULL;
+}
 
 /*
  * ----------------------------------------------------------------------
  *
  * TclOOInit --
@@ -373,32 +419,14 @@
     }
 
     Tcl_CallWhenDeleted(interp, KillFoundation, NULL);
 
     /*
-     * Create the objects at the core of the object system. These need to be
-     * spliced manually.
+     * Create the special objects at the core of the object system.
      */
 
-    fPtr->objectCls = AllocClass(interp,
-	    AllocObject(interp, "::oo::object", NULL));
-    fPtr->classCls = AllocClass(interp,
-	    AllocObject(interp, "::oo::class", NULL));
-    fPtr->objectCls->thisPtr->selfCls = fPtr->classCls;
-    fPtr->objectCls->thisPtr->flags |= ROOT_OBJECT;
-    fPtr->objectCls->flags |= ROOT_OBJECT;
-    fPtr->objectCls->superclasses.num = 0;
-    ckfree(fPtr->objectCls->superclasses.list);
-    fPtr->objectCls->superclasses.list = NULL;
-    fPtr->classCls->thisPtr->selfCls = fPtr->classCls;
-    fPtr->classCls->thisPtr->flags |= ROOT_CLASS;
-    fPtr->classCls->flags |= ROOT_CLASS;
-    TclOOAddToInstances(fPtr->objectCls->thisPtr, fPtr->classCls);
-    TclOOAddToInstances(fPtr->classCls->thisPtr, fPtr->classCls);
-    TclOOAddToSubclasses(fPtr->classCls, fPtr->objectCls);
-    AddRef(fPtr->objectCls->thisPtr);
-    AddRef(fPtr->objectCls);
+    InitClassSystemRoots(interp, fPtr);
 
     /*
      * Basic method declarations for the core classes.
      */
 
@@ -461,10 +489,84 @@
     if (TclOODefineSlots(fPtr) != TCL_OK) {
 	return TCL_ERROR;
     }
     return Tcl_EvalEx(interp, slotScript, -1, 0);
 }
+
+/*
+ * ----------------------------------------------------------------------
+ *
+ * InitClassSystemRoots --
+ *
+ *	Creates the objects at the core of the object system. These need to be
+ *	spliced manually.
+ *
+ * ----------------------------------------------------------------------
+ */
+
+static void
+InitClassSystemRoots(
+    Tcl_Interp *interp,
+    Foundation *fPtr)
+{
+    Class fakeCls;
+    Object fakeObject;
+
+    /* Stand up a phony class for bootstrapping. */
+    fPtr->objectCls = &fakeCls;
+    /* referenced in AllocClass to increment the refCount. */
+    fakeCls.thisPtr = &fakeObject;
+
+    fPtr->objectCls = AllocClass(interp,
+	    AllocObject(interp, "object", (Namespace *)fPtr->ooNs, NULL));
+    /* Corresponding TclOODecrRefCount in KillFoudation */
+    AddRef(fPtr->objectCls->thisPtr);
+
+    /* This is why it is unnecessary in this routine to replace the
+     * incremented reference count of fPtr->objectCls that was swallowed by
+     * fakeObject. */
+    fPtr->objectCls->superclasses.num = 0;
+    ckfree(fPtr->objectCls->superclasses.list);
+    fPtr->objectCls->superclasses.list = NULL;
+
+    /* special initialization for the primordial objects */
+    fPtr->objectCls->thisPtr->flags |= ROOT_OBJECT;
+    fPtr->objectCls->flags |= ROOT_OBJECT;
+
+    fPtr->classCls = AllocClass(interp,
+	    AllocObject(interp, "class", (Namespace *)fPtr->ooNs, NULL));
+    /* Corresponding TclOODecrRefCount in KillFoudation */
+    AddRef(fPtr->classCls->thisPtr);
+
+    /*
+     * Increment reference counts for each reference because these
+     * relationships can be dynamically changed.
+     *
+     * Corresponding TclOODecrRefCount for all incremented refcounts is in
+     * KillFoundation.
+     */
+
+    /* Rewire bootstrapped objects. */
+    fPtr->objectCls->thisPtr->selfCls = fPtr->classCls;
+    AddRef(fPtr->classCls->thisPtr);
+    TclOOAddToInstances(fPtr->objectCls->thisPtr, fPtr->classCls);
+
+    fPtr->classCls->thisPtr->selfCls = fPtr->classCls;
+    AddRef(fPtr->classCls->thisPtr);
+    TclOOAddToInstances(fPtr->classCls->thisPtr, fPtr->classCls);
+
+    fPtr->classCls->thisPtr->flags |= ROOT_CLASS;
+    fPtr->classCls->flags |= ROOT_CLASS;
+
+    /* Standard initialization for new Objects */
+    TclOOAddToSubclasses(fPtr->classCls, fPtr->objectCls);
+
+    /*
+     * THIS IS THE ONLY FUNCTION THAT DOES NON-STANDARD CLASS SPLICING.
+     * Everything else is careful to prohibit looping.
+     */
+}
 
 /*
  * ----------------------------------------------------------------------
  *
  * DeletedDefineNamespace, DeletedObjdefNamespace, DeletedHelpersNamespace --
@@ -520,28 +622,32 @@
     Tcl_Interp *interp)		/* The interpreter containing the OO system
 				 * foundation. */
 {
     Foundation *fPtr = GetFoundation(interp);
 
-    DelRef(fPtr->objectCls->thisPtr);
-    DelRef(fPtr->objectCls);
     TclDecrRefCount(fPtr->unknownMethodNameObj);
     TclDecrRefCount(fPtr->constructorName);
     TclDecrRefCount(fPtr->destructorName);
     TclDecrRefCount(fPtr->clonedName);
     TclDecrRefCount(fPtr->defineName);
+    TclOODecrRefCount(fPtr->objectCls->thisPtr);
+    TclOODecrRefCount(fPtr->classCls->thisPtr);
+
     ckfree(fPtr);
 }
 
 /*
  * ----------------------------------------------------------------------
  *
  * AllocObject --
  *
  *	Allocate an object of basic type. Does not splice the object into its
- *	class's instance list.  The caller must set the classPtr on the object,
- *	either to a class or to NULL.
+ *	class's instance list.  The caller must set the classPtr on the object
+ *	to either a class or NULL, call TclOOAddToInstances to add the object
+ *	to the class's instance list, and if the object itself is a class, use
+ *	call TclOOAddToSubclasses() to add it to the right class's list of
+ *	subclasses.
  *
  * ----------------------------------------------------------------------
  */
 
 static Object *
@@ -550,10 +656,12 @@
 				 * object. */
     const char *nameStr,	/* The name of the object to create, or NULL
 				 * if the OO system should pick the object
 				 * name itself (equal to the namespace
 				 * name). */
+    Namespace *nsPtr,		/* The namespace to create the object in, or
+				 * NULL if *nameStr is NULL */
     const char *nsNameStr)	/* The name of the namespace to create, or
 				 * NULL if the OO system should pick a unique
 				 * name itself. If this is non-NULL but names
 				 * a namespace that already exists, the effect
 				 * will be the same as if this was NULL. */
@@ -560,11 +668,11 @@
 {
     Foundation *fPtr = GetFoundation(interp);
     Object *oPtr;
     Command *cmdPtr;
     CommandTrace *tracePtr;
-    int creationEpoch, ignored;
+    int creationEpoch;
 
     oPtr = ckalloc(sizeof(Object));
     memset(oPtr, 0, sizeof(Object));
 
     /*
@@ -578,12 +686,11 @@
      * names using the epoch until such time as a new namespace is actually
      * created.
      */
 
     if (nsNameStr != NULL) {
-	oPtr->namespacePtr = Tcl_CreateNamespace(interp, nsNameStr, oPtr,
-		ObjectNamespaceDeleted);
+	oPtr->namespacePtr = Tcl_CreateNamespace(interp, nsNameStr, oPtr, NULL);
 	if (oPtr->namespacePtr != NULL) {
 	    creationEpoch = ++fPtr->tsdPtr->nsCount;
 	    goto configNamespace;
 	}
 	Tcl_ResetResult(interp);
@@ -591,12 +698,11 @@
 
     while (1) {
 	char objName[10 + TCL_INTEGER_SPACE];
 
 	sprintf(objName, "::oo::Obj%d", ++fPtr->tsdPtr->nsCount);
-	oPtr->namespacePtr = Tcl_CreateNamespace(interp, objName, oPtr,
-		ObjectNamespaceDeleted);
+	oPtr->namespacePtr = Tcl_CreateNamespace(interp, objName, oPtr, NULL);
 	if (oPtr->namespacePtr != NULL) {
 	    creationEpoch = fPtr->tsdPtr->nsCount;
 	    break;
 	}
 
@@ -607,16 +713,20 @@
 	 */
 
 	Tcl_ResetResult(interp);
     }
 
+
+  configNamespace:
+
+    ((Namespace *)oPtr->namespacePtr)->refCount++;
+
     /*
      * Make the namespace know about the helper commands. This grants access
      * to the [self] and [next] commands.
      */
 
-  configNamespace:
     if (fPtr->helpersNs != NULL) {
 	TclSetNsPath((Namespace *) oPtr->namespacePtr, 1, &fPtr->helpersNs);
     }
     TclOOSetupVariableResolver(oPtr->namespacePtr);
 
@@ -632,46 +742,44 @@
      * Set up a callback to get notification of the deletion of a namespace
      * when enough of the namespace still remains to execute commands and
      * access variables in it. [Bug 2950259]
      */
 
-    ((Namespace *) oPtr->namespacePtr)->earlyDeleteProc = SquelchedNsFirst;
+    ((Namespace *) oPtr->namespacePtr)->earlyDeleteProc = ObjectNamespaceDeleted;
 
     /*
      * Fill in the rest of the non-zero/NULL parts of the structure.
      */
 
     oPtr->fPtr = fPtr;
-    oPtr->selfCls = fPtr->objectCls;
     oPtr->creationEpoch = creationEpoch;
-    oPtr->refCount = 1;
+
+    /*
+     * An object starts life with a refCount of 2 to mark the two stages of
+     * destruction it occur:  A call to ObjectRenamedTrace(), and a call to
+     * ObjectNamespaceDeleted().
+     */
+
+    oPtr->refCount = 2;
     oPtr->flags = USE_CLASS_CACHE;
 
     /*
      * Finally, create the object commands and initialize the trace on the
      * public command (so that the object structures are deleted when the
      * command is deleted).
      */
 
     if (!nameStr) {
-	oPtr->command = Tcl_CreateObjCommand(interp,
-		oPtr->namespacePtr->fullName, PublicObjectCmd, oPtr, NULL);
-    } else if (nameStr[0] == ':' && nameStr[1] == ':') {
-	oPtr->command = Tcl_CreateObjCommand(interp, nameStr,
-		PublicObjectCmd, oPtr, NULL);
-    } else {
-	Tcl_DString buffer;
-
-	Tcl_DStringInit(&buffer);
-	Tcl_DStringAppend(&buffer,
-		Tcl_GetCurrentNamespace(interp)->fullName, -1);
-	TclDStringAppendLiteral(&buffer, "::");
-	Tcl_DStringAppend(&buffer, nameStr, -1);
-	oPtr->command = Tcl_CreateObjCommand(interp,
-		Tcl_DStringValue(&buffer), PublicObjectCmd, oPtr, NULL);
-	Tcl_DStringFree(&buffer);
-    }
+	nameStr = oPtr->namespacePtr->name;
+	nsPtr = (Namespace *)oPtr->namespacePtr;
+	if (nsPtr->parentPtr != NULL) {
+	    nsPtr = nsPtr->parentPtr;
+	}
+
+    }
+    oPtr->command = TclCreateObjCommandInNs(interp, nameStr,
+	(Tcl_Namespace *)nsPtr, PublicObjectCmd, oPtr, NULL);
 
     /*
      * Add the NRE command and trace directly. While this breaks a number of
      * abstractions, it is faster and we're inside Tcl here so we're allowed.
      */
@@ -683,30 +791,12 @@
     tracePtr->clientData = oPtr;
     tracePtr->flags = TCL_TRACE_RENAME|TCL_TRACE_DELETE;
     tracePtr->nextPtr = NULL;
     tracePtr->refCount = 1;
 
-    /*
-     * Access the namespace command table directly when creating "my" to avoid
-     * a bottleneck in string manipulation. Another abstraction-buster.
-     */
-
-    cmdPtr = ckalloc(sizeof(Command));
-    memset(cmdPtr, 0, sizeof(Command));
-    cmdPtr->nsPtr = (Namespace *) oPtr->namespacePtr;
-    cmdPtr->hPtr = Tcl_CreateHashEntry(&cmdPtr->nsPtr->cmdTable, "my",
-	    &ignored);
-    cmdPtr->refCount = 1;
-    cmdPtr->objProc = PrivateObjectCmd;
-    cmdPtr->deleteProc = MyDeleted;
-    cmdPtr->objClientData = cmdPtr->deleteData = oPtr;
-    cmdPtr->proc = TclInvokeObjectCommand;
-    cmdPtr->clientData = cmdPtr;
-    cmdPtr->nreProc = PrivateNRObjectCmd;
-    Tcl_SetHashValue(cmdPtr->hPtr, cmdPtr);
-    oPtr->myCommand = (Tcl_Command) cmdPtr;
-
+    oPtr->myCommand = TclNRCreateCommandInNs(interp, "my", oPtr->namespacePtr,
+	    PrivateObjectCmd, PrivateNRObjectCmd, oPtr, MyDeleted);
     return oPtr;
 }
 
 /*
  * ----------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -753,34 +843,10 @@
 }
 
 /*
  * ----------------------------------------------------------------------
  *
- * SquelchedNsFirst --
- *
- *	This callback is triggered when the object's namespace is deleted by
- *	any mechanism. It deletes the object's public command if it has not
- *	already been deleted, so ensuring that destructors get run at an
- *	appropriate time. [Bug 2950259]
- *
- * ----------------------------------------------------------------------
- */
-
-static void
-SquelchedNsFirst(
-    ClientData clientData)
-{
-    Object *oPtr = clientData;
-
-    if (oPtr->command) {
-	Tcl_DeleteCommandFromToken(oPtr->fPtr->interp, oPtr->command);
-    }
-}
-
-/*
- * ----------------------------------------------------------------------
- *
  * ObjectRenamedTrace --
  *
  *	This callback is triggered when the object is deleted by any
  *	mechanism. It runs the destructors and arranges for the actual cleanup
  *	of the object's namespace, which in turn triggers cleansing of the
@@ -796,11 +862,10 @@
     const char *oldName,	/* What the object was (last) called. */
     const char *newName,	/* What it's getting renamed to. (unused) */
     int flags)			/* Why was the object deleted? */
 {
     Object *oPtr = clientData;
-    Foundation *fPtr = oPtr->fPtr;
 
     /*
      * If this is a rename and not a delete of the object, we just flush the
      * cache of the object name.
      */
@@ -809,140 +874,103 @@
 	SquelchCachedName(oPtr);
 	return;
     }
 
     /*
-     * Oh dear, the object really is being deleted. Handle this by running the
-     * destructors and deleting the object's namespace, which in turn causes
-     * the real object structures to be deleted.
-     *
-     * Note that it is possible for the namespace to be deleted before the
-     * command. Because of that case, we must take care here to mark the
-     * command as being deleted so that if we return here we don't run into
-     * reentrancy problems.
-     *
-     * We also do not run destructors on the core class objects when the
-     * interpreter is being deleted; their incestuous nature causes problems
-     * in that case when the destructor is partially deleted before the uses
-     * of it have gone. [Bug 2949397]
-     */
-
-    AddRef(oPtr);
-    AddRef(fPtr->classCls);
-    AddRef(fPtr->objectCls);
-    AddRef(fPtr->classCls->thisPtr);
-    AddRef(fPtr->objectCls->thisPtr);
-    oPtr->command = NULL;
-
-    if (!(oPtr->flags & DESTRUCTOR_CALLED) && !Tcl_InterpDeleted(interp)) {
-	CallContext *contextPtr =
-		TclOOGetCallContext(oPtr, NULL, DESTRUCTOR, NULL);
-	int result;
-	Tcl_InterpState state;
-
-	oPtr->flags |= DESTRUCTOR_CALLED;
-	if (contextPtr != NULL) {
-	    contextPtr->callPtr->flags |= DESTRUCTOR;
-	    contextPtr->skip = 0;
-	    state = Tcl_SaveInterpState(interp, TCL_OK);
-	    result = Tcl_NRCallObjProc(interp, TclOOInvokeContext,
-		    contextPtr, 0, NULL);
-	    if (result != TCL_OK) {
-		Tcl_BackgroundException(interp, result);
-	    }
-	    Tcl_RestoreInterpState(interp, state);
-	    TclOODeleteContext(contextPtr);
-	}
-    }
-
-    /*
-     * OK, the destructor's been run. Time to splat the class data (if any)
-     * and nuke the namespace (which triggers the final crushing of the object
-     * structure itself).
-     *
-     * The class of objects needs some special care; if it is deleted (and
-     * we're not killing the whole interpreter) we force the delete of the
-     * class of classes now as well. Due to the incestuous nature of those two
-     * classes, if one goes the other must too and yet the tangle can
-     * sometimes not go away automatically; we force it here. [Bug 2962664]
-     */
-
-    if (!Tcl_InterpDeleted(interp) && IsRootObject(oPtr)
-	    && !Deleted(fPtr->classCls->thisPtr)) {
-	Tcl_DeleteCommandFromToken(interp, fPtr->classCls->thisPtr->command);
-    }
-
-    if (oPtr->classPtr != NULL) {
-	AddRef(oPtr->classPtr);
-	ReleaseClassContents(interp, oPtr);
-    }
-
-    /*
-     * The namespace is only deleted if it hasn't already been deleted. [Bug
-     * 2950259]
-     */
-
-    if (oPtr->namespacePtr && ((Namespace *) oPtr->namespacePtr)->earlyDeleteProc != NULL) {
-	Tcl_DeleteNamespace(oPtr->namespacePtr);
-    }
-    if (oPtr->classPtr) {
-	DelRef(oPtr->classPtr);
-    }
-    DelRef(fPtr->classCls->thisPtr);
-    DelRef(fPtr->objectCls->thisPtr);
-    DelRef(fPtr->classCls);
-    DelRef(fPtr->objectCls);
-    DelRef(oPtr);
-}
-
-/*
- * ----------------------------------------------------------------------
- *
- * ClearMixins, ClearSuperclasses --
- *
- *	Utility functions for correctly clearing the list of mixins or
- *	superclasses of a class. Will ckfree() the list storage.
- *
- * ----------------------------------------------------------------------
- */
-
-static void
-ClearMixins(
-    Class *clsPtr)
-{
-    int i;
-    Class *mixinPtr;
-
-    if (clsPtr->mixins.num == 0) {
-	return;
-    }
-
-    FOREACH(mixinPtr, clsPtr->mixins) {
-	TclOORemoveFromMixinSubs(clsPtr, mixinPtr);
-    }
-    ckfree(clsPtr->mixins.list);
-    clsPtr->mixins.list = NULL;
-    clsPtr->mixins.num = 0;
-}
-
-static void
-ClearSuperclasses(
-    Class *clsPtr)
-{
-    int i;
-    Class *superPtr;
-
-    if (clsPtr->superclasses.num == 0) {
-	return;
-    }
-
-    FOREACH(superPtr, clsPtr->superclasses) {
-	TclOORemoveFromSubclasses(clsPtr, superPtr);
-    }
-    ckfree(clsPtr->superclasses.list);
-    clsPtr->superclasses.list = NULL;
-    clsPtr->superclasses.num = 0;
+     * The namespace is only deleted if it hasn't already been deleted. [Bug
+     * 2950259].
+     */
+
+    if (!Deleted(oPtr)) {
+	Tcl_DeleteNamespace(oPtr->namespacePtr);
+    }
+    oPtr->command = NULL;
+    TclOODecrRefCount(oPtr);
+    return;
+}
+
+/*
+ * ----------------------------------------------------------------------
+ *
+ * DeleteDescendants --
+ *
+ *	Delete all descendants of a particular class.
+ *
+ * ----------------------------------------------------------------------
+ */
+
+static void
+DeleteDescendants(
+    Tcl_Interp *interp,		/* The interpreter containing the class. */
+    Object *oPtr)		/* The object representing the class. */
+{
+    Class *clsPtr = oPtr->classPtr, *subclassPtr, *mixinSubclassPtr;
+    Object *instancePtr;
+
+    /*
+     * Squelch classes that this class has been mixed into.
+     */
+
+    if (clsPtr->mixinSubs.num > 0) {
+	while (clsPtr->mixinSubs.num > 0) {
+	    mixinSubclassPtr = clsPtr->mixinSubs.list[clsPtr->mixinSubs.num-1];
+	    /* This condition also covers the case where mixinSubclassPtr ==
+	     * clsPtr
+	     */
+	    if (!Deleted(mixinSubclassPtr->thisPtr)) {
+		Tcl_DeleteCommandFromToken(interp,
+			mixinSubclassPtr->thisPtr->command);
+	    }
+	    TclOORemoveFromMixinSubs(mixinSubclassPtr, clsPtr);
+	}
+    }
+    if (clsPtr->mixinSubs.size > 0) {
+	ckfree(clsPtr->mixinSubs.list);
+	clsPtr->mixinSubs.size = 0;
+    }
+
+    /*
+     * Squelch subclasses of this class.
+     */
+
+    if (clsPtr->subclasses.num > 0) {
+	while (clsPtr->subclasses.num > 0) {
+	    subclassPtr = clsPtr->subclasses.list[clsPtr->subclasses.num-1];
+	    if (!Deleted(subclassPtr->thisPtr) && !IsRoot(subclassPtr)) {
+		Tcl_DeleteCommandFromToken(interp, subclassPtr->thisPtr->command);
+	    }
+	    TclOORemoveFromSubclasses(subclassPtr, clsPtr);
+	}
+    }
+    if (clsPtr->subclasses.size > 0) {
+	ckfree(clsPtr->subclasses.list);
+	clsPtr->subclasses.list = NULL;
+	clsPtr->subclasses.size = 0;
+    }
+
+    /*
+     * Squelch instances of this class (includes objects we're mixed into).
+     */
+
+    if (clsPtr->instances.num > 0) {
+	while (clsPtr->instances.num > 0) {
+	    instancePtr = clsPtr->instances.list[clsPtr->instances.num-1];
+	    /*
+	     * This condition also covers the case where instancePtr == oPtr
+	     */
+
+	    if (!Deleted(instancePtr) && !IsRoot(instancePtr)) {
+		Tcl_DeleteCommandFromToken(interp, instancePtr->command);
+	    }
+	    TclOORemoveFromInstances(instancePtr, clsPtr);
+	}
+    }
+    if (clsPtr->instances.size > 0) {
+	ckfree(clsPtr->instances.list);
+	clsPtr->instances.list = NULL;
+	clsPtr->instances.size = 0;
+    }
 }
 
 /*
  * ----------------------------------------------------------------------
  *
@@ -959,13 +987,14 @@
     Tcl_Interp *interp,		/* The interpreter containing the class. */
     Object *oPtr)		/* The object representing the class. */
 {
     FOREACH_HASH_DECLS;
     int i;
-    Class *clsPtr = oPtr->classPtr, *mixinSubclassPtr, *subclassPtr;
-    Object *instancePtr;
+    Class *clsPtr = oPtr->classPtr, *tmpClsPtr;
+    Method *mPtr;
     Foundation *fPtr = oPtr->fPtr;
+    Tcl_Obj *variableObj;
 
     /*
      * Sanity check!
      */
 
@@ -980,130 +1009,10 @@
 	    Tcl_Panic("deleting class structure for non-deleted %s",
 		    "general object");
 	}
     }
 
-    /*
-     * Lock a number of dependent objects until we've stopped putting our
-     * fingers in them.
-     */
-
-    FOREACH(mixinSubclassPtr, clsPtr->mixinSubs) {
-	if (mixinSubclassPtr != NULL) {
-	    AddRef(mixinSubclassPtr);
-	    AddRef(mixinSubclassPtr->thisPtr);
-	}
-    }
-    FOREACH(subclassPtr, clsPtr->subclasses) {
-	if (subclassPtr != NULL && !IsRoot(subclassPtr)) {
-	    AddRef(subclassPtr);
-	    AddRef(subclassPtr->thisPtr);
-	}
-    }
-    if (!IsRootClass(oPtr)) {
-	FOREACH(instancePtr, clsPtr->instances) {
-	    int j;
-	    if (instancePtr->selfCls == clsPtr) {
-		instancePtr->flags |= CLASS_GONE;
-	    }
-	    for(j=0 ; j<instancePtr->mixins.num ; j++) {
-		Class *mixin = instancePtr->mixins.list[j];
-		Class *nextMixin = NULL;
-		if (mixin == clsPtr) {
-		    if (j < instancePtr->mixins.num - 1) {
-			nextMixin = instancePtr->mixins.list[j+1];
-		    }
-		    if (j == 0) {
-			instancePtr->mixins.num = 0;
-			instancePtr->mixins.list = NULL;
-		    } else {
-			instancePtr->mixins.list[j-1] = nextMixin;
-		    }
-		    instancePtr->mixins.num -= 1;
-		}
-	    }
-	    if (instancePtr != NULL && !IsRoot(instancePtr)) {
-		AddRef(instancePtr);
-	    }
-	}
-    }
-
-    /*
-     * Squelch classes that this class has been mixed into.
-     */
-
-    FOREACH(mixinSubclassPtr, clsPtr->mixinSubs) {
-	if (!Deleted(mixinSubclassPtr->thisPtr)) {
-	    Tcl_DeleteCommandFromToken(interp,
-		    mixinSubclassPtr->thisPtr->command);
-	}
-	ClearMixins(mixinSubclassPtr);
-	DelRef(mixinSubclassPtr->thisPtr);
-	DelRef(mixinSubclassPtr);
-    }
-    if (clsPtr->mixinSubs.list != NULL) {
-	ckfree(clsPtr->mixinSubs.list);
-	clsPtr->mixinSubs.list = NULL;
-	clsPtr->mixinSubs.num = 0;
-    }
-
-    /*
-     * Squelch subclasses of this class.
-     */
-
-    FOREACH(subclassPtr, clsPtr->subclasses) {
-	if (IsRoot(subclassPtr)) {
-	    continue;
-	}
-	if (!Deleted(subclassPtr->thisPtr)) {
-	    Tcl_DeleteCommandFromToken(interp, subclassPtr->thisPtr->command);
-	}
-	ClearSuperclasses(subclassPtr);
-	DelRef(subclassPtr->thisPtr);
-	DelRef(subclassPtr);
-    }
-    if (clsPtr->subclasses.list != NULL) {
-	ckfree(clsPtr->subclasses.list);
-	clsPtr->subclasses.list = NULL;
-	clsPtr->subclasses.num = 0;
-    }
-
-    /*
-     * Squelch instances of this class (includes objects we're mixed into).
-     */
-
-    if (!IsRootClass(oPtr)) {
-	FOREACH(instancePtr, clsPtr->instances) {
-	    if (instancePtr == NULL || IsRoot(instancePtr)) {
-		continue;
-	    }
-	    if (!Deleted(instancePtr)) {
-		Tcl_DeleteCommandFromToken(interp, instancePtr->command);
-		/*
-		 * Tcl_DeleteCommandFromToken() may have done to whole
-		 * job for us.  Roll back and check again.
-		 */
-		i--;
-		continue;
-	    }
-	    DelRef(instancePtr);
-	}
-    }
-    if (clsPtr->instances.list != NULL) {
-	ckfree(clsPtr->instances.list);
-	clsPtr->instances.list = NULL;
-	clsPtr->instances.num = 0;
-    }
-
-    /*
-     * Special: We delete these after everything else.
-     */
-
-    if (IsRootClass(oPtr) && !Deleted(fPtr->objectCls->thisPtr)) {
-	Tcl_DeleteCommandFromToken(interp, fPtr->objectCls->thisPtr->command);
-    }
-
     /*
      * Squelch method implementation chain caches.
      */
 
     if (clsPtr->constructorChainPtr) {
@@ -1134,10 +1043,11 @@
 
 	FOREACH(filterObj, clsPtr->filters) {
 	    TclDecrRefCount(filterObj);
 	}
 	ckfree(clsPtr->filters.list);
+	clsPtr->filters.list = NULL;
 	clsPtr->filters.num = 0;
     }
 
     /*
      * Squelch our metadata.
@@ -1152,10 +1062,48 @@
 	}
 	Tcl_DeleteHashTable(clsPtr->metadataPtr);
 	ckfree(clsPtr->metadataPtr);
 	clsPtr->metadataPtr = NULL;
     }
+
+    if (clsPtr->mixins.num) {
+	FOREACH(tmpClsPtr, clsPtr->mixins) {
+	    TclOORemoveFromMixinSubs(clsPtr, tmpClsPtr);
+	    TclOODecrRefCount(tmpClsPtr->thisPtr);
+	}
+	ckfree(clsPtr->mixins.list);
+	clsPtr->mixins.list = NULL;
+	clsPtr->mixins.num = 0;
+    }
+
+    if (clsPtr->superclasses.num > 0) {
+	FOREACH(tmpClsPtr, clsPtr->superclasses) {
+	    TclOORemoveFromSubclasses(clsPtr, tmpClsPtr);
+	    TclOODecrRefCount(tmpClsPtr->thisPtr);
+	}
+	ckfree(clsPtr->superclasses.list);
+	clsPtr->superclasses.num = 0;
+	clsPtr->superclasses.list = NULL;
+    }
+
+    FOREACH_HASH_VALUE(mPtr, &clsPtr->classMethods) {
+	TclOODelMethodRef(mPtr);
+    }
+    Tcl_DeleteHashTable(&clsPtr->classMethods);
+    TclOODelMethodRef(clsPtr->constructorPtr);
+    TclOODelMethodRef(clsPtr->destructorPtr);
+
+    FOREACH(variableObj, clsPtr->variables) {
+	TclDecrRefCount(variableObj);
+    }
+    if (i) {
+	ckfree(clsPtr->variables.list);
+    }
+
+    if (IsRootClass(oPtr) && !Deleted(fPtr->objectCls->thisPtr)) {
+	Tcl_DeleteCommandFromToken(interp, fPtr->objectCls->thisPtr->command);
+    }
 }
 
 /*
  * ----------------------------------------------------------------------
  *
@@ -1173,54 +1121,110 @@
 ObjectNamespaceDeleted(
     ClientData clientData)	/* Pointer to the class whose namespace is
 				 * being deleted. */
 {
     Object *oPtr = clientData;
+    Foundation *fPtr = oPtr->fPtr;
     FOREACH_HASH_DECLS;
-    Class *clsPtr = oPtr->classPtr, *mixinPtr;
+    Class *mixinPtr;
     Method *mPtr;
     Tcl_Obj *filterObj, *variableObj;
-    int deleteAlreadyInProgress = 0, i;
+    Tcl_Interp *interp = oPtr->fPtr->interp;
+    int i;
+
+    if (Deleted(oPtr)) {
+	/*
+	 * TODO: Can ObjectNamespaceDeleted ever be called twice? If not, this
+	 * guard could be removed.
+	 */
+
+	return;
+    }
+
+    /*
+     * One rule for the teardown routines is that if an object is in the
+     * process of being deleted, nothing else may modify its bookeeping
+     * records.  This is the flag that
+     */
+
+    oPtr->flags |= OBJECT_DELETED;
+
+    /* Let the dominoes fall */
+    if (oPtr->classPtr) {
+	DeleteDescendants(interp, oPtr);
+    }
+
+    /*
+     * We do not run destructors on the core class objects when the
+     * interpreter is being deleted; their incestuous nature causes problems
+     * in that case when the destructor is partially deleted before the uses
+     * of it have gone. [Bug 2949397]
+     */
+
+    if (!Tcl_InterpDeleted(interp) && !(oPtr->flags & DESTRUCTOR_CALLED)) {
+	CallContext *contextPtr =
+		TclOOGetCallContext(oPtr, NULL, DESTRUCTOR, NULL);
+	int result;
+
+	Tcl_InterpState state;
+	oPtr->flags |= DESTRUCTOR_CALLED;
+
+	if (contextPtr != NULL) {
+	    contextPtr->callPtr->flags |= DESTRUCTOR;
+	    contextPtr->skip = 0;
+	    state = Tcl_SaveInterpState(interp, TCL_OK);
+	    result = Tcl_NRCallObjProc(interp, TclOOInvokeContext,
+		    contextPtr, 0, NULL);
+	    if (result != TCL_OK) {
+		Tcl_BackgroundException(interp, result);
+	    }
+	    Tcl_RestoreInterpState(interp, state);
+	    TclOODeleteContext(contextPtr);
+	}
+    }
 
     /*
      * Instruct everyone to no longer use any allocated fields of the object.
-     * Also delete the commands that refer to the object at this point (if
-     * they still exist) because otherwise their references to the object
-     * point into freed memory, allowing crashes.
+     * Also delete the command that refers to the object at this point (if
+     * it still exists) because otherwise its pointer to the object
+     * points into freed memory.
      */
 
-    if (oPtr->command) {
-	if ((((Command *)oPtr->command)->flags && CMD_IS_DELETED)) {
-	    /*
-	     * Namespace deletion must have been triggered by a trace on command
-	     * deletion , meaning that ObjectRenamedTrace() is eventually going
-	     * to be called .
-	     */
-	    deleteAlreadyInProgress = 1;
-	}
+    if (((Command *)oPtr->command)->flags && CMD_IS_DELETED) {
+	/*
+	 * Something has already started the command deletion process. We can
+	 * go ahead and clean up the the namespace,
+	 */
+    } else {
+	/*
+	 * The namespace must have been deleted directly.  Delete the command
+	 * as well.
+	 */
 
 	Tcl_DeleteCommandFromToken(oPtr->fPtr->interp, oPtr->command);
     }
+
     if (oPtr->myCommand) {
 	Tcl_DeleteCommandFromToken(oPtr->fPtr->interp, oPtr->myCommand);
     }
 
     /*
      * Splice the object out of its context. After this, we must *not* call
      * methods on the object.
      */
 
-    if (!IsRootObject(oPtr) && !(oPtr->flags & CLASS_GONE)) {
-	TclOORemoveFromInstances(oPtr, oPtr->selfCls);
-    }
+    /*
+     * TODO: Should this be protected with a * !IsRoot() condition?
+     */
 
-    FOREACH(mixinPtr, oPtr->mixins) {
-	if (mixinPtr) {
+    TclOORemoveFromInstances(oPtr, oPtr->selfCls);
+
+    if (oPtr->mixins.num > 0) {
+	FOREACH(mixinPtr, oPtr->mixins) {
 	    TclOORemoveFromInstances(oPtr, mixinPtr);
+	    TclOODecrRefCount(mixinPtr->thisPtr);
 	}
-    }
-    if (i) {
 	ckfree(oPtr->mixins.list);
     }
 
     FOREACH(filterObj, oPtr->filters) {
 	TclDecrRefCount(filterObj);
@@ -1261,82 +1265,67 @@
 	ckfree(oPtr->metadataPtr);
 	oPtr->metadataPtr = NULL;
     }
 
     /*
-     * If this was a class, there's additional deletion work to do.
+     * Because an object can be a class that is an instance of itself, the
+     * class object's class structure should only be cleaned after most of the
+     * cleanup on the object is done.
+     *
+     * The class of objects needs some special care; if it is deleted (and
+     * we're not killing the whole interpreter) we force the delete of the
+     * class of classes now as well. Due to the incestuous nature of those two
+     * classes, if one goes the other must too and yet the tangle can
+     * sometimes not go away automatically; we force it here. [Bug 2962664]
      */
 
-    if (clsPtr != NULL) {
-	Tcl_ObjectMetadataType *metadataTypePtr;
-	ClientData value;
-
-	if (clsPtr->metadataPtr != NULL) {
-	    FOREACH_HASH(metadataTypePtr, value, clsPtr->metadataPtr) {
-		metadataTypePtr->deleteProc(value);
-	    }
-	    Tcl_DeleteHashTable(clsPtr->metadataPtr);
-	    ckfree(clsPtr->metadataPtr);
-	    clsPtr->metadataPtr = NULL;
-	}
-
-	FOREACH(filterObj, clsPtr->filters) {
-	    TclDecrRefCount(filterObj);
-	}
-	if (i) {
-	    ckfree(clsPtr->filters.list);
-	    clsPtr->filters.num = 0;
-	}
-
-	ClearMixins(clsPtr);
-
-	ClearSuperclasses(clsPtr);
-
-	if (clsPtr->subclasses.list) {
-	    ckfree(clsPtr->subclasses.list);
-	    clsPtr->subclasses.list = NULL;
-	    clsPtr->subclasses.num = 0;
-	}
-	if (clsPtr->instances.list) {
-	    ckfree(clsPtr->instances.list);
-	    clsPtr->instances.list = NULL;
-	    clsPtr->instances.num = 0;
-	}
-	if (clsPtr->mixinSubs.list) {
-	    ckfree(clsPtr->mixinSubs.list);
-	    clsPtr->mixinSubs.list = NULL;
-	    clsPtr->mixinSubs.num = 0;
-	}
-
-	FOREACH_HASH_VALUE(mPtr, &clsPtr->classMethods) {
-	    TclOODelMethodRef(mPtr);
-	}
-	Tcl_DeleteHashTable(&clsPtr->classMethods);
-	TclOODelMethodRef(clsPtr->constructorPtr);
-	TclOODelMethodRef(clsPtr->destructorPtr);
-
-	FOREACH(variableObj, clsPtr->variables) {
-	    TclDecrRefCount(variableObj);
-	}
-	if (i) {
-	    ckfree(clsPtr->variables.list);
-	}
-
-	DelRef(clsPtr);
+    if (IsRootObject(oPtr) && !Deleted(fPtr->classCls->thisPtr)
+	    && !Tcl_InterpDeleted(interp)) {
+	Tcl_DeleteCommandFromToken(interp, fPtr->classCls->thisPtr->command);
+    }
+
+    if (oPtr->classPtr != NULL) {
+	ReleaseClassContents(interp, oPtr);
     }
 
     /*
      * Delete the object structure itself.
      */
 
-    if (deleteAlreadyInProgress) {
-	oPtr->classPtr = NULL;
-	oPtr->namespacePtr = NULL;
-    } else {
-	DelRef(oPtr);
+    TclNsDecrRefCount((Namespace *)oPtr->namespacePtr);
+    oPtr->namespacePtr = NULL;
+    TclOODecrRefCount(oPtr->selfCls->thisPtr);
+    oPtr->selfCls = NULL;
+    TclOODecrRefCount(oPtr);
+    return;
+}
+
+/*
+ * ----------------------------------------------------------------------
+ *
+ * TclOODecrRefCount --
+ *
+ *	Decrement the refcount of an object and deallocate storage then object
+ *	is no longer referenced.  Returns 1 if storage was deallocated, and 0
+ *	otherwise.
+ *
+ * ----------------------------------------------------------------------
+ */
+
+int
+TclOODecrRefCount(
+    Object *oPtr)
+{
+    if (oPtr->refCount-- <= 1) {
+
+	if (oPtr->classPtr != NULL) {
+	    ckfree(oPtr->classPtr);
+	}
+	ckfree(oPtr);
+	return 1;
     }
-
+    return 0;
 }
 
 /*
  * ----------------------------------------------------------------------
  *
@@ -1346,40 +1335,28 @@
  *	a class.
  *
  * ----------------------------------------------------------------------
  */
 
-void
+int
 TclOORemoveFromInstances(
     Object *oPtr,		/* The instance to remove. */
     Class *clsPtr)		/* The class (possibly) containing the
 				 * reference to the instance. */
 {
-    int i;
+    int i, res = 0;
     Object *instPtr;
 
     FOREACH(instPtr, clsPtr->instances) {
 	if (oPtr == instPtr) {
-	    goto removeInstance;
-	}
-    }
-    return;
-
-  removeInstance:
-    if (Deleted(clsPtr->thisPtr)) {
-	if (!IsRootClass(clsPtr)) {
-	    DelRef(clsPtr->instances.list[i]);
-	}
-	clsPtr->instances.list[i] = NULL;
-    } else {
-	clsPtr->instances.num--;
-	if (i < clsPtr->instances.num) {
-	    clsPtr->instances.list[i] =
-		    clsPtr->instances.list[clsPtr->instances.num];
-	}
-	clsPtr->instances.list[clsPtr->instances.num] = NULL;
-    }
+	    RemoveItem(Object, clsPtr->instances, i);
+	    TclOODecrRefCount(oPtr);
+	    res++;
+	    break;
+	}
+    }
+    return res;
 }
 
 /*
  * ----------------------------------------------------------------------
  *
@@ -1396,13 +1373,10 @@
     Object *oPtr,		/* The instance to add. */
     Class *clsPtr)		/* The class to add the instance to. It is
 				 * assumed that the class is not already
 				 * present as an instance in the class. */
 {
-    if (Deleted(clsPtr->thisPtr)) {
-	return;
-    }
     if (clsPtr->instances.num >= clsPtr->instances.size) {
 	clsPtr->instances.size += ALLOC_CHUNK;
 	if (clsPtr->instances.size == ALLOC_CHUNK) {
 	    clsPtr->instances.list = ckalloc(sizeof(Object *) * ALLOC_CHUNK);
 	} else {
@@ -1409,48 +1383,41 @@
 	    clsPtr->instances.list = ckrealloc(clsPtr->instances.list,
 		    sizeof(Object *) * clsPtr->instances.size);
 	}
     }
     clsPtr->instances.list[clsPtr->instances.num++] = oPtr;
+    AddRef(oPtr);
 }
 
 /*
  * ----------------------------------------------------------------------
  *
  * TclOORemoveFromSubclasses --
  *
  *	Utility function to remove a class from the list of subclasses within
- *	another class.
+ *	another class. Returns the number of removals performed.
  *
  * ----------------------------------------------------------------------
  */
 
-void
+int
 TclOORemoveFromSubclasses(
     Class *subPtr,		/* The subclass to remove. */
-    Class *superPtr)		/* The superclass to (possibly) remove the
+    Class *superPtr)		/* The superclass to possibly remove the
 				 * subclass reference from. */
 {
-    int i;
+    int i, res = 0;
     Class *subclsPtr;
 
     FOREACH(subclsPtr, superPtr->subclasses) {
 	if (subPtr == subclsPtr) {
-	    goto removeSubclass;
+	    RemoveItem(Class, superPtr->subclasses, i);
+	    TclOODecrRefCount(subPtr->thisPtr);
+	    res++;
 	}
     }
-    return;
-
-  removeSubclass:
-    if (!Deleted(superPtr->thisPtr)) {
-	superPtr->subclasses.num--;
-	if (i < superPtr->subclasses.num) {
-	    superPtr->subclasses.list[i] =
-		    superPtr->subclasses.list[superPtr->subclasses.num];
-	}
-	superPtr->subclasses.list[superPtr->subclasses.num] = NULL;
-    }
+    return res;
 }
 
 /*
  * ----------------------------------------------------------------------
  *
@@ -1473,17 +1440,18 @@
 	return;
     }
     if (superPtr->subclasses.num >= superPtr->subclasses.size) {
 	superPtr->subclasses.size += ALLOC_CHUNK;
 	if (superPtr->subclasses.size == ALLOC_CHUNK) {
-	    superPtr->subclasses.list = ckalloc(sizeof(Class*) * ALLOC_CHUNK);
+	    superPtr->subclasses.list = ckalloc(sizeof(Class *) * ALLOC_CHUNK);
 	} else {
 	    superPtr->subclasses.list = ckrealloc(superPtr->subclasses.list,
 		    sizeof(Class *) * superPtr->subclasses.size);
 	}
     }
     superPtr->subclasses.list[superPtr->subclasses.num++] = subPtr;
+    AddRef(subPtr->thisPtr);
 }
 
 /*
  * ----------------------------------------------------------------------
  *
@@ -1493,35 +1461,28 @@
  *	another class.
  *
  * ----------------------------------------------------------------------
  */
 
-void
+int
 TclOORemoveFromMixinSubs(
     Class *subPtr,		/* The subclass to remove. */
-    Class *superPtr)		/* The superclass to (possibly) remove the
+    Class *superPtr)		/* The superclass to possibly remove the
 				 * subclass reference from. */
 {
-    int i;
+    int i, res = 0;
     Class *subclsPtr;
 
     FOREACH(subclsPtr, superPtr->mixinSubs) {
 	if (subPtr == subclsPtr) {
-	    goto removeSubclass;
+	    RemoveItem(Class, superPtr->mixinSubs, i);
+	    TclOODecrRefCount(subPtr->thisPtr);
+	    res++;
+	    break;
 	}
     }
-    return;
-
-  removeSubclass:
-    if (!Deleted(superPtr->thisPtr)) {
-	superPtr->mixinSubs.num--;
-	if (i < superPtr->mixinSubs.num) {
-	    superPtr->mixinSubs.list[i] =
-		    superPtr->mixinSubs.list[superPtr->mixinSubs.num];
-	}
-	superPtr->mixinSubs.list[superPtr->mixinSubs.num] = NULL;
-    }
+    return res;
 }
 
 /*
  * ----------------------------------------------------------------------
  *
@@ -1551,48 +1512,30 @@
 	    superPtr->mixinSubs.list = ckrealloc(superPtr->mixinSubs.list,
 		    sizeof(Class *) * superPtr->mixinSubs.size);
 	}
     }
     superPtr->mixinSubs.list[superPtr->mixinSubs.num++] = subPtr;
+    AddRef(subPtr->thisPtr);
 }
 
 /*
  * ----------------------------------------------------------------------
  *
  * AllocClass --
  *
- *	Allocate a basic class. Does not splice the class object into its
+ *	Allocate a basic class. Does not add class to its
  *	class's instance list.
  *
  * ----------------------------------------------------------------------
  */
 
-static Class *
-AllocClass(
-    Tcl_Interp *interp,		/* Interpreter within which to allocate the
-				 * class. */
-    Object *useThisObj)		/* Object that is to act as the class
-				 * representation, or NULL if a new object
-				 * (with automatic name) is to be used. */
+static inline void
+InitClassPath(
+    Tcl_Interp *interp,
+    Class *clsPtr)
 {
     Foundation *fPtr = GetFoundation(interp);
-    Class *clsPtr = ckalloc(sizeof(Class));
-
-    /*
-     * Make an object if we haven't been given one.
-     */
-
-    memset(clsPtr, 0, sizeof(Class));
-    if (useThisObj == NULL) {
-	clsPtr->thisPtr = AllocObject(interp, NULL, NULL);
-    } else {
-	clsPtr->thisPtr = useThisObj;
-    }
-
-    /*
-     * Configure the namespace path for the class's object.
-     */
 
     if (fPtr->helpersNs != NULL) {
 	Tcl_Namespace *path[2];
 
 	path[0] = fPtr->helpersNs;
@@ -1600,26 +1543,40 @@
 	TclSetNsPath((Namespace *) clsPtr->thisPtr->namespacePtr, 2, path);
     } else {
 	TclSetNsPath((Namespace *) clsPtr->thisPtr->namespacePtr, 1,
 		&fPtr->ooNs);
     }
+}
+
+static Class *
+AllocClass(
+    Tcl_Interp *interp,		/* Interpreter within which to allocate the
+				 * class. */
+    Object *useThisObj)		/* Object that is to act as the class
+				 * representation. */
+{
+    Foundation *fPtr = GetFoundation(interp);
+    Class *clsPtr = ckalloc(sizeof(Class));
+
+    memset(clsPtr, 0, sizeof(Class));
+    clsPtr->thisPtr = useThisObj;
 
     /*
-     * Class objects inherit from the class of classes unless they inherit
-     * from some subclass of it. Enforce this right now.
+     * Configure the namespace path for the class's object.
      */
 
-    clsPtr->thisPtr->selfCls = fPtr->classCls;
+    InitClassPath(interp, clsPtr);
 
     /*
      * Classes are subclasses of oo::object, i.e. the objects they create are
      * objects.
      */
 
     clsPtr->superclasses.num = 1;
     clsPtr->superclasses.list = ckalloc(sizeof(Class *));
     clsPtr->superclasses.list[0] = fPtr->objectCls;
+    AddRef(fPtr->objectCls->thisPtr);
 
     /*
      * Finish connecting the class structure to the object structure.
      */
 
@@ -1628,11 +1585,10 @@
     /*
      * That's the complicated bit. Now fill in the rest of the non-zero/NULL
      * fields.
      */
 
-    clsPtr->refCount = 1;
     Tcl_InitObjHashTable(&clsPtr->classMethods);
     return clsPtr;
 }
 
 /*
@@ -1642,11 +1598,10 @@
  *
  *	Allocate a new instance of an object.
  *
  * ----------------------------------------------------------------------
  */
-
 Tcl_Object
 Tcl_NewObjectInstance(
     Tcl_Interp *interp,		/* Interpreter context. */
     Tcl_Class cls,		/* Class to create an instance of. */
     const char *nameStr,	/* Name of object to create, or NULL to ask
@@ -1659,58 +1614,21 @@
     Tcl_Obj *const *objv,	/* Argument list. */
     int skip)			/* Number of arguments to _not_ pass to the
 				 * constructor. */
 {
     register Class *classPtr = (Class *) cls;
-    Foundation *fPtr = GetFoundation(interp);
     Object *oPtr;
-
-    /*
-     * Check if we're going to create an object over an existing command;
-     * that's not allowed.
-     */
-
-    if (nameStr && Tcl_FindCommand(interp, nameStr, NULL,
-	    TCL_NAMESPACE_ONLY)) {
-	Tcl_SetObjResult(interp, Tcl_ObjPrintf(
-		"can't create object \"%s\": command already exists with"
-		" that name", nameStr));
-	Tcl_SetErrorCode(interp, "TCL", "OO", "OVERWRITE_OBJECT", NULL);
+    ClientData clientData[4];
+
+    oPtr = TclNewObjectInstanceCommon(interp, classPtr, nameStr, nsNameStr);
+    if (oPtr == NULL) {
 	return NULL;
     }
 
     /*
-     * Create the object.
-     */
-
-    oPtr = AllocObject(interp, nameStr, nsNameStr);
-    oPtr->selfCls = classPtr;
-    TclOOAddToInstances(oPtr, classPtr);
-
-    /*
-     * Check to see if we're really creating a class. If so, allocate the
-     * class structure as well.
-     */
-
-    if (TclOOIsReachable(fPtr->classCls, classPtr)) {
-	/*
-	 * Is a class, so attach a class structure. Note that the AllocClass
-	 * function splices the structure into the object, so we don't have
-	 * to. Once that's done, we need to repatch the object to have the
-	 * right class since AllocClass interferes with that.
-	 */
-
-	AllocClass(interp, oPtr);
-	oPtr->selfCls = classPtr;
-	TclOOAddToSubclasses(oPtr->classPtr, fPtr->objectCls);
-    } else {
-	oPtr->classPtr = NULL;
-    }
-
-    /*
-     * Run constructors, except when objc < 0 (a special flag case used for
-     * object cloning only).
+     * Run constructors, except when objc < 0, which is a special flag case
+     * used for object cloning only.
      */
 
     if (objc >= 0) {
 	CallContext *contextPtr =
 		TclOOGetCallContext(oPtr, NULL, CONSTRUCTOR, NULL);
@@ -1722,11 +1640,11 @@
 	    state = Tcl_SaveInterpState(interp, TCL_OK);
 	    contextPtr->callPtr->flags |= CONSTRUCTOR;
 	    contextPtr->skip = skip;
 
 	    /*
-	     * Adjust the ensmble tracking record if necessary. [Bug 3514761]
+	     * Adjust the ensemble tracking record if necessary. [Bug 3514761]
 	     */
 
 	    isRoot = TclInitRewriteEnsemble(interp, skip, skip, objv);
 	    result = Tcl_NRCallObjProc(interp, TclOOInvokeContext, contextPtr,
 		    objc, objv);
@@ -1733,40 +1651,19 @@
 
 	    if (isRoot) {
 		TclResetRewriteEnsemble(interp, 1);
 	    }
 
-	    /*
-	     * It's an error if the object was whacked in the constructor.
-	     * Force this if it isn't already an error (don't want to lose
-	     * errors by accident...) [Bug 2903011]
-	     */
-
-	    if (result != TCL_ERROR && Deleted(oPtr)) {
-		Tcl_SetObjResult(interp, Tcl_NewStringObj(
-			"object deleted in constructor", -1));
-		Tcl_SetErrorCode(interp, "TCL", "OO", "STILLBORN", NULL);
-		result = TCL_ERROR;
-	    }
-	    TclOODeleteContext(contextPtr);
-	    if (result != TCL_OK) {
-		Tcl_DiscardInterpState(state);
-
-		/*
-		 * Take care to not delete a deleted object; that would be
-		 * bad. [Bug 2903011] Also take care to make sure that we have
-		 * the name of the command before we delete it. [Bug
-		 * 9dd1bd7a74]
-		 */
-
-		if (!Deleted(oPtr)) {
-		    (void) TclOOObjectName(interp, oPtr);
-		    Tcl_DeleteCommandFromToken(interp, oPtr->command);
-		}
+	    clientData[0] = contextPtr;
+	    clientData[1] = oPtr;
+	    clientData[2] = state;
+	    clientData[3] = &oPtr;
+
+	    result = FinalizeAlloc(clientData, interp, result);
+	    if (result != TCL_OK) {
 		return NULL;
 	    }
-	    Tcl_RestoreInterpState(interp, state);
 	}
     }
 
     return (Tcl_Object) oPtr;
 }
@@ -1787,55 +1684,19 @@
 				 * constructor. */
     Tcl_Object *objectPtr)	/* Place to write the object reference upon
 				 * successful allocation. */
 {
     register Class *classPtr = (Class *) cls;
-    Foundation *fPtr = GetFoundation(interp);
     CallContext *contextPtr;
     Tcl_InterpState state;
     Object *oPtr;
 
-    /*
-     * Check if we're going to create an object over an existing command;
-     * that's not allowed.
-     */
-
-    if (nameStr && Tcl_FindCommand(interp, nameStr, NULL,
-	    TCL_NAMESPACE_ONLY)) {
-	Tcl_SetObjResult(interp, Tcl_ObjPrintf(
-		"can't create object \"%s\": command already exists with"
-		" that name", nameStr));
-	Tcl_SetErrorCode(interp, "TCL", "OO", "OVERWRITE_OBJECT", NULL);
+    oPtr = TclNewObjectInstanceCommon(interp, classPtr, nameStr, nsNameStr);
+    if (oPtr == NULL) {
 	return TCL_ERROR;
     }
 
-    /*
-     * Create the object.
-     */
-
-    oPtr = AllocObject(interp, nameStr, nsNameStr);
-    oPtr->selfCls = classPtr;
-    TclOOAddToInstances(oPtr, classPtr);
-
-    /*
-     * Check to see if we're really creating a class. If so, allocate the
-     * class structure as well.
-     */
-
-    if (TclOOIsReachable(fPtr->classCls, classPtr)) {
-	/*
-	 * Is a class, so attach a class structure. Note that the AllocClass
-	 * function splices the structure into the object, so we don't have
-	 * to. Once that's done, we need to repatch the object to have the
-	 * right class since AllocClass interferes with that.
-	 */
-
-	AllocClass(interp, oPtr);
-	oPtr->selfCls = classPtr;
-	TclOOAddToSubclasses(oPtr->classPtr, fPtr->objectCls);
-    }
-
     /*
      * Run constructors, except when objc < 0 (a special flag case used for
      * object cloning only). If there aren't any constructors, we do nothing.
      */
 
@@ -1852,11 +1713,11 @@
     state = Tcl_SaveInterpState(interp, TCL_OK);
     contextPtr->callPtr->flags |= CONSTRUCTOR;
     contextPtr->skip = skip;
 
     /*
-     * Adjust the ensmble tracking record if necessary. [Bug 3514761]
+     * Adjust the ensemble tracking record if necessary. [Bug 3514761]
      */
 
     if (TclInitRewriteEnsemble(interp, skip, skip, objv)) {
 	TclNRAddCallback(interp, TclClearRootEnsemble, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL);
     }
@@ -1863,16 +1724,88 @@
 
     /*
      * Fire off the constructors non-recursively.
      */
 
-    AddRef(oPtr);
     TclNRAddCallback(interp, FinalizeAlloc, contextPtr, oPtr, state,
 	    objectPtr);
     TclPushTailcallPoint(interp);
     return TclOOInvokeContext(contextPtr, interp, objc, objv);
 }
+
+
+Object *
+TclNewObjectInstanceCommon(
+    Tcl_Interp *interp,
+    Class *classPtr,
+    const char *nameStr,
+    const char *nsNameStr)
+{
+    Tcl_HashEntry *hPtr;
+    Foundation *fPtr = GetFoundation(interp);
+    Object *oPtr;
+    const char *simpleName = NULL;
+    Namespace *nsPtr = NULL, *dummy;
+    Namespace *inNsPtr = (Namespace *) TclGetCurrentNamespace(interp);
+    int isNew;
+
+    if (nameStr) {
+	TclGetNamespaceForQualName(interp, nameStr, inNsPtr,
+		TCL_CREATE_NS_IF_UNKNOWN, &nsPtr, &dummy, &dummy, &simpleName);
+
+	/*
+	 * Disallow creation of an object over an existing command.
+	 */
+
+	hPtr = Tcl_CreateHashEntry(&nsPtr->cmdTable, simpleName, &isNew);
+	if (!isNew) {
+	    Tcl_SetObjResult(interp, Tcl_ObjPrintf(
+		    "can't create object \"%s\": command already exists with"
+		    " that name", nameStr));
+	    Tcl_SetErrorCode(interp, "TCL", "OO", "OVERWRITE_OBJECT", NULL);
+	    return NULL;
+	}
+
+	/*
+	 * We could make a hash entry! Don't actually want to do that here so
+	 * nuke it immediately because we'll create it properly soon.
+	 */
+
+	Tcl_DeleteHashEntry(hPtr);
+    }
+
+    /*
+     * Create the object.
+     */
+
+    oPtr = AllocObject(interp, simpleName, nsPtr, nsNameStr);
+    oPtr->selfCls = classPtr;
+    AddRef(classPtr->thisPtr);
+    TclOOAddToInstances(oPtr, classPtr);
+
+    /*
+     * Check to see if we're really creating a class. If so, allocate the
+     * class structure as well.
+     */
+
+    if (TclOOIsReachable(fPtr->classCls, classPtr)) {
+	/*
+	 * Is a class, so attach a class structure. Note that the AllocClass
+	 * function splices the structure into the object, so we don't have
+	 * to. Once that's done, we need to repatch the object to have the
+	 * right class since AllocClass interferes with that.
+	 */
+
+	AllocClass(interp, oPtr);
+	TclOOAddToSubclasses(oPtr->classPtr, fPtr->objectCls);
+    } else {
+	oPtr->classPtr = NULL;
+    }
+    return oPtr;
+}
+
+
 
 static int
 FinalizeAlloc(
     ClientData data[],
     Tcl_Interp *interp,
@@ -1882,22 +1815,20 @@
     Object *oPtr = data[1];
     Tcl_InterpState state = data[2];
     Tcl_Object *objectPtr = data[3];
 
     /*
-     * It's an error if the object was whacked in the constructor. Force this
-     * if it isn't already an error (don't want to lose errors by accident...)
-     * [Bug 2903011]
+     * Ensure an error if the object was deleted in the constructor. Don't
+     * want to lose errors by accident. [Bug 2903011]
      */
 
     if (result != TCL_ERROR && Deleted(oPtr)) {
 	Tcl_SetObjResult(interp, Tcl_NewStringObj(
 		"object deleted in constructor", -1));
 	Tcl_SetErrorCode(interp, "TCL", "OO", "STILLBORN", NULL);
 	result = TCL_ERROR;
     }
-    TclOODeleteContext(contextPtr);
     if (result != TCL_OK) {
 	Tcl_DiscardInterpState(state);
 
 	/*
 	 * Take care to not delete a deleted object; that would be bad. [Bug
@@ -1907,16 +1838,26 @@
 
 	if (!Deleted(oPtr)) {
 	    (void) TclOOObjectName(interp, oPtr);
 	    Tcl_DeleteCommandFromToken(interp, oPtr->command);
 	}
-	DelRef(oPtr);
+
+	/*
+	 * This decrements the refcount of oPtr.
+	 */
+
+	TclOODeleteContext(contextPtr);
 	return TCL_ERROR;
     }
     Tcl_RestoreInterpState(interp, state);
     *objectPtr = (Tcl_Object) oPtr;
-    DelRef(oPtr);
+
+    /*
+     * This decrements the refcount of oPtr.
+     */
+
+    TclOODeleteContext(contextPtr);
     return TCL_OK;
 }
 
 /*
  * ----------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -1982,20 +1923,26 @@
 
     /*
      * Copy the object's mixin references to the new object.
      */
 
-    FOREACH(mixinPtr, o2Ptr->mixins) {
-	if (mixinPtr && mixinPtr != o2Ptr->selfCls) {
-	    TclOORemoveFromInstances(o2Ptr, mixinPtr);
+    if (o2Ptr->mixins.num != 0) {
+	FOREACH(mixinPtr, o2Ptr->mixins) {
+	    if (mixinPtr && mixinPtr != o2Ptr->selfCls) {
+		TclOORemoveFromInstances(o2Ptr, mixinPtr);
+	    }
+	    TclOODecrRefCount(mixinPtr->thisPtr);
 	}
+	ckfree(o2Ptr->mixins.list);
     }
     DUPLICATE(o2Ptr->mixins, oPtr->mixins, Class *);
     FOREACH(mixinPtr, o2Ptr->mixins) {
 	if (mixinPtr && mixinPtr != o2Ptr->selfCls) {
 	    TclOOAddToInstances(o2Ptr, mixinPtr);
 	}
+	/* For the reference just created in DUPLICATE */
+	AddRef(mixinPtr->thisPtr);
     }
 
     /*
      * Copy the object's filter list to the new object.
      */
@@ -2021,11 +1968,10 @@
      * call.
      */
 
     o2Ptr->flags = oPtr->flags & ~(
 	    OBJECT_DELETED | ROOT_OBJECT | ROOT_CLASS | FILTER_HANDLING);
-
     /*
      * Copy the object's metadata.
      */
 
     if (oPtr->metadataPtr != NULL) {
@@ -2070,10 +2016,11 @@
 	 * old class's.
 	 */
 
 	FOREACH(superPtr, cls2Ptr->superclasses) {
 	    TclOORemoveFromSubclasses(cls2Ptr, superPtr);
+	    TclOODecrRefCount(superPtr->thisPtr);
 	}
 	if (cls2Ptr->superclasses.num) {
 	    cls2Ptr->superclasses.list = ckrealloc(cls2Ptr->superclasses.list,
 		    sizeof(Class *) * clsPtr->superclasses.num);
 	} else {
@@ -2083,10 +2030,15 @@
 	memcpy(cls2Ptr->superclasses.list, clsPtr->superclasses.list,
 		sizeof(Class *) * clsPtr->superclasses.num);
 	cls2Ptr->superclasses.num = clsPtr->superclasses.num;
 	FOREACH(superPtr, cls2Ptr->superclasses) {
 	    TclOOAddToSubclasses(cls2Ptr, superPtr);
+
+	    /* For the new item in cls2Ptr->superclasses that memcpy just
+	     * created
+	     */
+	    AddRef(superPtr->thisPtr);
 	}
 
 	/*
 	 * Duplicate the source class's filters.
 	 */
@@ -2108,19 +2060,22 @@
 	/*
 	 * Duplicate the source class's mixins (which cannot be circular
 	 * references to the duplicate).
 	 */
 
-	FOREACH(mixinPtr, cls2Ptr->mixins) {
-	    TclOORemoveFromMixinSubs(cls2Ptr, mixinPtr);
-	}
 	if (cls2Ptr->mixins.num != 0) {
+	    FOREACH(mixinPtr, cls2Ptr->mixins) {
+		TclOORemoveFromMixinSubs(cls2Ptr, mixinPtr);
+		TclOODecrRefCount(mixinPtr->thisPtr);
+	    }
 	    ckfree(clsPtr->mixins.list);
 	}
 	DUPLICATE(cls2Ptr->mixins, clsPtr->mixins, Class *);
 	FOREACH(mixinPtr, cls2Ptr->mixins) {
 	    TclOOAddToMixinSubs(cls2Ptr, mixinPtr);
+	    /* For the copy just created in DUPLICATE */
+	    AddRef(mixinPtr->thisPtr);
 	}
 
 	/*
 	 * Duplicate the source class's methods, constructor and destructor.
 	 */
@@ -3033,11 +2988,11 @@
 
 int
 Tcl_ObjectDeleted(
     Tcl_Object object)
 {
-    return Deleted(object) ? 1 : 0;
+    return ((Object *)object)->command == NULL;
 }
 
 Tcl_Object
 Tcl_GetClassAsObject(
     Tcl_Class clazz)

Index: generic/tclOOBasic.c
==================================================================
--- generic/tclOOBasic.c
+++ generic/tclOOBasic.c
@@ -1204,26 +1204,14 @@
 
     if (objc == 2) {
 	o2Ptr = Tcl_CopyObjectInstance(interp, oPtr, NULL, NULL);
     } else {
 	const char *name, *namespaceName;
-	Tcl_DString buffer;
 
 	name = TclGetString(objv[2]);
-	Tcl_DStringInit(&buffer);
 	if (name[0] == '\0') {
 	    name = NULL;
-	} else if (name[0]!=':' || name[1]!=':') {
-	    Interp *iPtr = (Interp *) interp;
-
-	    if (iPtr->varFramePtr != NULL) {
-		Tcl_DStringAppend(&buffer,
-			iPtr->varFramePtr->nsPtr->fullName, -1);
-	    }
-	    TclDStringAppendLiteral(&buffer, "::");
-	    Tcl_DStringAppend(&buffer, name, -1);
-	    name = Tcl_DStringValue(&buffer);
 	}
 
 	/*
 	 * Choose a unique namespace name if the user didn't supply one.
 	 */
@@ -1241,11 +1229,10 @@
 		return TCL_ERROR;
 	    }
 	}
 
 	o2Ptr = Tcl_CopyObjectInstance(interp, oPtr, name, namespaceName);
-	Tcl_DStringFree(&buffer);
     }
 
     if (o2Ptr == NULL) {
 	return TCL_ERROR;
     }

Index: generic/tclOOCall.c
==================================================================
--- generic/tclOOCall.c
+++ generic/tclOOCall.c
@@ -108,11 +108,16 @@
     register Object *oPtr = contextPtr->oPtr;
 
     TclOODeleteChain(contextPtr->callPtr);
     if (oPtr != NULL) {
 	TclStackFree(oPtr->fPtr->interp, contextPtr);
-	DelRef(oPtr);
+
+	/*
+	 * Corresponding AddRef() in TclOO.c/TclOOObjectCmdCore
+	 */
+
+	TclOODecrRefCount(oPtr);
     }
 }
 
 /*
  * ----------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -898,10 +903,11 @@
 
 /*
  * ----------------------------------------------------------------------
  *
  * IsStillValid --
+ *
  *	Calculates whether the given call chain can be used for executing a
  *	method for the given object. The condition on a chain from a cached
  *	location being reusable is:
  *	- Refers to the same object (same creation epoch), and
  *	- Still across the same class structure (same global epoch), and
@@ -1169,10 +1175,15 @@
     }
 
   returnContext:
     contextPtr = TclStackAlloc(oPtr->fPtr->interp, sizeof(CallContext));
     contextPtr->oPtr = oPtr;
+
+    /*
+     * Corresponding TclOODecrRefCount() in TclOODeleteContext
+     */
+
     AddRef(oPtr);
     contextPtr->callPtr = callPtr;
     contextPtr->skip = 2;
     contextPtr->index = 0;
     return contextPtr;

Index: generic/tclOODefineCmds.c
==================================================================
--- generic/tclOODefineCmds.c
+++ generic/tclOODefineCmds.c
@@ -121,10 +121,11 @@
 
 /*
  * ----------------------------------------------------------------------
  *
  * BumpGlobalEpoch --
+ *
  *	Utility that ensures that call chains that are invalid will get thrown
  *	away at an appropriate time. Note that exactly which epoch gets
  *	advanced will depend on exactly what the class is tangled up in; in
  *	the worst case, the simplest option is to advance the global epoch,
  *	causing *everything* to be thrown away on next usage.
@@ -165,10 +166,11 @@
 
 /*
  * ----------------------------------------------------------------------
  *
  * RecomputeClassCacheFlag --
+ *
  *	Determine whether the object is prototypical of its class, and hence
  *	able to use the class's method chain cache.
  *
  * ----------------------------------------------------------------------
  */
@@ -187,10 +189,11 @@
 
 /*
  * ----------------------------------------------------------------------
  *
  * TclOOObjectSetFilters --
+ *
  *	Install a list of filter method names into an object.
  *
  * ----------------------------------------------------------------------
  */
 
@@ -245,10 +248,11 @@
 
 /*
  * ----------------------------------------------------------------------
  *
  * TclOOClassSetFilters --
+ *
  *	Install a list of filter method names into a class.
  *
  * ----------------------------------------------------------------------
  */
 
@@ -307,10 +311,11 @@
 
 /*
  * ----------------------------------------------------------------------
  *
  * TclOOObjectSetMixins --
+ *
  *	Install a list of mixin classes into an object.
  *
  * ----------------------------------------------------------------------
  */
 
@@ -324,13 +329,12 @@
     int i;
 
     if (numMixins == 0) {
 	if (oPtr->mixins.num != 0) {
 	    FOREACH(mixinPtr, oPtr->mixins) {
-		if (mixinPtr) {
-		    TclOORemoveFromInstances(oPtr, mixinPtr);
-		}
+		TclOORemoveFromInstances(oPtr, mixinPtr);
+		TclOODecrRefCount(mixinPtr->thisPtr);
 	    }
 	    ckfree(oPtr->mixins.list);
 	    oPtr->mixins.num = 0;
 	}
 	RecomputeClassCacheFlag(oPtr);
@@ -338,10 +342,11 @@
 	if (oPtr->mixins.num != 0) {
 	    FOREACH(mixinPtr, oPtr->mixins) {
 		if (mixinPtr && mixinPtr != oPtr->selfCls) {
 		    TclOORemoveFromInstances(oPtr, mixinPtr);
 		}
+		TclOODecrRefCount(mixinPtr->thisPtr);
 	    }
 	    oPtr->mixins.list = ckrealloc(oPtr->mixins.list,
 		    sizeof(Class *) * numMixins);
 	} else {
 	    oPtr->mixins.list = ckalloc(sizeof(Class *) * numMixins);
@@ -350,10 +355,12 @@
 	oPtr->mixins.num = numMixins;
 	memcpy(oPtr->mixins.list, mixins, sizeof(Class *) * numMixins);
 	FOREACH(mixinPtr, oPtr->mixins) {
 	    if (mixinPtr != oPtr->selfCls) {
 		TclOOAddToInstances(oPtr, mixinPtr);
+		/* For the new copy created by memcpy */
+		AddRef(mixinPtr->thisPtr);
 	    }
 	}
     }
     oPtr->epoch++;
 }
@@ -360,10 +367,11 @@
 
 /*
  * ----------------------------------------------------------------------
  *
  * TclOOClassSetMixins --
+ *
  *	Install a list of mixin classes into a class.
  *
  * ----------------------------------------------------------------------
  */
 
@@ -379,18 +387,20 @@
 
     if (numMixins == 0) {
 	if (classPtr->mixins.num != 0) {
 	    FOREACH(mixinPtr, classPtr->mixins) {
 		TclOORemoveFromMixinSubs(classPtr, mixinPtr);
+		TclOODecrRefCount(mixinPtr->thisPtr);
 	    }
 	    ckfree(classPtr->mixins.list);
 	    classPtr->mixins.num = 0;
 	}
     } else {
 	if (classPtr->mixins.num != 0) {
 	    FOREACH(mixinPtr, classPtr->mixins) {
 		TclOORemoveFromMixinSubs(classPtr, mixinPtr);
+		TclOODecrRefCount(mixinPtr->thisPtr);
 	    }
 	    classPtr->mixins.list = ckrealloc(classPtr->mixins.list,
 		    sizeof(Class *) * numMixins);
 	} else {
 	    classPtr->mixins.list = ckalloc(sizeof(Class *) * numMixins);
@@ -397,19 +407,22 @@
 	}
 	classPtr->mixins.num = numMixins;
 	memcpy(classPtr->mixins.list, mixins, sizeof(Class *) * numMixins);
 	FOREACH(mixinPtr, classPtr->mixins) {
 	    TclOOAddToMixinSubs(classPtr, mixinPtr);
+	    /* For the new copy created by memcpy */
+	    AddRef(mixinPtr->thisPtr);
 	}
     }
     BumpGlobalEpoch(interp, classPtr);
 }
 
 /*
  * ----------------------------------------------------------------------
  *
  * RenameDeleteMethod --
+ *
  *	Core of the code to rename and delete methods.
  *
  * ----------------------------------------------------------------------
  */
 
@@ -495,10 +508,11 @@
 
 /*
  * ----------------------------------------------------------------------
  *
  * TclOOUnknownDefinition --
+ *
  *	Handles what happens when an unknown command is encountered during the
  *	processing of a definition script. Works by finding a command in the
  *	operating definition namespace that the requested command is a unique
  *	prefix of.
  *
@@ -573,10 +587,11 @@
 
 /*
  * ----------------------------------------------------------------------
  *
  * FindCommand --
+ *
  *	Specialized version of Tcl_FindCommand that handles command prefixes
  *	and disallows namespace magic.
  *
  * ----------------------------------------------------------------------
  */
@@ -633,10 +648,11 @@
 
 /*
  * ----------------------------------------------------------------------
  *
  * InitDefineContext --
+ *
  *	Does the magic incantations necessary to push the special stack frame
  *	used when processing object definitions. It is up to the caller to
  *	dispose of the frame (with TclPopStackFrame) when finished.
  *
  * ----------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -658,11 +674,13 @@
 		-1));
 	Tcl_SetErrorCode(interp, "TCL", "OO", "MONKEY_BUSINESS", NULL);
 	return TCL_ERROR;
     }
 
-    /* framePtrPtr is needed to satisfy GCC 3.3's strict aliasing rules */
+    /*
+     * framePtrPtr is needed to satisfy GCC 3.3's strict aliasing rules.
+     */
 
     (void) TclPushStackFrame(interp, (Tcl_CallFrame **) framePtrPtr,
 	    namespacePtr, FRAME_IS_OO_DEFINE);
     framePtr->clientData = oPtr;
     framePtr->objc = objc;
@@ -673,10 +691,11 @@
 
 /*
  * ----------------------------------------------------------------------
  *
  * TclOOGetDefineCmdContext --
+ *
  *	Extracts the magic token from the current stack frame, or returns NULL
  *	(and leaves an error message) otherwise.
  *
  * ----------------------------------------------------------------------
  */
@@ -709,10 +728,11 @@
 
 /*
  * ----------------------------------------------------------------------
  *
  * GetClassInOuterContext --
+ *
  *	Wrapper round Tcl_GetObjectFromObj to perform the lookup in the
  *	context that called oo::define (or equivalent). Note that this may
  *	have to go up multiple levels to get the level that we started doing
  *	definitions at.
  *
@@ -751,10 +771,11 @@
 
 /*
  * ----------------------------------------------------------------------
  *
  * GenerateErrorInfo --
+ *
  *	Factored out code to generate part of the error trace messages.
  *
  * ----------------------------------------------------------------------
  */
 
@@ -789,10 +810,11 @@
 
 /*
  * ----------------------------------------------------------------------
  *
  * MagicDefinitionInvoke --
+ *
  *	Part of the implementation of the "oo::define" and "oo::objdefine"
  *	commands that is used to implement the more-than-one-argument case,
  *	applying ensemble-like tricks with dispatch so that error messages are
  *	clearer. Doesn't handle the management of the stack frame.
  *
@@ -852,10 +874,11 @@
 
 /*
  * ----------------------------------------------------------------------
  *
  * TclOODefineObjCmd --
+ *
  *	Implementation of the "oo::define" command. Works by effectively doing
  *	the same as 'namespace eval', but with extra magic applied so that the
  *	object to be modified is known to the commands in the target
  *	namespace. Also does ensemble-like tricks with dispatch so that error
  *	messages are clearer.
@@ -912,11 +935,11 @@
 	}
 	TclDecrRefCount(objNameObj);
     } else {
 	result = MagicDefinitionInvoke(interp, fPtr->defineNs, 2, objc, objv);
     }
-    DelRef(oPtr);
+    TclOODecrRefCount(oPtr);
 
     /*
      * Restore the previous "current" namespace.
      */
 
@@ -926,10 +949,11 @@
 
 /*
  * ----------------------------------------------------------------------
  *
  * TclOOObjDefObjCmd --
+ *
  *	Implementation of the "oo::objdefine" command. Works by effectively
  *	doing the same as 'namespace eval', but with extra magic applied so
  *	that the object to be modified is known to the commands in the target
  *	namespace. Also does ensemble-like tricks with dispatch so that error
  *	messages are clearer.
@@ -979,11 +1003,11 @@
 	}
 	TclDecrRefCount(objNameObj);
     } else {
 	result = MagicDefinitionInvoke(interp, fPtr->objdefNs, 2, objc, objv);
     }
-    DelRef(oPtr);
+    TclOODecrRefCount(oPtr);
 
     /*
      * Restore the previous "current" namespace.
      */
 
@@ -993,10 +1017,11 @@
 
 /*
  * ----------------------------------------------------------------------
  *
  * TclOODefineSelfObjCmd --
+ *
  *	Implementation of the "self" subcommand of the "oo::define" command.
  *	Works by effectively doing the same as 'namespace eval', but with
  *	extra magic applied so that the object to be modified is known to the
  *	commands in the target namespace. Also does ensemble-like tricks with
  *	dispatch so that error messages are clearer.
@@ -1046,11 +1071,11 @@
 	}
 	TclDecrRefCount(objNameObj);
     } else {
 	result = MagicDefinitionInvoke(interp, fPtr->objdefNs, 1, objc, objv);
     }
-    DelRef(oPtr);
+    TclOODecrRefCount(oPtr);
 
     /*
      * Restore the previous "current" namespace.
      */
 
@@ -1060,10 +1085,11 @@
 
 /*
  * ----------------------------------------------------------------------
  *
  * TclOODefineObjSelfObjCmd --
+ *
  *	Implementation of the "self" subcommand of the "oo::objdefine"
  *	command.
  *
  * ----------------------------------------------------------------------
  */
@@ -1093,10 +1119,11 @@
 
 /*
  * ----------------------------------------------------------------------
  *
  * TclOODefineClassObjCmd --
+ *
  *	Implementation of the "class" subcommand of the "oo::objdefine"
  *	command.
  *
  * ----------------------------------------------------------------------
  */
@@ -1108,11 +1135,10 @@
     int objc,
     Tcl_Obj *const *objv)
 {
     Object *oPtr;
     Class *clsPtr;
-    Foundation *fPtr = TclOOGetFoundation(interp);
 
     /*
      * Parse the context to get the object to operate on.
      */
 
@@ -1145,36 +1171,22 @@
 	    "the class of an object must be a class");
     if (clsPtr == NULL) {
 	return TCL_ERROR;
     }
 
-    /*
-     * Apply semantic checks. In particular, classes and non-classes are not
-     * interchangable (too complicated to do the conversion!) so we must
-     * produce an error if any attempt is made to swap from one to the other.
-     */
-
-    if ((oPtr->classPtr==NULL) == TclOOIsReachable(fPtr->classCls, clsPtr)) {
-	Tcl_SetObjResult(interp, Tcl_ObjPrintf(
-		"may not change a %sclass object into a %sclass object",
-		(oPtr->classPtr==NULL ? "non-" : ""),
-		(oPtr->classPtr==NULL ? "" : "non-")));
-	Tcl_SetErrorCode(interp, "TCL", "OO", "TRANSMUTATION", NULL);
-	return TCL_ERROR;
-    }
 
     /*
      * Set the object's class.
      */
 
     if (oPtr->selfCls != clsPtr) {
 	TclOORemoveFromInstances(oPtr, oPtr->selfCls);
+	TclOODecrRefCount(oPtr->selfCls->thisPtr);
 	oPtr->selfCls = clsPtr;
+	AddRef(oPtr->selfCls->thisPtr);
 	TclOOAddToInstances(oPtr, oPtr->selfCls);
-	if (!(clsPtr->thisPtr->flags & OBJECT_DELETED)) {
-	    oPtr->flags &= ~CLASS_GONE;
-	}
+
 	if (oPtr->classPtr != NULL) {
 	    BumpGlobalEpoch(interp, oPtr->classPtr);
 	} else {
 	    oPtr->epoch++;
 	}
@@ -1184,10 +1196,11 @@
 
 /*
  * ----------------------------------------------------------------------
  *
  * TclOODefineConstructorObjCmd --
+ *
  *	Implementation of the "constructor" subcommand of the "oo::define"
  *	command.
  *
  * ----------------------------------------------------------------------
  */
@@ -1252,10 +1265,11 @@
 
 /*
  * ----------------------------------------------------------------------
  *
  * TclOODefineDeleteMethodObjCmd --
+ *
  *	Implementation of the "deletemethod" subcommand of the "oo::define"
  *	and "oo::objdefine" commands.
  *
  * ----------------------------------------------------------------------
  */
@@ -1308,10 +1322,11 @@
 
 /*
  * ----------------------------------------------------------------------
  *
  * TclOODefineDestructorObjCmd --
+ *
  *	Implementation of the "destructor" subcommand of the "oo::define"
  *	command.
  *
  * ----------------------------------------------------------------------
  */
@@ -1372,10 +1387,11 @@
 
 /*
  * ----------------------------------------------------------------------
  *
  * TclOODefineExportObjCmd --
+ *
  *	Implementation of the "export" subcommand of the "oo::define" and
  *	"oo::objdefine" commands.
  *
  * ----------------------------------------------------------------------
  */
@@ -1466,10 +1482,11 @@
 
 /*
  * ----------------------------------------------------------------------
  *
  * TclOODefineForwardObjCmd --
+ *
  *	Implementation of the "forward" subcommand of the "oo::define" and
  *	"oo::objdefine" commands.
  *
  * ----------------------------------------------------------------------
  */
@@ -1526,10 +1543,11 @@
 
 /*
  * ----------------------------------------------------------------------
  *
  * TclOODefineMethodObjCmd --
+ *
  *	Implementation of the "method" subcommand of the "oo::define" and
  *	"oo::objdefine" commands.
  *
  * ----------------------------------------------------------------------
  */
@@ -1583,10 +1601,11 @@
 
 /*
  * ----------------------------------------------------------------------
  *
  * TclOODefineMixinObjCmd --
+ *
  *	Implementation of the "mixin" subcommand of the "oo::define" and
  *	"oo::objdefine" commands.
  *
  * ----------------------------------------------------------------------
  */
@@ -1646,10 +1665,11 @@
 
 /*
  * ----------------------------------------------------------------------
  *
  * TclOODefineRenameMethodObjCmd --
+ *
  *	Implementation of the "renamemethod" subcommand of the "oo::define"
  *	and "oo::objdefine" commands.
  *
  * ----------------------------------------------------------------------
  */
@@ -1702,10 +1722,11 @@
 
 /*
  * ----------------------------------------------------------------------
  *
  * TclOODefineUnexportObjCmd --
+ *
  *	Implementation of the "unexport" subcommand of the "oo::define" and
  *	"oo::objdefine" commands.
  *
  * ----------------------------------------------------------------------
  */
@@ -1796,10 +1817,11 @@
 
 /*
  * ----------------------------------------------------------------------
  *
  * Tcl_ClassSetConstructor, Tcl_ClassSetDestructor --
+ *
  *	How to install a constructor or destructor into a class; API to call
  *	from C.
  *
  * ----------------------------------------------------------------------
  */
@@ -1850,10 +1872,11 @@
 
 /*
  * ----------------------------------------------------------------------
  *
  * TclOODefineSlots --
+ *
  *	Create the "::oo::Slot" class and its standard instances. Class
  *	definition is empty at the stage (added by scripting).
  *
  * ----------------------------------------------------------------------
  */
@@ -1893,10 +1916,11 @@
 
 /*
  * ----------------------------------------------------------------------
  *
  * ClassFilterGet, ClassFilterSet --
+ *
  *	Implementation of the "filter" slot accessors of the "oo::define"
  *	command.
  *
  * ----------------------------------------------------------------------
  */
@@ -1972,10 +1996,11 @@
 
 /*
  * ----------------------------------------------------------------------
  *
  * ClassMixinGet, ClassMixinSet --
+ *
  *	Implementation of the "mixin" slot accessors of the "oo::define"
  *	command.
  *
  * ----------------------------------------------------------------------
  */
@@ -2053,10 +2078,11 @@
 
     for (i=0 ; i<mixinc ; i++) {
 	mixins[i] = GetClassInOuterContext(interp, mixinv[i],
 		"may only mix in classes");
 	if (mixins[i] == NULL) {
+	    i--;
 	    goto freeAndError;
 	}
 	if (TclOOIsReachable(oPtr->classPtr, mixins[i])) {
 	    Tcl_SetObjResult(interp, Tcl_NewStringObj(
 		    "may not mix a class into itself", -1));
@@ -2076,10 +2102,11 @@
 
 /*
  * ----------------------------------------------------------------------
  *
  * ClassSuperGet, ClassSuperSet --
+ *
  *	Implementation of the "superclass" slot accessors of the "oo::define"
  *	command.
  *
  * ----------------------------------------------------------------------
  */
@@ -2170,20 +2197,23 @@
      * class of objects. [Bug 9d61624b3d]
      */
 
     if (superc == 0) {
 	superclasses = ckrealloc(superclasses, sizeof(Class *));
-	superclasses[0] = oPtr->fPtr->objectCls;
-	superc = 1;
 	if (TclOOIsReachable(oPtr->fPtr->classCls, oPtr->classPtr)) {
 	    superclasses[0] = oPtr->fPtr->classCls;
+	} else {
+	    superclasses[0] = oPtr->fPtr->objectCls;
 	}
+	superc = 1;
+	AddRef(superclasses[0]->thisPtr);
     } else {
 	for (i=0 ; i<superc ; i++) {
 	    superclasses[i] = GetClassInOuterContext(interp, superv[i],
 		    "only a class can be a superclass");
 	    if (superclasses[i] == NULL) {
+		i--;
 		goto failedAfterAlloc;
 	    }
 	    for (j=0 ; j<i ; j++) {
 		if (superclasses[j] == superclasses[i]) {
 		    Tcl_SetObjResult(interp, Tcl_NewStringObj(
@@ -2196,13 +2226,23 @@
 	    if (TclOOIsReachable(oPtr->classPtr, superclasses[i])) {
 		Tcl_SetObjResult(interp, Tcl_NewStringObj(
 			"attempt to form circular dependency graph", -1));
 		Tcl_SetErrorCode(interp, "TCL", "OO", "CIRCULARITY", NULL);
 	    failedAfterAlloc:
+		for (; i > 0; i--) {
+		    TclOODecrRefCount(superclasses[i]->thisPtr);
+		}
 		ckfree(superclasses);
 		return TCL_ERROR;
 	    }
+
+	    /*
+	     * Corresponding TclOODecrRefCount() is near the end of this
+	     * function.
+	     */
+
+	    AddRef(superclasses[i]->thisPtr);
 	}
     }
 
     /*
      * Install the list of superclasses into the class. Note that this also
@@ -2212,10 +2252,11 @@
      */
 
     if (oPtr->classPtr->superclasses.num != 0) {
 	FOREACH(superPtr, oPtr->classPtr->superclasses) {
 	    TclOORemoveFromSubclasses(oPtr->classPtr, superPtr);
+	    TclOODecrRefCount(superPtr->thisPtr);
 	}
 	ckfree(oPtr->classPtr->superclasses.list);
     }
     oPtr->classPtr->superclasses.list = superclasses;
     oPtr->classPtr->superclasses.num = superc;
@@ -2229,10 +2270,11 @@
 
 /*
  * ----------------------------------------------------------------------
  *
  * ClassVarsGet, ClassVarsSet --
+ *
  *	Implementation of the "variable" slot accessors of the "oo::define"
  *	command.
  *
  * ----------------------------------------------------------------------
  */
@@ -2371,10 +2413,11 @@
 
 /*
  * ----------------------------------------------------------------------
  *
  * ObjectFilterGet, ObjectFilterSet --
+ *
  *	Implementation of the "filter" slot accessors of the "oo::objdefine"
  *	command.
  *
  * ----------------------------------------------------------------------
  */
@@ -2438,10 +2481,11 @@
 
 /*
  * ----------------------------------------------------------------------
  *
  * ObjectMixinGet, ObjectMixinSet --
+ *
  *	Implementation of the "mixin" slot accessors of the "oo::objdefine"
  *	command.
  *
  * ----------------------------------------------------------------------
  */
@@ -2523,10 +2567,11 @@
 
 /*
  * ----------------------------------------------------------------------
  *
  * ObjectVarsGet, ObjectVarsSet --
+ *
  *	Implementation of the "variable" slot accessors of the "oo::objdefine"
  *	command.
  *
  * ----------------------------------------------------------------------
  */

Index: generic/tclOOInt.h
==================================================================
--- generic/tclOOInt.h
+++ generic/tclOOInt.h
@@ -191,13 +191,14 @@
 
 #define OBJECT_DELETED	1	/* Flag to say that an object has been
 				 * destroyed. */
 #define DESTRUCTOR_CALLED 2	/* Flag to say that the destructor has been
 				 * called. */
-#define CLASS_GONE	4	/* Indicates that the class of this object has
-				 * been deleted, and so the object should not
-				 * attempt to remove itself from its class. */
+#define CLASS_GONE	4	/* Obsolete. Indicates that the class of this
+				 * object has been deleted, and so the object
+				 * should not attempt to remove itself from its
+				 * class. */
 #define ROOT_OBJECT 0x1000	/* Flag to say that this object is the root of
 				 * the class hierarchy and should be treated
 				 * specially during teardown. */
 #define FILTER_HANDLING 0x2000	/* Flag set when the object is processing a
 				 * filter; when set, filters are *not*
@@ -220,14 +221,10 @@
  */
 
 typedef struct Class {
     Object *thisPtr;		/* Reference to the object associated with
 				 * this class. */
-    int refCount;		/* Number of strong references to this class.
-				 * Weak references are not counted; the
-				 * purpose of this is to avoid Tcl_Preserve as
-				 * that is quite slow. */
     int flags;			/* Assorted flags. */
     LIST_STATIC(struct Class *) superclasses;
 				/* List of superclasses, used for generation
 				 * of method call chains. */
     LIST_DYNAMIC(struct Class *) subclasses;
@@ -493,10 +490,15 @@
 MODULE_SCOPE int	TclNRNewObjectInstance(Tcl_Interp *interp,
 			    Tcl_Class cls, const char *nameStr,
 			    const char *nsNameStr, int objc,
 			    Tcl_Obj *const *objv, int skip,
 			    Tcl_Object *objectPtr);
+MODULE_SCOPE Object *	TclNewObjectInstanceCommon(Tcl_Interp *interp,
+			    Class *classPtr,
+			    const char *nameStr,
+			    const char *nsNameStr);
+MODULE_SCOPE int	TclOODecrRefCount(Object *oPtr);
 MODULE_SCOPE int	TclOODefineSlots(Foundation *fPtr);
 MODULE_SCOPE void	TclOODeleteChain(CallChain *callPtr);
 MODULE_SCOPE void	TclOODeleteChainCache(Tcl_HashTable *tablePtr);
 MODULE_SCOPE void	TclOODeleteContext(CallContext *contextPtr);
 MODULE_SCOPE void	TclOODelMethodRef(Method *method);
@@ -522,14 +524,14 @@
 			    Tcl_ObjectContext context, int objc,
 			    Tcl_Obj *const *objv, int skip);
 MODULE_SCOPE void	TclOONewBasicMethod(Tcl_Interp *interp, Class *clsPtr,
 			    const DeclaredClassMethod *dcm);
 MODULE_SCOPE Tcl_Obj *	TclOOObjectName(Tcl_Interp *interp, Object *oPtr);
-MODULE_SCOPE void	TclOORemoveFromInstances(Object *oPtr, Class *clsPtr);
-MODULE_SCOPE void	TclOORemoveFromMixinSubs(Class *subPtr,
+MODULE_SCOPE int	TclOORemoveFromInstances(Object *oPtr, Class *clsPtr);
+MODULE_SCOPE int	TclOORemoveFromMixinSubs(Class *subPtr,
 			    Class *mixinPtr);
-MODULE_SCOPE void	TclOORemoveFromSubclasses(Class *subPtr,
+MODULE_SCOPE int	TclOORemoveFromSubclasses(Class *subPtr,
 			    Class *superPtr);
 MODULE_SCOPE Tcl_Obj *	TclOORenderCallChain(Tcl_Interp *interp,
 			    CallChain *callPtr);
 MODULE_SCOPE void	TclOOStashContext(Tcl_Obj *objPtr,
 			    CallContext *contextPtr);
@@ -539,23 +541,26 @@
  * Include all the private API, generated from tclOO.decls.
  */
 
 #include "tclOOIntDecls.h"
 
+/*
+ * Alternatives to Tcl_Preserve/Tcl_EventuallyFree/Tcl_Release.
+ */
+
+#define AddRef(ptr) ((ptr)->refCount++)
+
 /*
  * A convenience macro for iterating through the lists used in the internal
- * memory management of objects. This is a bit gnarly because we want to do
- * the assignment of the picked-out value only when the body test succeeds,
- * but we cannot rely on the assigned value being useful, forcing us to do
- * some nasty stuff with the comma operator. The compiler's optimizer should
- * be able to sort it all out!
- *
+ * memory management of objects.
  * REQUIRES DECLARATION: int i;
  */
 
 #define FOREACH(var,ary) \
-	for(i=0 ; (i<(ary).num?((var=(ary).list[i]),1):0) ; i++)
+    for(i=0 ; i<(ary).num; i++) if ((ary).list[i] == NULL) { \
+	continue; \
+    } else if (var = (ary).list[i], 1) 
 
 /*
  * Convenience macros for iterating through hash tables. FOREACH_HASH_DECLS
  * sets up the declarations needed for the main macro, FOREACH_HASH, which
  * does the actual iteration. FOREACH_HASH_VALUE is a restricted version that
@@ -584,21 +589,10 @@
 	if (len != 0) { \
 	    memcpy(((target).list=(type*)ckalloc(len)), (source).list, len); \
 	} else { \
 	    (target).list = NULL; \
 	} \
-    } while(0)
-
-/*
- * Alternatives to Tcl_Preserve/Tcl_EventuallyFree/Tcl_Release.
- */
-
-#define AddRef(ptr) ((ptr)->refCount++)
-#define DelRef(ptr) do {			\
-	if ((ptr)->refCount-- <= 1) {		\
-	    ckfree(ptr);			\
-	}					\
     } while(0)
 
 #endif /* TCL_OO_INTERNAL_H */
 
 /*

Index: generic/tclObj.c
==================================================================
--- generic/tclObj.c
+++ generic/tclObj.c
@@ -208,13 +208,12 @@
 static int		ParseBoolean(Tcl_Obj *objPtr);
 static int		SetDoubleFromAny(Tcl_Interp *interp, Tcl_Obj *objPtr);
 static int		SetIntFromAny(Tcl_Interp *interp, Tcl_Obj *objPtr);
 static void		UpdateStringOfDouble(Tcl_Obj *objPtr);
 static void		UpdateStringOfInt(Tcl_Obj *objPtr);
-#ifndef TCL_WIDE_INT_IS_LONG
-static void		UpdateStringOfWideInt(Tcl_Obj *objPtr);
-static int		SetWideIntFromAny(Tcl_Interp *interp, Tcl_Obj *objPtr);
+#if !defined(TCL_NO_DEPRECATED) && TCL_MAJOR_VERSION < 9 && !defined(TCL_WIDE_INT_IS_LONG)
+static void		UpdateStringOfOldInt(Tcl_Obj *objPtr);
 #endif
 static void		FreeBignum(Tcl_Obj *objPtr);
 static void		DupBignum(Tcl_Obj *objPtr, Tcl_Obj *copyPtr);
 static void		UpdateStringOfBignum(Tcl_Obj *objPtr);
 static int		GetBignumFromObj(Tcl_Interp *interp, Tcl_Obj *objPtr,
@@ -240,17 +239,19 @@
  * means of functions that can be invoked by generic object code. See also
  * tclStringObj.c, tclListObj.c, tclByteCode.c for other type manager
  * implementations.
  */
 
+#if !defined(TCL_NO_DEPRECATED) && TCL_MAJOR_VERSION < 9
 static const Tcl_ObjType oldBooleanType = {
     "boolean",			/* name */
     NULL,			/* freeIntRepProc */
     NULL,			/* dupIntRepProc */
     NULL,			/* updateStringProc */
     TclSetBooleanFromAny		/* setFromAnyProc */
 };
+#endif
 const Tcl_ObjType tclBooleanType = {
     "booleanString",		/* name */
     NULL,			/* freeIntRepProc */
     NULL,			/* dupIntRepProc */
     NULL,			/* updateStringProc */
@@ -262,23 +263,27 @@
     NULL,			/* dupIntRepProc */
     UpdateStringOfDouble,	/* updateStringProc */
     SetDoubleFromAny		/* setFromAnyProc */
 };
 const Tcl_ObjType tclIntType = {
+#if defined(TCL_NO_DEPRECATED) || TCL_MAJOR_VERSION > 8 || defined(TCL_WIDE_INT_IS_LONG)
     "int",			/* name */
+#else
+    "wideInt",		/* name, keeping maximum compatibility with Tcl 8.6 on 32-bit platforms*/
+#endif
     NULL,			/* freeIntRepProc */
     NULL,			/* dupIntRepProc */
     UpdateStringOfInt,		/* updateStringProc */
     SetIntFromAny		/* setFromAnyProc */
 };
-#ifndef TCL_WIDE_INT_IS_LONG
-const Tcl_ObjType tclWideIntType = {
-    "wideInt",			/* name */
+#if !defined(TCL_NO_DEPRECATED) && TCL_MAJOR_VERSION < 9 && !defined(TCL_WIDE_INT_IS_LONG)
+static const Tcl_ObjType oldIntType = {
+    "int",			/* name */
     NULL,			/* freeIntRepProc */
     NULL,			/* dupIntRepProc */
-    UpdateStringOfWideInt,	/* updateStringProc */
-    SetWideIntFromAny		/* setFromAnyProc */
+    UpdateStringOfOldInt,		/* updateStringProc */
+    SetIntFromAny		/* setFromAnyProc */
 };
 #endif
 const Tcl_ObjType tclBignumType = {
     "bignum",			/* name */
     FreeBignum,			/* freeIntRepProc */
@@ -342,21 +347,21 @@
     Command *cmdPtr;		/* A cached Command pointer. */
     Namespace *refNsPtr;	/* Points to the namespace containing the
 				 * reference (not the namespace that contains
 				 * the referenced command). NULL if the name
 				 * is fully qualified.*/
-    size_t refNsId;		/* refNsPtr's unique namespace id. Used to
+    unsigned long refNsId;		/* refNsPtr's unique namespace id. Used to
 				 * verify that refNsPtr is still valid (e.g.,
 				 * it's possible that the cmd's containing
 				 * namespace was deleted and a new one created
 				 * at the same address). */
-    size_t refNsCmdEpoch;	/* Value of the referencing namespace's
+    unsigned int refNsCmdEpoch;	/* Value of the referencing namespace's
 				 * cmdRefEpoch when the pointer was cached.
 				 * Before using the cached pointer, we check
 				 * if the namespace's epoch was incremented;
 				 * if so, this cached pointer is invalid. */
-    size_t cmdEpoch;		/* Value of the command's cmdEpoch when this
+    unsigned int cmdEpoch; /* Value of the command's cmdEpoch when this
 				 * pointer was cached. Before using the cached
 				 * pointer, we check if the cmd's epoch was
 				 * incremented; if so, the cmd was renamed,
 				 * deleted, hidden, or exposed, and so the
 				 * pointer is invalid. */
@@ -393,24 +398,25 @@
     Tcl_InitHashTable(&typeTable, TCL_STRING_KEYS);
     Tcl_MutexUnlock(&tableMutex);
 
     Tcl_RegisterObjType(&tclByteArrayType);
     Tcl_RegisterObjType(&tclDoubleType);
-    Tcl_RegisterObjType(&tclEndOffsetType);
-    Tcl_RegisterObjType(&tclIntType);
     Tcl_RegisterObjType(&tclStringType);
     Tcl_RegisterObjType(&tclListType);
     Tcl_RegisterObjType(&tclDictType);
     Tcl_RegisterObjType(&tclByteCodeType);
     Tcl_RegisterObjType(&tclCmdNameType);
     Tcl_RegisterObjType(&tclRegexpType);
     Tcl_RegisterObjType(&tclProcBodyType);
 
     /* For backward compatibility only ... */
+#if !defined(TCL_NO_DEPRECATED) && TCL_MAJOR_VERSION < 9
+    Tcl_RegisterObjType(&tclIntType);
+#if !defined(TCL_WIDE_INT_IS_LONG)
+    Tcl_RegisterObjType(&oldIntType);
+#endif
     Tcl_RegisterObjType(&oldBooleanType);
-#ifndef TCL_WIDE_INT_IS_LONG
-    Tcl_RegisterObjType(&tclWideIntType);
 #endif
 
 #ifdef TCL_COMPILE_STATS
     Tcl_MutexLock(&tclObjMutex);
     tclObjsAlloced = 0;
@@ -1760,11 +1766,11 @@
 Tcl_NewBooleanObj(
     register int boolValue)	/* Boolean used to initialize new object. */
 {
     register Tcl_Obj *objPtr;
 
-    TclNewLongObj(objPtr, boolValue!=0);
+    TclNewIntObj(objPtr, boolValue!=0);
     return objPtr;
 }
 #endif /* TCL_MEM_DEBUG */
 
 /*
@@ -1808,11 +1814,11 @@
     register Tcl_Obj *objPtr;
 
     TclDbNewObj(objPtr, file, line);
     objPtr->bytes = NULL;
 
-    objPtr->internalRep.longValue = (boolValue != 0);
+    objPtr->internalRep.wideValue = (boolValue != 0);
     objPtr->typePtr = &tclIntType;
     return objPtr;
 }
 
 #else /* if not TCL_MEM_DEBUG */
@@ -1855,11 +1861,11 @@
 {
     if (Tcl_IsShared(objPtr)) {
 	Tcl_Panic("%s called with shared object", "Tcl_SetBooleanObj");
     }
 
-    TclSetLongObj(objPtr, boolValue!=0);
+    TclSetIntObj(objPtr, boolValue!=0);
 }
 #endif /* TCL_NO_DEPRECATED */
 
 /*
  *----------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -1886,15 +1892,15 @@
     register Tcl_Obj *objPtr,	/* The object from which to get boolean. */
     register int *boolPtr)	/* Place to store resulting boolean. */
 {
     do {
 	if (objPtr->typePtr == &tclIntType) {
-	    *boolPtr = (objPtr->internalRep.longValue != 0);
+	    *boolPtr = (objPtr->internalRep.wideValue != 0);
 	    return TCL_OK;
 	}
 	if (objPtr->typePtr == &tclBooleanType) {
-	    *boolPtr = (int) objPtr->internalRep.longValue;
+	    *boolPtr = objPtr->internalRep.longValue != 0;
 	    return TCL_OK;
 	}
 	if (objPtr->typePtr == &tclDoubleType) {
 	    /*
 	     * Caution: Don't be tempted to check directly for the "double"
@@ -1914,16 +1920,10 @@
 	}
 	if (objPtr->typePtr == &tclBignumType) {
 	    *boolPtr = 1;
 	    return TCL_OK;
 	}
-#ifndef TCL_WIDE_INT_IS_LONG
-	if (objPtr->typePtr == &tclWideIntType) {
-	    *boolPtr = (objPtr->internalRep.wideValue != 0);
-	    return TCL_OK;
-	}
-#endif
     } while ((ParseBoolean(objPtr) == TCL_OK) || (TCL_OK ==
 	    TclParseNumber(interp, objPtr, "boolean value", NULL,-1,NULL,0)));
     return TCL_ERROR;
 }
 
@@ -1940,11 +1940,16 @@
  *	conversion, an error message is left in the interpreter's result
  *	unless "interp" is NULL.
  *
  * Side effects:
  *	If no error occurs, an integer 1 or 0 is stored as "objPtr"s internal
- *	representation and the type of "objPtr" is set to boolean.
+ *	representation and the type of "objPtr" is set to boolean or int/wideInt.
+ *
+ *  Warning: If the returned type is "wideInt" (32-bit platforms) and your
+ *  platform is bigendian, you cannot use internalRep.longValue to distinguish
+ *  between false and true. On Windows and most other platforms this still will
+ *  work fine, but basically it is non-portable.
  *
  *----------------------------------------------------------------------
  */
 
 int
@@ -1958,27 +1963,20 @@
      * rep.
      */
 
     if (objPtr->bytes == NULL) {
 	if (objPtr->typePtr == &tclIntType) {
-	    switch (objPtr->internalRep.longValue) {
-	    case 0L: case 1L:
+	    if ((Tcl_WideUInt)objPtr->internalRep.wideValue < 2) {
 		return TCL_OK;
 	    }
 	    goto badBoolean;
 	}
 
 	if (objPtr->typePtr == &tclBignumType) {
 	    goto badBoolean;
 	}
 
-#ifndef TCL_WIDE_INT_IS_LONG
-	if (objPtr->typePtr == &tclWideIntType) {
-	    goto badBoolean;
-	}
-#endif
-
 	if (objPtr->typePtr == &tclDoubleType) {
 	    goto badBoolean;
 	}
     }
 
@@ -2111,11 +2109,11 @@
     objPtr->typePtr = &tclBooleanType;
     return TCL_OK;
 
   numericBoolean:
     TclFreeIntRep(objPtr);
-    objPtr->internalRep.longValue = newBool;
+    objPtr->internalRep.wideValue = newBool;
     objPtr->typePtr = &tclIntType;
     return TCL_OK;
 }
 
 /*
@@ -2292,26 +2290,20 @@
 	    }
 	    *dblPtr = (double) objPtr->internalRep.doubleValue;
 	    return TCL_OK;
 	}
 	if (objPtr->typePtr == &tclIntType) {
-	    *dblPtr = objPtr->internalRep.longValue;
+	    *dblPtr = (double) objPtr->internalRep.wideValue;
 	    return TCL_OK;
 	}
 	if (objPtr->typePtr == &tclBignumType) {
 	    mp_int big;
 
 	    UNPACK_BIGNUM(objPtr, big);
 	    *dblPtr = TclBignumToDouble(&big);
 	    return TCL_OK;
 	}
-#ifndef TCL_WIDE_INT_IS_LONG
-	if (objPtr->typePtr == &tclWideIntType) {
-	    *dblPtr = (double) objPtr->internalRep.wideValue;
-	    return TCL_OK;
-	}
-#endif
     } while (SetDoubleFromAny(interp, objPtr) == TCL_OK);
     return TCL_ERROR;
 }
 
 /*
@@ -2425,11 +2417,11 @@
 Tcl_NewIntObj(
     register int intValue)	/* Int used to initialize the new object. */
 {
     register Tcl_Obj *objPtr;
 
-    TclNewLongObj(objPtr, intValue);
+    TclNewIntObj(objPtr, intValue);
     return objPtr;
 }
 #endif /* if TCL_MEM_DEBUG */
 
 /*
@@ -2458,38 +2450,35 @@
 {
     if (Tcl_IsShared(objPtr)) {
 	Tcl_Panic("%s called with shared object", "Tcl_SetIntObj");
     }
 
-    TclSetLongObj(objPtr, intValue);
+    TclSetIntObj(objPtr, intValue);
 }
 
 /*
  *----------------------------------------------------------------------
  *
  * Tcl_GetIntFromObj --
  *
- *	Retrieve the integer value of 'objPtr'.
- *
- * Value
- *
- *	TCL_OK
- *
- *	    Success.
- *
- *	TCL_ERROR
- *	
- *	    An error occurred during conversion or the integral value can not
- *	    be represented as an integer (it might be too large). An error
- *	    message is left in the interpreter's result if 'interp' is not
- *	    NULL.
- *
- * Effect
- *
- *	'objPtr' is converted to an integer if necessary if it is not one
- *	already.  The conversion frees any previously-existing internal
- *	representation.
+ *	Attempt to return an int from the Tcl object "objPtr". If the object
+ *	is not already an int, an attempt will be made to convert it to one.
+ *
+ *	Integer and long integer objects share the same "integer" type
+ *	implementation. We store all integers as longs and Tcl_GetIntFromObj
+ *	checks whether the current value of the long can be represented by an
+ *	int.
+ *
+ * Results:
+ *	The return value is a standard Tcl object result. If an error occurs
+ *	during conversion or if the long integer held by the object can not be
+ *	represented by an int, an error message is left in the interpreter's
+ *	result unless "interp" is NULL.
+ *
+ * Side effects:
+ *	If the object is not already an int, the conversion will free any old
+ *	internal representation.
  *
  *----------------------------------------------------------------------
  */
 
 int
@@ -2539,13 +2528,12 @@
 static int
 SetIntFromAny(
     Tcl_Interp *interp,		/* Tcl interpreter */
     Tcl_Obj *objPtr)		/* Pointer to the object to convert */
 {
-    long l;
-
-    return TclGetLongFromObj(interp, objPtr, &l);
+    Tcl_WideInt w;
+    return Tcl_GetWideIntFromObj(interp, objPtr, &w);
 }
 
 /*
  *----------------------------------------------------------------------
  *
@@ -2569,17 +2557,33 @@
 UpdateStringOfInt(
     register Tcl_Obj *objPtr)	/* Int object whose string rep to update. */
 {
     char buffer[TCL_INTEGER_SPACE];
     register int len;
+
+    len = TclFormatInt(buffer, objPtr->internalRep.wideValue);
+
+    objPtr->bytes = ckalloc(len + 1);
+    memcpy(objPtr->bytes, buffer, (unsigned) len + 1);
+    objPtr->length = len;
+}
+
+#if !defined(TCL_NO_DEPRECATED) && TCL_MAJOR_VERSION < 9 && !defined(TCL_WIDE_INT_IS_LONG)
+static void
+UpdateStringOfOldInt(
+    register Tcl_Obj *objPtr)	/* Int object whose string rep to update. */
+{
+    char buffer[TCL_INTEGER_SPACE];
+    register int len;
 
     len = TclFormatInt(buffer, objPtr->internalRep.longValue);
 
     objPtr->bytes = ckalloc(len + 1);
     memcpy(objPtr->bytes, buffer, (unsigned) len + 1);
     objPtr->length = len;
 }
+#endif
 
 /*
  *----------------------------------------------------------------------
  *
  * Tcl_NewLongObj --
@@ -2607,12 +2611,12 @@
  *	None.
  *
  *----------------------------------------------------------------------
  */
 
-#ifdef TCL_MEM_DEBUG
 #undef Tcl_NewLongObj
+#ifdef TCL_MEM_DEBUG
 
 Tcl_Obj *
 Tcl_NewLongObj(
     register long longValue)	/* Long integer used to initialize the
 				 * new object. */
@@ -2627,11 +2631,11 @@
     register long longValue)	/* Long integer used to initialize the
 				 * new object. */
 {
     register Tcl_Obj *objPtr;
 
-    TclNewLongObj(objPtr, longValue);
+    TclNewIntObj(objPtr, longValue);
     return objPtr;
 }
 #endif /* if TCL_MEM_DEBUG */
 
 /*
@@ -2664,10 +2668,11 @@
  *	Allocates memory.
  *
  *----------------------------------------------------------------------
  */
 
+#undef Tcl_DbNewLongObj
 #ifdef TCL_MEM_DEBUG
 
 Tcl_Obj *
 Tcl_DbNewLongObj(
     register long longValue,	/* Long integer used to initialize the new
@@ -2680,11 +2685,11 @@
     register Tcl_Obj *objPtr;
 
     TclDbNewObj(objPtr, file, line);
     objPtr->bytes = NULL;
 
-    objPtr->internalRep.longValue = longValue;
+    objPtr->internalRep.wideValue = longValue;
     objPtr->typePtr = &tclIntType;
     return objPtr;
 }
 
 #else /* if not TCL_MEM_DEBUG */
@@ -2718,10 +2723,11 @@
  *	rep is freed.
  *
  *----------------------------------------------------------------------
  */
 
+#undef Tcl_SetLongObj
 void
 Tcl_SetLongObj(
     register Tcl_Obj *objPtr,	/* Object whose internal rep to init. */
     register long longValue)	/* Long integer used to initialize the
 				 * object's value. */
@@ -2728,11 +2734,11 @@
 {
     if (Tcl_IsShared(objPtr)) {
 	Tcl_Panic("%s called with shared object", "Tcl_SetLongObj");
     }
 
-    TclSetLongObj(objPtr, longValue);
+    TclSetIntObj(objPtr, longValue);
 }
 
 /*
  *----------------------------------------------------------------------
  *
@@ -2759,16 +2765,17 @@
     Tcl_Interp *interp,         /* Used for error reporting if not NULL. */
     register Tcl_Obj *objPtr,	/* The object from which to get a long. */
     register long *longPtr)	/* Place to store resulting long. */
 {
     do {
+#ifdef TCL_WIDE_INT_IS_LONG
 	if (objPtr->typePtr == &tclIntType) {
-	    *longPtr = objPtr->internalRep.longValue;
+	    *longPtr = objPtr->internalRep.wideValue;
 	    return TCL_OK;
 	}
-#ifndef TCL_WIDE_INT_IS_LONG
-	if (objPtr->typePtr == &tclWideIntType) {
+#else
+	if (objPtr->typePtr == &tclIntType) {
 	    /*
 	     * We return any integer in the range -ULONG_MAX to ULONG_MAX
 	     * converted to a long, ignoring overflow. The rule preserves
 	     * existing semantics for conversion of integers on input, but
 	     * avoids inadvertent demotion of wide integers to 32-bit ones in
@@ -2837,53 +2844,10 @@
 	}
     } while (TclParseNumber(interp, objPtr, "integer", NULL, -1, NULL,
 	    TCL_PARSE_INTEGER_ONLY)==TCL_OK);
     return TCL_ERROR;
 }
-#ifndef TCL_WIDE_INT_IS_LONG
-
-/*
- *----------------------------------------------------------------------
- *
- * UpdateStringOfWideInt --
- *
- *	Update the string representation for a wide integer object. Note: this
- *	function does not free an existing old string rep so storage will be
- *	lost if this has not already been done.
- *
- * Results:
- *	None.
- *
- * Side effects:
- *	The object's string is set to a valid string that results from the
- *	wideInt-to-string conversion.
- *
- *----------------------------------------------------------------------
- */
-
-static void
-UpdateStringOfWideInt(
-    register Tcl_Obj *objPtr)	/* Int object whose string rep to update. */
-{
-    char buffer[TCL_INTEGER_SPACE+2];
-    register unsigned len;
-    register Tcl_WideInt wideVal = objPtr->internalRep.wideValue;
-
-    /*
-     * Note that sprintf will generate a compiler warning under Mingw claiming
-     * %I64 is an unknown format specifier. Just ignore this warning. We can't
-     * use %L as the format specifier since that gets printed as a 32 bit
-     * value.
-     */
-
-    sprintf(buffer, "%" TCL_LL_MODIFIER "d", wideVal);
-    len = strlen(buffer);
-    objPtr->bytes = ckalloc(len + 1);
-    memcpy(objPtr->bytes, buffer, len + 1);
-    objPtr->length = len;
-}
-#endif /* !TCL_WIDE_INT_IS_LONG */
 
 /*
  *----------------------------------------------------------------------
  *
  * Tcl_NewWideIntObj --
@@ -2929,11 +2893,11 @@
 				 * object. */
 {
     register Tcl_Obj *objPtr;
 
     TclNewObj(objPtr);
-    Tcl_SetWideIntObj(objPtr, wideValue);
+    TclSetIntObj(objPtr, wideValue);
     return objPtr;
 }
 #endif /* if TCL_MEM_DEBUG */
 
 /*
@@ -2981,11 +2945,11 @@
 				 * debugging. */
 {
     register Tcl_Obj *objPtr;
 
     TclDbNewObj(objPtr, file, line);
-    Tcl_SetWideIntObj(objPtr, wideValue);
+    TclSetIntObj(objPtr, wideValue);
     return objPtr;
 }
 
 #else /* if not TCL_MEM_DEBUG */
 
@@ -3030,23 +2994,11 @@
 {
     if (Tcl_IsShared(objPtr)) {
 	Tcl_Panic("%s called with shared object", "Tcl_SetWideIntObj");
     }
 
-    if ((wideValue >= (Tcl_WideInt) LONG_MIN)
-	    && (wideValue <= (Tcl_WideInt) LONG_MAX)) {
-	TclSetLongObj(objPtr, (long) wideValue);
-    } else {
-#ifndef TCL_WIDE_INT_IS_LONG
-	TclSetWideIntObj(objPtr, wideValue);
-#else
-	mp_int big;
-
-	TclInitBignumFromWideInt(&big, wideValue);
-	Tcl_SetBignumObj(objPtr, &big);
-#endif
-    }
+    TclSetIntObj(objPtr, wideValue);
 }
 
 /*
  *----------------------------------------------------------------------
  *
@@ -3074,18 +3026,12 @@
     register Tcl_Obj *objPtr,	/* Object from which to get a wide int. */
     register Tcl_WideInt *wideIntPtr)
 				/* Place to store resulting long. */
 {
     do {
-#ifndef TCL_WIDE_INT_IS_LONG
-	if (objPtr->typePtr == &tclWideIntType) {
-	    *wideIntPtr = objPtr->internalRep.wideValue;
-	    return TCL_OK;
-	}
-#endif
 	if (objPtr->typePtr == &tclIntType) {
-	    *wideIntPtr = (Tcl_WideInt) objPtr->internalRep.longValue;
+	    *wideIntPtr = objPtr->internalRep.wideValue;
 	    return TCL_OK;
 	}
 	if (objPtr->typePtr == &tclDoubleType) {
 	    if (interp != NULL) {
                 Tcl_SetObjResult(interp, Tcl_ObjPrintf(
@@ -3134,37 +3080,10 @@
 	}
     } while (TclParseNumber(interp, objPtr, "integer", NULL, -1, NULL,
 	    TCL_PARSE_INTEGER_ONLY)==TCL_OK);
     return TCL_ERROR;
 }
-#ifndef TCL_WIDE_INT_IS_LONG
-
-/*
- *----------------------------------------------------------------------
- *
- * SetWideIntFromAny --
- *
- *	Attempts to force the internal representation for a Tcl object to
- *	tclWideIntType, specifically.
- *
- * Results:
- *	The return value is a standard object Tcl result. If an error occurs
- *	during conversion, an error message is left in the interpreter's
- *	result unless "interp" is NULL.
- *
- *----------------------------------------------------------------------
- */
-
-static int
-SetWideIntFromAny(
-    Tcl_Interp *interp,		/* Tcl interpreter */
-    Tcl_Obj *objPtr)		/* Pointer to the object to convert */
-{
-    Tcl_WideInt w;
-    return Tcl_GetWideIntFromObj(interp, objPtr, &w);
-}
-#endif /* !TCL_WIDE_INT_IS_LONG */
 
 /*
  *----------------------------------------------------------------------
  *
  * FreeBignum --
@@ -3403,20 +3322,14 @@
 		}
 	    }
 	    return TCL_OK;
 	}
 	if (objPtr->typePtr == &tclIntType) {
-	    TclInitBignumFromLong(bignumValue, objPtr->internalRep.longValue);
-	    return TCL_OK;
-	}
-#ifndef TCL_WIDE_INT_IS_LONG
-	if (objPtr->typePtr == &tclWideIntType) {
 	    TclInitBignumFromWideInt(bignumValue,
 		    objPtr->internalRep.wideValue);
 	    return TCL_OK;
 	}
-#endif
 	if (objPtr->typePtr == &tclDoubleType) {
 	    if (interp != NULL) {
                 Tcl_SetObjResult(interp, Tcl_ObjPrintf(
                         "expected integer but got \"%s\"",
                         TclGetString(objPtr)));
@@ -3522,40 +3435,15 @@
 {
     if (Tcl_IsShared(objPtr)) {
 	Tcl_Panic("%s called with shared object", "Tcl_SetBignumObj");
     }
     if ((size_t) bignumValue->used
-	    <= (CHAR_BIT * sizeof(long) + DIGIT_BIT - 1) / DIGIT_BIT) {
-	unsigned long value = 0, numBytes = sizeof(long);
-	long scratch;
-	unsigned char *bytes = (unsigned char *) &scratch;
-
-	if (mp_to_unsigned_bin_n(bignumValue, bytes, &numBytes) != MP_OKAY) {
-	    goto tooLargeForLong;
-	}
-	while (numBytes-- > 0) {
-	    value = (value << CHAR_BIT) | *bytes++;
-	}
-	if (value > (((~(unsigned long)0) >> 1) + bignumValue->sign)) {
-	    goto tooLargeForLong;
-	}
-	if (bignumValue->sign) {
-	    TclSetLongObj(objPtr, -(long)value);
-	} else {
-	    TclSetLongObj(objPtr, (long)value);
-	}
-	mp_clear(bignumValue);
-	return;
-    }
-  tooLargeForLong:
-#ifndef TCL_WIDE_INT_IS_LONG
-    if ((size_t) bignumValue->used
-	    <= (CHAR_BIT * sizeof(Tcl_WideInt) + DIGIT_BIT - 1) / DIGIT_BIT) {
+	    <= (CHAR_BIT * sizeof(Tcl_WideUInt) + DIGIT_BIT - 1) / DIGIT_BIT) {
 	Tcl_WideUInt value = 0;
-	unsigned long numBytes = sizeof(Tcl_WideInt);
-	Tcl_WideInt scratch;
-	unsigned char *bytes = (unsigned char *)&scratch;
+	unsigned long numBytes = sizeof(Tcl_WideUInt);
+	Tcl_WideUInt scratch;
+	unsigned char *bytes = (unsigned char *) &scratch;
 
 	if (mp_to_unsigned_bin_n(bignumValue, bytes, &numBytes) != MP_OKAY) {
 	    goto tooLargeForWide;
 	}
 	while (numBytes-- > 0) {
@@ -3563,19 +3451,18 @@
 	}
 	if (value > (((~(Tcl_WideUInt)0) >> 1) + bignumValue->sign)) {
 	    goto tooLargeForWide;
 	}
 	if (bignumValue->sign) {
-	    TclSetWideIntObj(objPtr, -(Tcl_WideInt)value);
+	    TclSetIntObj(objPtr, -(Tcl_WideInt)value);
 	} else {
-	    TclSetWideIntObj(objPtr, (Tcl_WideInt)value);
+	    TclSetIntObj(objPtr, (Tcl_WideInt)value);
 	}
 	mp_clear(bignumValue);
 	return;
     }
   tooLargeForWide:
-#endif
     TclInvalidateStringRep(objPtr);
     TclFreeIntRep(objPtr);
     TclSetBignumIntRep(objPtr, bignumValue);
 }
 
@@ -3653,21 +3540,14 @@
 	    }
 	    *clientDataPtr = &objPtr->internalRep.doubleValue;
 	    return TCL_OK;
 	}
 	if (objPtr->typePtr == &tclIntType) {
-	    *typePtr = TCL_NUMBER_LONG;
-	    *clientDataPtr = &objPtr->internalRep.longValue;
-	    return TCL_OK;
-	}
-#ifndef TCL_WIDE_INT_IS_LONG
-	if (objPtr->typePtr == &tclWideIntType) {
 	    *typePtr = TCL_NUMBER_WIDE;
 	    *clientDataPtr = &objPtr->internalRep.wideValue;
 	    return TCL_OK;
 	}
-#endif
 	if (objPtr->typePtr == &tclBignumType) {
 	    static Tcl_ThreadDataKey bignumKey;
 	    mp_int *bigPtr = Tcl_GetThreadData(&bignumKey,
 		    (int) sizeof(mp_int));
 

Index: generic/tclPanic.c
==================================================================
--- generic/tclPanic.c
+++ generic/tclPanic.c
@@ -21,11 +21,11 @@
 /*
  * The panicProc variable contains a pointer to an application specific panic
  * procedure.
  */
 
-#if defined(__CYGWIN__)
+#if defined(__CYGWIN__) || (defined(_WIN32) && (defined(TCL_NO_DEPRECATED) || TCL_MAJOR_VERSION > 8))
 static TCL_NORETURN Tcl_PanicProc *panicProc = tclWinDebugPanic;
 #else
 static TCL_NORETURN1 Tcl_PanicProc *panicProc = NULL;
 #endif
 

Index: generic/tclPathObj.c
==================================================================
--- generic/tclPathObj.c
+++ generic/tclPathObj.c
@@ -1807,11 +1807,10 @@
 	/*
 	 * We now own a reference on both 'dir' and 'copy'
 	 */
 
 	(void) TclGetStringFromObj(dir, &cwdLen);
-	cwdLen += (Tcl_GetString(copy)[cwdLen] == '/');
 
 	/* Normalize the combined string. */
 
 	if (PATHFLAGS(pathPtr) & TCLPATH_NEEDNORM) {
 	    /*
@@ -1829,16 +1828,16 @@
 	    /*
 	     * ... but in most cases where we join a trouble free tail to a
 	     * normalized head, we can more efficiently normalize the combined
 	     * path by passing over only the unnormalized tail portion. When
 	     * this is sufficient, prior developers claim this should be much
-	     * faster. We use 'cwdLen-1' so that we are already pointing at
+	     * faster. We use 'cwdLen' so that we are already pointing at
 	     * the dir-separator that we know about. The normalization code
 	     * will actually start off directly after that separator.
 	     */
 
-	    TclFSNormalizeToUniquePath(interp, copy, cwdLen-1);
+	    TclFSNormalizeToUniquePath(interp, copy, cwdLen);
 	}
 
 	/* Now we need to construct the new path object. */
 
 	if (pathType == TCL_PATH_RELATIVE) {

Index: generic/tclPipe.c
==================================================================
--- generic/tclPipe.c
+++ generic/tclPipe.c
@@ -219,17 +219,17 @@
 void
 Tcl_ReapDetachedProcs(void)
 {
     register Detached *detPtr;
     Detached *nextPtr, *prevPtr;
-    int status;
-    Tcl_Pid pid;
+    int status, code;
 
     Tcl_MutexLock(&pipeMutex);
     for (detPtr = detList, prevPtr = NULL; detPtr != NULL; ) {
-	pid = Tcl_WaitPid(detPtr->pid, &status, WNOHANG);
-	if ((pid == 0) || ((pid == (Tcl_Pid) -1) && (errno != ECHILD))) {
+	status = TclProcessWait(detPtr->pid, WNOHANG, &code, NULL, NULL);
+	if (status == TCL_PROCESS_UNCHANGED || (status == TCL_PROCESS_ERROR
+		&& code != ECHILD)) {
 	    prevPtr = detPtr;
 	    detPtr = detPtr->nextPtr;
 	    continue;
 	}
 	nextPtr = detPtr->nextPtr;
@@ -275,42 +275,25 @@
 				 * from pipeline. NULL means there isn't any
 				 * stderr output. */
 {
     int result = TCL_OK;
     int i, abnormalExit, anyErrorInfo;
-    Tcl_Pid pid;
-    int waitStatus;
-    const char *msg;
-    unsigned long resolvedPid;
+    TclProcessWaitStatus waitStatus;
+    int code;
+    Tcl_Obj *msg, *error;
 
     abnormalExit = 0;
     for (i = 0; i < numPids; i++) {
-	/*
-	 * We need to get the resolved pid before we wait on it as the windows
-	 * implementation of Tcl_WaitPid deletes the information such that any
-	 * following calls to TclpGetPid fail.
-	 */
-
-	resolvedPid = TclpGetPid(pidPtr[i]);
-	pid = Tcl_WaitPid(pidPtr[i], &waitStatus, 0);
-	if (pid == (Tcl_Pid) -1) {
+	waitStatus = TclProcessWait(pidPtr[i], 0, &code, &msg, &error);
+	if (waitStatus == TCL_PROCESS_ERROR) {
 	    result = TCL_ERROR;
 	    if (interp != NULL) {
-		msg = Tcl_PosixError(interp);
-		if (errno == ECHILD) {
-		    /*
-		     * This changeup in message suggested by Mark Diekhans to
-		     * remind people that ECHILD errors can occur on some
-		     * systems if SIGCHLD isn't in its default state.
-		     */
-
-		    msg =
-			"child process lost (is SIGCHLD ignored or trapped?)";
-		}
-		Tcl_SetObjResult(interp, Tcl_ObjPrintf(
-			"error waiting for process to exit: %s", msg));
-	    }
+		Tcl_SetObjErrorCode(interp, error);
+		Tcl_SetObjResult(interp, msg);
+	    }
+	    Tcl_DecrRefCount(error);
+	    Tcl_DecrRefCount(msg);
 	    continue;
 	}
 
 	/*
 	 * Create error messages for unusual process exits. An extra newline
@@ -317,43 +300,23 @@
 	 * gets appended to each error message, but it gets removed below (in
 	 * the same fashion that an extra newline in the command's output is
 	 * removed).
 	 */
 
-	if (!WIFEXITED(waitStatus) || (WEXITSTATUS(waitStatus) != 0)) {
-	    char msg1[TCL_INTEGER_SPACE], msg2[TCL_INTEGER_SPACE];
-
+	if (waitStatus != TCL_PROCESS_EXITED || code != 0) {
 	    result = TCL_ERROR;
-	    sprintf(msg1, "%lu", resolvedPid);
-	    if (WIFEXITED(waitStatus)) {
+	    if (waitStatus == TCL_PROCESS_EXITED) {
 		if (interp != NULL) {
-		    sprintf(msg2, "%u", WEXITSTATUS(waitStatus));
-		    Tcl_SetErrorCode(interp, "CHILDSTATUS", msg1, msg2, NULL);
+		    Tcl_SetObjErrorCode(interp, error);
 		}
 		abnormalExit = 1;
 	    } else if (interp != NULL) {
-		const char *p;
-
-		if (WIFSIGNALED(waitStatus)) {
-		    p = Tcl_SignalMsg(WTERMSIG(waitStatus));
-		    Tcl_SetErrorCode(interp, "CHILDKILLED", msg1,
-			    Tcl_SignalId(WTERMSIG(waitStatus)), p, NULL);
-		    Tcl_SetObjResult(interp, Tcl_ObjPrintf(
-			    "child killed: %s\n", p));
-		} else if (WIFSTOPPED(waitStatus)) {
-		    p = Tcl_SignalMsg(WSTOPSIG(waitStatus));
-		    Tcl_SetErrorCode(interp, "CHILDSUSP", msg1,
-			    Tcl_SignalId(WSTOPSIG(waitStatus)), p, NULL);
-		    Tcl_SetObjResult(interp, Tcl_ObjPrintf(
-			    "child suspended: %s\n", p));
-		} else {
-		    Tcl_SetObjResult(interp, Tcl_NewStringObj(
-			    "child wait status didn't make sense\n", -1));
-		    Tcl_SetErrorCode(interp, "TCL", "OPERATION", "EXEC",
-			    "ODDWAITRESULT", msg1, NULL);
-		}
-	    }
+		Tcl_SetObjErrorCode(interp, error);
+		Tcl_SetObjResult(interp, msg);
+	    }
+	    Tcl_DecrRefCount(error);
+	    Tcl_DecrRefCount(msg);
 	}
     }
 
     /*
      * Read the standard error file. If there's anything there, then return an
@@ -934,10 +897,11 @@
 	}
 	Tcl_DStringFree(&execBuffer);
 
 	pidPtr[numPids] = pid;
 	numPids++;
+	TclProcessCreated(pid);
 
 	/*
 	 * Close off our copies of file descriptors that were set up for this
 	 * child, then set up the input for the next child.
 	 */

Index: generic/tclPkg.c
==================================================================
--- generic/tclPkg.c
+++ generic/tclPkg.c
@@ -63,10 +63,22 @@
     PkgAvail *availPtr;		/* First in list of all available versions of
 				 * this package. */
     const void *clientData;	/* Client data. */
 } Package;
 
+typedef struct Require {
+    void * clientDataPtr;
+    const char *name;
+    Package *pkgPtr;
+    char *versionToProvide;
+} Require;
+
+typedef struct RequireProcArgs {
+    const char *name;
+    void *clientDataPtr;
+} RequireProcArgs;
+
 /*
  * Prototypes for functions defined in this file:
  */
 
 static int		CheckVersionAndConvert(Tcl_Interp *interp,
@@ -83,13 +95,19 @@
 static void		AddRequirementsToResult(Tcl_Interp *interp, int reqc,
 			    Tcl_Obj *const reqv[]);
 static void		AddRequirementsToDString(Tcl_DString *dstring,
 			    int reqc, Tcl_Obj *const reqv[]);
 static Package *	FindPackage(Tcl_Interp *interp, const char *name);
-static const char *	PkgRequireCore(Tcl_Interp *interp, const char *name,
-			    int reqc, Tcl_Obj *const reqv[],
-			    void *clientDataPtr);
+static int		PkgRequireCore(ClientData data[], Tcl_Interp *interp, int result);
+static int		PkgRequireCoreFinal(ClientData data[], Tcl_Interp *interp, int result);
+static int		PkgRequireCoreCleanup(ClientData data[], Tcl_Interp *interp, int result);
+static int		PkgRequireCoreStep1(ClientData data[], Tcl_Interp *interp, int result);
+static int		PkgRequireCoreStep2(ClientData data[], Tcl_Interp *interp, int result);
+static int		TclNRPkgRequireProc(ClientData clientData, Tcl_Interp *interp, int reqc, Tcl_Obj *const reqv[]);
+static int		SelectPackage(ClientData data[], Tcl_Interp *interp, int result);
+static int		SelectPackageFinal(ClientData data[], Tcl_Interp *interp, int result);
+static int		TclNRPackageObjCmdCleanup(ClientData data[], Tcl_Interp *interp, int result);
 
 /*
  * Helper macros.
  */
 
@@ -363,11 +381,14 @@
     /*
      * Translate between old and new API, and defer to the new function.
      */
 
     if (version == NULL) {
-	result = PkgRequireCore(interp, name, 0, NULL, clientDataPtr);
+	if (Tcl_PkgRequireProc(interp, name, 0, NULL, clientDataPtr) == TCL_OK) {
+	    result = Tcl_GetStringResult(interp);
+	    Tcl_ResetResult(interp);
+	}
     } else {
 	if (exact && TCL_OK
 		!= CheckVersionAndConvert(interp, version, NULL, NULL)) {
 	    return NULL;
 	}
@@ -374,14 +395,16 @@
 	ov = Tcl_NewStringObj(version, -1);
 	if (exact) {
 	    Tcl_AppendStringsToObj(ov, "-", version, NULL);
 	}
 	Tcl_IncrRefCount(ov);
-	result = PkgRequireCore(interp, name, 1, &ov, clientDataPtr);
+	if (Tcl_PkgRequireProc(interp, name, 1, &ov, clientDataPtr) == TCL_OK) {
+	    result = Tcl_GetStringResult(interp);
+	    Tcl_ResetResult(interp);
+	}
 	TclDecrRefCount(ov);
     }
-
     return result;
 }
 
 int
 Tcl_PkgRequireProc(
@@ -392,345 +415,436 @@
 				 * version. */
     Tcl_Obj *const reqv[],	/* 0 means to use the latest version
 				 * available. */
     void *clientDataPtr)
 {
-    const char *result =
-	    PkgRequireCore(interp, name, reqc, reqv, clientDataPtr);
+    RequireProcArgs args;
+    args.name = name;
+    args.clientDataPtr = clientDataPtr;
+    return Tcl_NRCallObjProc(interp, TclNRPkgRequireProc, (void *)&args, reqc, reqv);
+}
 
-    if (result == NULL) {
-	return TCL_ERROR;
+static int
+TclNRPkgRequireProc(
+    ClientData clientData,
+    Tcl_Interp *interp,
+    int reqc,
+    Tcl_Obj *const reqv[]) {
+    RequireProcArgs *args = clientData;
+    Tcl_NRAddCallback(interp, PkgRequireCore, (void *)args->name, INT2PTR(reqc), (void *)reqv, args->clientDataPtr);
+    return TCL_OK;
+}
+
+static int
+PkgRequireCore(ClientData data[], Tcl_Interp *interp, int result)
+{
+    const char *name = data[0];
+    int reqc = PTR2INT(data[1]);
+    Tcl_Obj *const *reqv = data[2];
+    int code = CheckAllRequirements(interp, reqc, reqv);
+    Require *reqPtr;
+    if (code != TCL_OK) {
+	return code;
     }
-    Tcl_SetObjResult(interp, Tcl_NewStringObj(result, -1));
+    reqPtr = ckalloc(sizeof(Require));
+    Tcl_NRAddCallback(interp, PkgRequireCoreCleanup, reqPtr, NULL, NULL, NULL);
+    reqPtr->clientDataPtr = data[3];
+    reqPtr->name = name;
+    reqPtr->pkgPtr = FindPackage(interp, name);
+    if (reqPtr->pkgPtr->version == NULL) {
+	Tcl_NRAddCallback(interp, SelectPackage, reqPtr, INT2PTR(reqc), (void *)reqv, PkgRequireCoreStep1);
+    } else {
+	Tcl_NRAddCallback(interp, PkgRequireCoreFinal, reqPtr, INT2PTR(reqc), (void *)reqv, NULL);
+    }
     return TCL_OK;
 }
 
-static const char *
-PkgRequireCore(
-    Tcl_Interp *interp,		/* Interpreter in which package is now
-				 * available. */
-    const char *name,		/* Name of desired package. */
-    int reqc,			/* Requirements constraining the desired
-				 * version. */
-    Tcl_Obj *const reqv[],	/* 0 means to use the latest version
-				 * available. */
-    void *clientDataPtr)
-{
-    Interp *iPtr = (Interp *) interp;
-    Package *pkgPtr;
-    PkgAvail *availPtr, *bestPtr, *bestStablePtr;
-    char *availVersion, *bestVersion;
-				/* Internal rep. of versions */
-    int availStable, code, satisfies, pass;
-    char *script, *pkgVersionI;
+static int
+PkgRequireCoreStep1(ClientData data[], Tcl_Interp *interp, int result) {
     Tcl_DString command;
-
-    if (TCL_OK != CheckAllRequirements(interp, reqc, reqv)) {
-	return NULL;
-    }
-
-    /*
-     * It can take up to three passes to find the package: one pass to run the
-     * "package unknown" script, one to run the "package ifneeded" script for
-     * a specific version, and a final pass to lookup the package loaded by
-     * the "package ifneeded" script.
-     */
-
-    for (pass=1 ;; pass++) {
-	pkgPtr = FindPackage(interp, name);
-	if (pkgPtr->version != NULL) {
-	    break;
-	}
-
-	/*
-	 * Check whether we're already attempting to load some version of this
-	 * package (circular dependency detection).
-	 */
-
-	if (pkgPtr->clientData != NULL) {
-	    Tcl_SetObjResult(interp, Tcl_ObjPrintf(
-		    "circular package dependency:"
-		    " attempt to provide %s %s requires %s",
-		    name, (char *) pkgPtr->clientData, name));
-	    AddRequirementsToResult(interp, reqc, reqv);
-	    Tcl_SetErrorCode(interp, "TCL", "PACKAGE", "CIRCULARITY", NULL);
-	    return NULL;
-	}
-
-	/*
-	 * The package isn't yet present. Search the list of available
-	 * versions and invoke the script for the best available version. We
-	 * are actually locating the best, and the best stable version. One of
-	 * them is then chosen based on the selection mode.
-	 */
-
-	bestPtr = NULL;
-	bestStablePtr = NULL;
-	bestVersion = NULL;
-
-	for (availPtr = pkgPtr->availPtr; availPtr != NULL;
-		availPtr = availPtr->nextPtr) {
-	    if (CheckVersionAndConvert(interp, availPtr->version,
-		    &availVersion, &availStable) != TCL_OK) {
-		/*
-		 * The provided version number has invalid syntax. This
-		 * should not happen. This should have been caught by the
-		 * 'package ifneeded' registering the package.
-		 */
-
-		continue;
-	    }
-
-	    if (bestPtr != NULL) {
-		int res = CompareVersions(availVersion, bestVersion, NULL);
-
-		/*
-		 * Note: Use internal reps!
-		 */
-
-		if (res <= 0) {
-		    /*
-		     * The version of the package sought is not as good as the
-		     * currently selected version. Ignore it.
-		     */
-
-		    ckfree(availVersion);
-		    availVersion = NULL;
-		    continue;
-		}
-	    }
-
-	    /*
-	     * We have found a version which is better than our max.
-	     */
-
-	    if (reqc > 0) {
-		/* Check satisfaction of requirements. */
-
-		satisfies = SomeRequirementSatisfied(availVersion, reqc, reqv);
-		if (!satisfies) {
-		    ckfree(availVersion);
-		    availVersion = NULL;
-		    continue;
-		}
-	    }
-
-	    bestPtr = availPtr;
-
-	    if (bestVersion != NULL) {
-		ckfree(bestVersion);
-	    }
-	    bestVersion = availVersion;
-
-	    /*
-	     * If this new best version is stable then it also has to be
-	     * better than the max stable version found so far.
-	     */
-
-	    if (availStable) {
-		bestStablePtr = availPtr;
-	    }
-	}
-
-	if (bestVersion != NULL) {
-	    ckfree(bestVersion);
-	}
-
-	/*
-	 * Now choose a version among the two best. For 'latest' we simply
-	 * take (actually keep) the best. For 'stable' we take the best
-	 * stable, if there is any, or the best if there is nothing stable.
-	 */
-
-	if ((iPtr->packagePrefer == PKG_PREFER_STABLE)
-		&& (bestStablePtr != NULL)) {
-	    bestPtr = bestStablePtr;
-	}
-
-	if (bestPtr != NULL) {
-	    /*
-	     * We found an ifneeded script for the package. Be careful while
-	     * executing it: this could cause reentrancy, so (a) protect the
-	     * script itself from deletion and (b) don't assume that bestPtr
-	     * will still exist when the script completes.
-	     */
-
-	    char *versionToProvide = bestPtr->version;
-	    PkgFiles *pkgFiles;
-	    PkgName *pkgName;
-	    script = bestPtr->script;
-
-	    pkgPtr->clientData = versionToProvide;
-	    Tcl_Preserve(versionToProvide);
-	    Tcl_Preserve(script);
-	    pkgFiles = TclInitPkgFiles(interp);
-	    /* Push "ifneeded" package name in "tclPkgFiles" assocdata. */
-	    pkgName = ckalloc(sizeof(PkgName) + strlen(name));
-	    pkgName->nextPtr = pkgFiles->names;
-	    strcpy(pkgName->name, name);
-	    pkgFiles->names = pkgName;
-	    if (bestPtr->pkgIndex) {
-		TclPkgFileSeen(interp, bestPtr->pkgIndex);
-	    }
-	    code = Tcl_EvalEx(interp, script, -1, TCL_EVAL_GLOBAL);
-	    /* Pop the "ifneeded" package name from "tclPkgFiles" assocdata*/
-	    pkgFiles->names = pkgName->nextPtr;
-	    ckfree(pkgName);
-	    Tcl_Release(script);
-
-	    pkgPtr = FindPackage(interp, name);
-	    if (code == TCL_OK) {
-		Tcl_ResetResult(interp);
-		if (pkgPtr->version == NULL) {
-		    code = TCL_ERROR;
-		    Tcl_SetObjResult(interp, Tcl_ObjPrintf(
-			    "attempt to provide package %s %s failed:"
-			    " no version of package %s provided",
-			    name, versionToProvide, name));
-		    Tcl_SetErrorCode(interp, "TCL", "PACKAGE", "UNPROVIDED",
-			    NULL);
-		} else {
-		    char *pvi, *vi;
-
-		    if (CheckVersionAndConvert(interp, pkgPtr->version, &pvi,
-			    NULL) != TCL_OK) {
-			code = TCL_ERROR;
-		    } else if (CheckVersionAndConvert(interp,
-			    versionToProvide, &vi, NULL) != TCL_OK) {
-			ckfree(pvi);
-			code = TCL_ERROR;
-		    } else {
-			int res = CompareVersions(pvi, vi, NULL);
-
-			ckfree(pvi);
-			ckfree(vi);
-			if (res != 0) {
-			    code = TCL_ERROR;
-			    Tcl_SetObjResult(interp, Tcl_ObjPrintf(
-				    "attempt to provide package %s %s failed:"
-				    " package %s %s provided instead",
-				    name, versionToProvide,
-				    name, pkgPtr->version));
-			    Tcl_SetErrorCode(interp, "TCL", "PACKAGE",
-				    "WRONGPROVIDE", NULL);
-			}
-		    }
-		}
-	    } else if (code != TCL_ERROR) {
-		Tcl_Obj *codePtr = Tcl_NewIntObj(code);
-
-		Tcl_SetObjResult(interp, Tcl_ObjPrintf(
-			"attempt to provide package %s %s failed:"
-			" bad return code: %s",
-			name, versionToProvide, TclGetString(codePtr)));
-		Tcl_SetErrorCode(interp, "TCL", "PACKAGE", "BADRESULT", NULL);
-		TclDecrRefCount(codePtr);
-		code = TCL_ERROR;
-	    }
-
-	    if (code == TCL_ERROR) {
-		Tcl_AppendObjToErrorInfo(interp, Tcl_ObjPrintf(
-			"\n    (\"package ifneeded %s %s\" script)",
-			name, versionToProvide));
-	    }
-	    Tcl_Release(versionToProvide);
-
-	    if (code != TCL_OK) {
-		/*
-		 * Take a non-TCL_OK code from the script as an indication the
-		 * package wasn't loaded properly, so the package system
-		 * should not remember an improper load.
-		 *
-		 * This is consistent with our returning NULL. If we're not
-		 * willing to tell our caller we got a particular version, we
-		 * shouldn't store that version for telling future callers
-		 * either.
-		 */
-
-		if (pkgPtr->version != NULL) {
-		    ckfree(pkgPtr->version);
-		    pkgPtr->version = NULL;
-		}
-		pkgPtr->clientData = NULL;
-		return NULL;
-	    }
-
-	    break;
-	}
-
-	/*
-	 * The package is not in the database. If there is a "package unknown"
-	 * command, invoke it (but only on the first pass; after that, we
-	 * should not get here in the first place).
-	 */
-
-	if (pass > 1) {
-	    break;
-	}
-
-	script = ((Interp *) interp)->packageUnknown;
-	if (script != NULL) {
-	    Tcl_DStringInit(&command);
-	    Tcl_DStringAppend(&command, script, -1);
-	    Tcl_DStringAppendElement(&command, name);
-	    AddRequirementsToDString(&command, reqc, reqv);
-
-	    code = Tcl_EvalEx(interp, Tcl_DStringValue(&command),
-		    Tcl_DStringLength(&command), TCL_EVAL_GLOBAL);
-	    Tcl_DStringFree(&command);
-
-	    if ((code != TCL_OK) && (code != TCL_ERROR)) {
-		Tcl_SetObjResult(interp, Tcl_ObjPrintf(
-			"bad return code: %d", code));
-		Tcl_SetErrorCode(interp, "TCL", "PACKAGE", "BADRESULT", NULL);
-		code = TCL_ERROR;
-	    }
-	    if (code == TCL_ERROR) {
-		Tcl_AddErrorInfo(interp,
-			"\n    (\"package unknown\" script)");
-		return NULL;
-	    }
-	    Tcl_ResetResult(interp);
-	}
-    }
-
-    if (pkgPtr->version == NULL) {
+    char *script;
+    Require *reqPtr = data[0];
+    int reqc = PTR2INT(data[1]);
+    Tcl_Obj **const reqv = data[2];
+    const char *name = reqPtr->name /* Name of desired package. */;
+    if (reqPtr->pkgPtr->version == NULL) {
+	    /*
+	     * The package is not in the database. If there is a "package unknown"
+	     * command, invoke it.
+	     */
+
+	    script = ((Interp *) interp)->packageUnknown;
+	    if (script == NULL) {
+		Tcl_NRAddCallback(interp, PkgRequireCoreFinal, reqPtr, INT2PTR(reqc), (void *)reqv, NULL);
+	    } else {
+		Tcl_DStringInit(&command);
+		Tcl_DStringAppend(&command, script, -1);
+		Tcl_DStringAppendElement(&command, name);
+		AddRequirementsToDString(&command, reqc, reqv);
+
+		Tcl_NRAddCallback(interp, PkgRequireCoreStep2, reqPtr, INT2PTR(reqc), (void *)reqv, NULL);
+		Tcl_NREvalObj(interp,
+		    Tcl_NewStringObj(Tcl_DStringValue(&command), Tcl_DStringLength(&command)),
+		    TCL_EVAL_GLOBAL
+		);
+		Tcl_DStringFree(&command);
+	    }
+	    return TCL_OK;
+    } else {
+	Tcl_NRAddCallback(interp, PkgRequireCoreFinal, reqPtr, INT2PTR(reqc), (void *)reqv, NULL);
+    }
+    return TCL_OK;
+}
+
+static int
+PkgRequireCoreStep2(ClientData data[], Tcl_Interp *interp, int result) {
+    Require *reqPtr = data[0];
+    int reqc = PTR2INT(data[1]);
+    Tcl_Obj **const reqv = data[2];
+    const char *name = reqPtr->name /* Name of desired package. */;
+    if ((result != TCL_OK) && (result != TCL_ERROR)) {
+	Tcl_SetObjResult(interp, Tcl_ObjPrintf(
+		"bad return code: %d", result));
+	Tcl_SetErrorCode(interp, "TCL", "PACKAGE", "BADRESULT", NULL);
+	result = TCL_ERROR;
+    }
+    if (result == TCL_ERROR) {
+	Tcl_AddErrorInfo(interp,
+		"\n    (\"package unknown\" script)");
+	return result;
+    }
+    Tcl_ResetResult(interp);
+    /* pkgPtr may now be invalid, so refresh it. */
+    reqPtr->pkgPtr = FindPackage(interp, name);
+    Tcl_NRAddCallback(interp, SelectPackage, reqPtr, INT2PTR(reqc), (void *)reqv, PkgRequireCoreFinal);
+    return TCL_OK;
+}
+
+static int
+PkgRequireCoreFinal(ClientData data[], Tcl_Interp *interp, int result) {
+    Require *reqPtr = data[0];
+    int reqc = PTR2INT(data[1]), satisfies;
+    Tcl_Obj **const reqv = data[2];
+    char *pkgVersionI;
+    void *clientDataPtr = reqPtr->clientDataPtr;
+    const char *name = reqPtr->name /* Name of desired package. */;
+    if (reqPtr->pkgPtr->version == NULL) {
 	Tcl_SetObjResult(interp, Tcl_ObjPrintf(
 		"can't find package %s", name));
 	Tcl_SetErrorCode(interp, "TCL", "PACKAGE", "UNFOUND", NULL);
 	AddRequirementsToResult(interp, reqc, reqv);
-	return NULL;
+	return TCL_ERROR;
     }
 
     /*
-     * At this point we know that the package is present. Make sure that the
-     * provided version meets the current requirements.
+     * Ensure that the provided version meets the current requirements.
      */
 
     if (reqc != 0) {
-	CheckVersionAndConvert(interp, pkgPtr->version, &pkgVersionI, NULL);
+	CheckVersionAndConvert(interp, reqPtr->pkgPtr->version, &pkgVersionI, NULL);
 	satisfies = SomeRequirementSatisfied(pkgVersionI, reqc, reqv);
 
 	ckfree(pkgVersionI);
 
 	if (!satisfies) {
 	    Tcl_SetObjResult(interp, Tcl_ObjPrintf(
 		    "version conflict for package \"%s\": have %s, need",
-		    name, pkgPtr->version));
+		    name, reqPtr->pkgPtr->version));
 	    Tcl_SetErrorCode(interp, "TCL", "PACKAGE", "VERSIONCONFLICT",
 		    NULL);
 	    AddRequirementsToResult(interp, reqc, reqv);
-	    return NULL;
+	    return TCL_ERROR;
 	}
     }
 
     if (clientDataPtr) {
 	const void **ptr = (const void **) clientDataPtr;
 
-	*ptr = pkgPtr->clientData;
+	*ptr = reqPtr->pkgPtr->clientData;
+    }
+    Tcl_SetObjResult(interp, Tcl_NewStringObj(reqPtr->pkgPtr->version, -1));
+    return TCL_OK;
+}
+
+static int
+PkgRequireCoreCleanup(ClientData data[], Tcl_Interp *interp, int result) {
+    ckfree(data[0]);
+    return result;
+}
+
+
+static int
+SelectPackage(ClientData data[], Tcl_Interp *interp, int result) {
+    PkgAvail *availPtr, *bestPtr, *bestStablePtr;
+    char *availVersion, *bestVersion, *bestStableVersion;
+				/* Internal rep. of versions */
+    int availStable, satisfies; 
+    Require *reqPtr = data[0];
+    int reqc = PTR2INT(data[1]);
+    Tcl_Obj **const reqv = data[2];
+    const char *name = reqPtr->name;
+    Package *pkgPtr = reqPtr->pkgPtr;
+    Interp *iPtr = (Interp *) interp;
+
+    /*
+     * Check whether we're already attempting to load some version of this
+     * package (circular dependency detection).
+     */
+
+    if (pkgPtr->clientData != NULL) {
+	Tcl_SetObjResult(interp, Tcl_ObjPrintf(
+		"circular package dependency:"
+		" attempt to provide %s %s requires %s",
+		name, (char *) pkgPtr->clientData, name));
+	AddRequirementsToResult(interp, reqc, reqv);
+	Tcl_SetErrorCode(interp, "TCL", "PACKAGE", "CIRCULARITY", NULL);
+	return TCL_ERROR;
+    }
+
+    /*
+     * The package isn't yet present. Search the list of available
+     * versions and invoke the script for the best available version. We
+     * are actually locating the best, and the best stable version. One of
+     * them is then chosen based on the selection mode.
+     */
+
+    bestPtr = NULL;
+    bestStablePtr = NULL;
+    bestVersion = NULL;
+    bestStableVersion = NULL;
+
+    for (availPtr = pkgPtr->availPtr; availPtr != NULL;
+	    availPtr = availPtr->nextPtr) {
+	if (CheckVersionAndConvert(interp, availPtr->version,
+		&availVersion, &availStable) != TCL_OK) {
+	    /*
+	     * The provided version number has invalid syntax. This
+	     * should not happen. This should have been caught by the
+	     * 'package ifneeded' registering the package.
+	     */
+
+	    continue;
+	}
+
+	/* Check satisfaction of requirements before considering the current version further. */
+	if (reqc > 0) {
+	    satisfies = SomeRequirementSatisfied(availVersion, reqc, reqv);
+	    if (!satisfies) {
+		ckfree(availVersion);
+		availVersion = NULL;
+		continue;
+	    }
+	}
+
+	if (bestPtr != NULL) {
+	    int res = CompareVersions(availVersion, bestVersion, NULL);
+
+	    /*
+	     * Note: Used internal reps in the comparison!
+	     */
+
+	    if (res > 0) {
+		/*
+		 * The version of the package sought is better than the
+		 * currently selected version.
+		 */
+		ckfree(bestVersion);
+		bestVersion = NULL;
+		goto newbest;
+	    }
+	} else {
+	newbest:
+	    /* We have found a version which is better than our max. */
+
+	    bestPtr = availPtr;
+	    CheckVersionAndConvert(interp, bestPtr->version, &bestVersion, NULL);
+	}
+
+	if (!availStable) {
+	    ckfree(availVersion);
+	    availVersion = NULL;
+	    continue;
+	}
+
+	if (bestStablePtr != NULL) {
+	    int res = CompareVersions(availVersion, bestStableVersion, NULL);
+
+	    /*
+	     * Note: Used internal reps in the comparison!
+	     */
+
+	    if (res > 0) {
+		/*
+		 * This stable version of the package sought is better
+		 * than the currently selected stable version.
+		 */
+		ckfree(bestStableVersion);
+		bestStableVersion = NULL;
+		goto newstable;
+	    }
+	} else {
+	newstable:
+	    /* We have found a stable version which is better than our max stable. */
+	    bestStablePtr = availPtr;
+	    CheckVersionAndConvert(interp, bestStablePtr->version, &bestStableVersion, NULL);
+	}
+
+	ckfree(availVersion);
+	availVersion = NULL;
+    } /* end for */
+
+    /*
+     * Clean up memorized internal reps, if any.
+     */
+
+    if (bestVersion != NULL) {
+	ckfree(bestVersion);
+	bestVersion = NULL;
+    }
+
+    if (bestStableVersion != NULL) {
+	ckfree(bestStableVersion);
+	bestStableVersion = NULL;
+    }
+
+    /*
+     * Now choose a version among the two best. For 'latest' we simply
+     * take (actually keep) the best. For 'stable' we take the best
+     * stable, if there is any, or the best if there is nothing stable.
+     */
+
+    if ((iPtr->packagePrefer == PKG_PREFER_STABLE)
+	    && (bestStablePtr != NULL)) {
+	bestPtr = bestStablePtr;
+    }
+
+    if (bestPtr == NULL) {
+	Tcl_NRAddCallback(interp, data[3], reqPtr, INT2PTR(reqc), (void *)reqv, NULL);
+    } else {
+	/*
+	 * We found an ifneeded script for the package. Be careful while
+	 * executing it: this could cause reentrancy, so (a) protect the
+	 * script itself from deletion and (b) don't assume that bestPtr
+	 * will still exist when the script completes.
+	 */
+
+	char *versionToProvide = bestPtr->version;
+	PkgFiles *pkgFiles;
+	PkgName *pkgName;
+
+	Tcl_Preserve(versionToProvide);
+	pkgPtr->clientData = versionToProvide;
+
+	pkgFiles = TclInitPkgFiles(interp);
+	/* Push "ifneeded" package name in "tclPkgFiles" assocdata. */
+	pkgName = ckalloc(sizeof(PkgName) + strlen(name));
+	pkgName->nextPtr = pkgFiles->names;
+	strcpy(pkgName->name, name);
+	pkgFiles->names = pkgName;
+	if (bestPtr->pkgIndex) {
+	    TclPkgFileSeen(interp, bestPtr->pkgIndex);
+	}
+	reqPtr->versionToProvide = versionToProvide;
+	Tcl_NRAddCallback(interp, SelectPackageFinal, reqPtr, INT2PTR(reqc), (void *)reqv, data[3]);
+	Tcl_NREvalObj(interp, Tcl_NewStringObj(bestPtr->script, -1), TCL_EVAL_GLOBAL);
+    }
+    return TCL_OK;
+}
+
+static int
+SelectPackageFinal(ClientData data[], Tcl_Interp *interp, int result) {
+    Require *reqPtr = data[0];
+    int reqc = PTR2INT(data[1]);
+    Tcl_Obj **const reqv = data[2];
+    const char *name = reqPtr->name;
+    char *versionToProvide = reqPtr->versionToProvide;
+
+    /* Pop the "ifneeded" package name from "tclPkgFiles" assocdata*/
+    PkgFiles *pkgFiles = Tcl_GetAssocData(interp, "tclPkgFiles", NULL);
+    PkgName *pkgName = pkgFiles->names;
+    pkgFiles->names = pkgName->nextPtr;
+    ckfree(pkgName);
+
+    reqPtr->pkgPtr = FindPackage(interp, name);
+    if (result == TCL_OK) {
+	Tcl_ResetResult(interp);
+	if (reqPtr->pkgPtr->version == NULL) {
+	    result = TCL_ERROR;
+	    Tcl_SetObjResult(interp, Tcl_ObjPrintf(
+		    "attempt to provide package %s %s failed:"
+		    " no version of package %s provided",
+		    name, versionToProvide, name));
+	    Tcl_SetErrorCode(interp, "TCL", "PACKAGE", "UNPROVIDED",
+		    NULL);
+	} else {
+	    char *pvi, *vi;
+
+	    if (CheckVersionAndConvert(interp, reqPtr->pkgPtr->version, &pvi,
+		    NULL) != TCL_OK) {
+		result = TCL_ERROR;
+	    } else if (CheckVersionAndConvert(interp,
+		    versionToProvide, &vi, NULL) != TCL_OK) {
+		ckfree(pvi);
+		result = TCL_ERROR;
+	    } else {
+		int res = CompareVersions(pvi, vi, NULL);
+
+		ckfree(pvi);
+		ckfree(vi);
+		if (res != 0) {
+		    result = TCL_ERROR;
+		    Tcl_SetObjResult(interp, Tcl_ObjPrintf(
+			    "attempt to provide package %s %s failed:"
+			    " package %s %s provided instead",
+			    name, versionToProvide,
+			    name, reqPtr->pkgPtr->version));
+		    Tcl_SetErrorCode(interp, "TCL", "PACKAGE",
+			    "WRONGPROVIDE", NULL);
+		}
+	    }
+	}
+    } else if (result != TCL_ERROR) {
+	Tcl_Obj *codePtr = Tcl_NewIntObj(result);
+
+	Tcl_SetObjResult(interp, Tcl_ObjPrintf(
+		"attempt to provide package %s %s failed:"
+		" bad return code: %s",
+		name, versionToProvide, TclGetString(codePtr)));
+	Tcl_SetErrorCode(interp, "TCL", "PACKAGE", "BADRESULT", NULL);
+	TclDecrRefCount(codePtr);
+	result = TCL_ERROR;
+    }
+
+    if (result == TCL_ERROR) {
+	Tcl_AppendObjToErrorInfo(interp, Tcl_ObjPrintf(
+		"\n    (\"package ifneeded %s %s\" script)",
+		name, versionToProvide));
+    }
+    Tcl_Release(versionToProvide);
+
+    if (result != TCL_OK) {
+	/*
+	 * Take a non-TCL_OK code from the script as an indication the
+	 * package wasn't loaded properly, so the package system
+	 * should not remember an improper load.
+	 *
+	 * This is consistent with our returning NULL. If we're not
+	 * willing to tell our caller we got a particular version, we
+	 * shouldn't store that version for telling future callers
+	 * either.
+	 */
+
+	if (reqPtr->pkgPtr->version != NULL) {
+	    ckfree(reqPtr->pkgPtr->version);
+	    reqPtr->pkgPtr->version = NULL;
+	}
+	reqPtr->pkgPtr->clientData = NULL;
+	return result;
     }
-    return pkgPtr->version;
+
+    Tcl_NRAddCallback(interp, data[3], reqPtr, INT2PTR(reqc), (void *)reqv, NULL);
+    return TCL_OK;
 }
 
 /*
  *----------------------------------------------------------------------
  *
@@ -832,14 +946,23 @@
  * Side effects:
  *	See the user documentation.
  *
  *----------------------------------------------------------------------
  */
+int
+Tcl_PackageObjCmd(
+    ClientData dummy,		/* Not used. */
+    Tcl_Interp *interp,		/* Current interpreter. */
+    int objc,			/* Number of arguments. */
+    Tcl_Obj *const objv[])	/* Argument objects. */
+{
+    return Tcl_NRCallObjProc(interp, TclNRPackageObjCmd, NULL, objc, objv);
+}
 
 	/* ARGSUSED */
 int
-Tcl_PackageObjCmd(
+TclNRPackageObjCmd(
     ClientData dummy,		/* Not used. */
     Tcl_Interp *interp,		/* Current interpreter. */
     int objc,			/* Number of arguments. */
     Tcl_Obj *const objv[])	/* Argument objects. */
 {
@@ -852,19 +975,20 @@
 	PKG_FILES,  PKG_FORGET,  PKG_IFNEEDED, PKG_NAMES,   PKG_PREFER,
 	PKG_PRESENT, PKG_PROVIDE, PKG_REQUIRE,  PKG_UNKNOWN, PKG_VCOMPARE,
 	PKG_VERSIONS, PKG_VSATISFIES
     };
     Interp *iPtr = (Interp *) interp;
-    int optionIndex, exact, i, satisfies;
+    int optionIndex, exact, i, newobjc, satisfies;
     PkgAvail *availPtr, *prevPtr;
     Package *pkgPtr;
     Tcl_HashEntry *hPtr;
     Tcl_HashSearch search;
     Tcl_HashTable *tablePtr;
     const char *version;
     const char *argv2, *argv3, *argv4;
     char *iva = NULL, *ivb = NULL;
+    Tcl_Obj *objvListPtr, **newObjvPtr;
 
     if (objc < 2) {
 	Tcl_WrongNumArgs(interp, 1, objv, "option ?arg ...?");
 	return TCL_ERROR;
     }
@@ -919,10 +1043,11 @@
 		pkgPtr->availPtr = availPtr->nextPtr;
 		Tcl_EventuallyFree(availPtr->version, TCL_DYNAMIC);
 		Tcl_EventuallyFree(availPtr->script, TCL_DYNAMIC);
 		if (availPtr->pkgIndex) {
 		    Tcl_EventuallyFree(availPtr->pkgIndex, TCL_DYNAMIC);
+		    availPtr->pkgIndex = NULL;
 		}
 		ckfree(availPtr);
 	    }
 	    ckfree(pkgPtr);
 	}
@@ -972,10 +1097,11 @@
 		    return TCL_OK;
 		}
 		Tcl_EventuallyFree(availPtr->script, TCL_DYNAMIC);
 		if (availPtr->pkgIndex) {
 		    Tcl_EventuallyFree(availPtr->pkgIndex, TCL_DYNAMIC);
+		    availPtr->pkgIndex = NULL;
 		}
 		break;
 	    }
 	}
 	ckfree(argv3i);
@@ -983,11 +1109,11 @@
 	if (objc == 4) {
 	    return TCL_OK;
 	}
 	if (availPtr == NULL) {
 	    availPtr = ckalloc(sizeof(PkgAvail));
-	    availPtr->pkgIndex = 0;
+	    availPtr->pkgIndex = NULL;
 	    DupBlock(availPtr->version, argv3, (unsigned) length + 1);
 
 	    if (prevPtr == NULL) {
 		availPtr->nextPtr = pkgPtr->availPtr;
 		pkgPtr->availPtr = availPtr;
@@ -1104,11 +1230,10 @@
 	version = NULL;
 
 	argv2 = TclGetString(objv[2]);
 	if ((argv2[0] == '-') && (strcmp(argv2, "-exact") == 0)) {
 	    Tcl_Obj *ov;
-	    int res;
 
 	    if (objc != 5) {
 		goto requireSyntax;
 	    }
 
@@ -1124,21 +1249,42 @@
 
 	    ov = Tcl_NewStringObj(version, -1);
 	    Tcl_AppendStringsToObj(ov, "-", version, NULL);
 	    version = NULL;
 	    argv3 = TclGetString(objv[3]);
+	    Tcl_IncrRefCount(objv[3]);
 
-	    Tcl_IncrRefCount(ov);
-	    res = Tcl_PkgRequireProc(interp, argv3, 1, &ov, NULL);
-	    TclDecrRefCount(ov);
-	    return res;
+	    objvListPtr = Tcl_NewListObj(0, NULL);
+	    Tcl_IncrRefCount(objvListPtr);
+	    Tcl_ListObjAppendElement(interp, objvListPtr, ov);
+	    Tcl_ListObjGetElements(interp, objvListPtr, &newobjc, &newObjvPtr);
+
+	    Tcl_NRAddCallback(interp, TclNRPackageObjCmdCleanup, objv[3], objvListPtr, NULL, NULL);
+	    Tcl_NRAddCallback(interp, PkgRequireCore, (void *)argv3, INT2PTR(newobjc), newObjvPtr, NULL);
+	    return TCL_OK;
 	} else {
+	    int i, newobjc = objc-3;
+	    Tcl_Obj *const *newobjv = objv + 3;
 	    if (CheckAllRequirements(interp, objc-3, objv+3) != TCL_OK) {
 		return TCL_ERROR;
 	    }
+	    objvListPtr = Tcl_NewListObj(0, NULL);
+	    Tcl_IncrRefCount(objvListPtr);
+	    Tcl_IncrRefCount(objv[2]);
+	    for (i = 0; i < newobjc; i++) {
 
-	    return Tcl_PkgRequireProc(interp, argv2, objc-3, objv+3, NULL);
+		/*
+		 * Tcl_Obj structures may have come from another interpreter,
+		 * so duplicate them.
+		 */
+
+		Tcl_ListObjAppendElement(interp, objvListPtr, Tcl_DuplicateObj(newobjv[i]));
+	    }
+	    Tcl_ListObjGetElements(interp, objvListPtr, &newobjc, &newObjvPtr);
+	    Tcl_NRAddCallback(interp, TclNRPackageObjCmdCleanup, objv[2], objvListPtr, NULL, NULL);
+	    Tcl_NRAddCallback(interp, PkgRequireCore, (void *)argv2, INT2PTR(newobjc), newObjvPtr, NULL);
+	    return TCL_OK;
 	}
 	break;
     case PKG_UNKNOWN: {
 	int length;
 
@@ -1274,10 +1420,17 @@
     default:
 	Tcl_Panic("Tcl_PackageObjCmd: bad option index to pkgOptions");
     }
     return TCL_OK;
 }
+
+static int
+TclNRPackageObjCmdCleanup(ClientData data[], Tcl_Interp *interp, int result) {
+    TclDecrRefCount((Tcl_Obj *)data[0]);
+    TclDecrRefCount((Tcl_Obj *)data[1]);
+    return result;
+}
 
 /*
  *----------------------------------------------------------------------
  *
  * FindPackage --
@@ -1355,10 +1508,11 @@
 	    pkgPtr->availPtr = availPtr->nextPtr;
 	    Tcl_EventuallyFree(availPtr->version, TCL_DYNAMIC);
 	    Tcl_EventuallyFree(availPtr->script, TCL_DYNAMIC);
 	    if (availPtr->pkgIndex) {
 		Tcl_EventuallyFree(availPtr->pkgIndex, TCL_DYNAMIC);
+		availPtr->pkgIndex = NULL;
 	    }
 	    ckfree(availPtr);
 	}
 	ckfree(pkgPtr);
     }

Index: generic/tclProc.c
==================================================================
--- generic/tclProc.c
+++ generic/tclProc.c
@@ -122,15 +122,14 @@
     int objc,			/* Number of arguments. */
     Tcl_Obj *const objv[])	/* Argument objects. */
 {
     register Interp *iPtr = (Interp *) interp;
     Proc *procPtr;
-    const char *fullName;
-    const char *procName, *procArgs, *procBody;
+    const char *procName;
+    const char *simpleName, *procArgs, *procBody;
     Namespace *nsPtr, *altNsPtr, *cxtNsPtr;
     Tcl_Command cmd;
-    Tcl_DString ds;
 
     if (objc != 4) {
 	Tcl_WrongNumArgs(interp, 1, objv, "name args body");
 	return TCL_ERROR;
     }
@@ -139,66 +138,43 @@
      * Determine the namespace where the procedure should reside. Unless the
      * command name includes namespace qualifiers, this will be the current
      * namespace.
      */
 
-    fullName = TclGetString(objv[1]);
-    TclGetNamespaceForQualName(interp, fullName, NULL, 0,
-	    &nsPtr, &altNsPtr, &cxtNsPtr, &procName);
+    procName = TclGetString(objv[1]);
+    TclGetNamespaceForQualName(interp, procName, NULL, 0,
+	    &nsPtr, &altNsPtr, &cxtNsPtr, &simpleName);
 
     if (nsPtr == NULL) {
 	Tcl_SetObjResult(interp, Tcl_ObjPrintf(
 		"can't create procedure \"%s\": unknown namespace",
-		fullName));
+		procName));
 	Tcl_SetErrorCode(interp, "TCL", "VALUE", "COMMAND", NULL);
 	return TCL_ERROR;
     }
-    if (procName == NULL) {
+    if (simpleName == NULL) {
 	Tcl_SetObjResult(interp, Tcl_ObjPrintf(
 		"can't create procedure \"%s\": bad procedure name",
-		fullName));
-	Tcl_SetErrorCode(interp, "TCL", "VALUE", "COMMAND", NULL);
-	return TCL_ERROR;
-    }
-    if ((nsPtr != iPtr->globalNsPtr)
-	    && (procName != NULL) && (procName[0] == ':')) {
-	Tcl_SetObjResult(interp, Tcl_ObjPrintf(
-		"can't create procedure \"%s\" in non-global namespace with"
-		" name starting with \":\"", procName));
+		procName));
 	Tcl_SetErrorCode(interp, "TCL", "VALUE", "COMMAND", NULL);
 	return TCL_ERROR;
     }
 
     /*
      * Create the data structure to represent the procedure.
      */
 
-    if (TclCreateProc(interp, nsPtr, procName, objv[2], objv[3],
+    if (TclCreateProc(interp, nsPtr, simpleName, objv[2], objv[3],
 	    &procPtr) != TCL_OK) {
 	Tcl_AddErrorInfo(interp, "\n    (creating proc \"");
-	Tcl_AddErrorInfo(interp, procName);
+	Tcl_AddErrorInfo(interp, simpleName);
 	Tcl_AddErrorInfo(interp, "\")");
 	return TCL_ERROR;
     }
 
-    /*
-     * Now create a command for the procedure. This will initially be in the
-     * current namespace unless the procedure's name included namespace
-     * qualifiers. To create the new command in the right namespace, we
-     * generate a fully qualified name for it.
-     */
-
-    Tcl_DStringInit(&ds);
-    if (nsPtr != iPtr->globalNsPtr) {
-	Tcl_DStringAppend(&ds, nsPtr->fullName, -1);
-	TclDStringAppendLiteral(&ds, "::");
-    }
-    Tcl_DStringAppend(&ds, procName, -1);
-
-    cmd = Tcl_NRCreateCommand(interp, Tcl_DStringValue(&ds), TclObjInterpProc,
-	    TclNRInterpProc, procPtr, TclProcDeleteProc);
-    Tcl_DStringFree(&ds);
+    cmd = TclNRCreateCommandInNs(interp, simpleName, (Tcl_Namespace *) nsPtr,
+	TclObjInterpProc, TclNRInterpProc, procPtr, TclProcDeleteProc);
 
     /*
      * Now initialize the new procedure's cmdPtr field. This will be used
      * later when the procedure is called to determine what namespace the
      * procedure will run in. This will be different than the current
@@ -812,19 +788,19 @@
     } else if (TCL_OK == Tcl_GetIntFromObj(NULL, objPtr, &level)
 	    && (level >= 0)) {
 	level = curLevel - level;
 	result = 1;
     } else if (objPtr->typePtr == &levelReferenceType) {
-	level = (int) objPtr->internalRep.longValue;
+	level = (int) objPtr->internalRep.wideValue;
 	result = 1;
     } else {
 	name = TclGetString(objPtr);
 	if (name[0] == '#') {
 	    if (TCL_OK == Tcl_GetInt(NULL, name+1, &level) && level >= 0) {
 		TclFreeIntRep(objPtr);
 		objPtr->typePtr = &levelReferenceType;
-		objPtr->internalRep.longValue = level;
+		objPtr->internalRep.wideValue = level;
 		result = 1;
 	    } else {
 		result = -1;
 	    }
 	} else if (isdigit(UCHAR(name[0]))) { /* INTL: digit */
@@ -2402,11 +2378,11 @@
 				 * to free. */
 {
     Proc *procPtr = objPtr->internalRep.twoPtrValue.ptr1;
     Tcl_Obj *nsObjPtr = objPtr->internalRep.twoPtrValue.ptr2;
 
-    if (procPtr->refCount-- == 1) {
+    if (procPtr->refCount-- <= 1) {
 	TclProcCleanupProc(procPtr);
     }
     TclDecrRefCount(nsObjPtr);
     objPtr->typePtr = NULL;
 }

ADDED   generic/tclProcess.c
Index: generic/tclProcess.c
==================================================================
--- /dev/null
+++ generic/tclProcess.c
@@ -0,0 +1,952 @@
+/*
+ * tclProcess.c --
+ *
+ *	This file implements the "tcl::process" ensemble for subprocess 
+ *	management as defined by TIP #462.
+ *
+ * Copyright (c) 2017 Frederic Bonnet.
+ *
+ * See the file "license.terms" for information on usage and redistribution of
+ * this file, and for a DISCLAIMER OF ALL WARRANTIES.
+ */
+
+#include "tclInt.h"
+
+/*
+ * Autopurge flag. Process-global because of the way Tcl manages child 
+ * processes (see tclPipe.c).
+ */
+
+static int autopurge = 1;	/* Autopurge flag. */
+
+/*
+ * Hash tables that keeps track of all child process statuses. Keys are the 
+ * child process ids and resolved pids, values are (ProcessInfo *).
+ */
+
+typedef struct ProcessInfo {
+    Tcl_Pid pid;		/* Process id. */
+    int resolvedPid;		/* Resolved process id. */
+    int purge;			/* Purge eventualy. */
+    TclProcessWaitStatus status;/* Process status. */
+    int code;			/* Error code, exit status or signal 
+				   number. */
+    Tcl_Obj *msg;		/* Error message. */
+    Tcl_Obj *error;		/* Error code. */
+} ProcessInfo;
+static Tcl_HashTable infoTablePerPid;
+static Tcl_HashTable infoTablePerResolvedPid;
+static int infoTablesInitialized = 0;	/* 0 means not yet initialized. */
+TCL_DECLARE_MUTEX(infoTablesMutex)
+
+ /*
+ * Prototypes for functions defined later in this file:
+ */
+
+static void		InitProcessInfo(ProcessInfo *info, Tcl_Pid pid,
+			    int resolvedPid);
+static void		FreeProcessInfo(ProcessInfo *info);
+static int		RefreshProcessInfo(ProcessInfo *info, int options);
+static TclProcessWaitStatus WaitProcessStatus(Tcl_Pid pid, int resolvedPid, 
+			    int options, int *codePtr, Tcl_Obj **msgPtr,
+			    Tcl_Obj **errorObjPtr);
+static Tcl_Obj *	BuildProcessStatusObj(ProcessInfo *info);
+static int		ProcessListObjCmd(ClientData clientData,
+			    Tcl_Interp *interp, int objc,
+			    Tcl_Obj *const objv[]);
+static int		ProcessStatusObjCmd(ClientData clientData,
+			    Tcl_Interp *interp, int objc,
+			    Tcl_Obj *const objv[]);
+static int		ProcessPurgeObjCmd(ClientData clientData,
+			    Tcl_Interp *interp, int objc,
+			    Tcl_Obj *const objv[]);
+static int		ProcessAutopurgeObjCmd(ClientData clientData,
+			    Tcl_Interp *interp, int objc,
+			    Tcl_Obj *const objv[]);
+
+/*
+ *----------------------------------------------------------------------
+ *
+ * InitProcessInfo --
+ *
+ *	Initializes the ProcessInfo structure.
+ *
+ * Results:
+ *	None.
+ *
+ * Side effects:
+ *	Memory written.
+ *
+ *----------------------------------------------------------------------
+ */
+
+void
+InitProcessInfo(
+    ProcessInfo *info,		/* Structure to initialize. */
+    Tcl_Pid pid,		/* Process id. */
+    int resolvedPid)		/* Resolved process id. */
+{
+    info->pid = pid;
+    info->resolvedPid = resolvedPid;
+    info->purge = 0;
+    info->status = TCL_PROCESS_UNCHANGED;
+    info->code = 0;
+    info->msg = NULL;
+    info->error = NULL;
+}
+
+/*
+ *----------------------------------------------------------------------
+ *
+ * FreeProcessInfo --
+ *
+ *	Free the ProcessInfo structure.
+ *
+ * Results:
+ *	None.
+ *
+ * Side effects:
+ *	Memory deallocated, Tcl_Obj refcount decreased.
+ *
+ *----------------------------------------------------------------------
+ */
+
+void
+FreeProcessInfo(
+    ProcessInfo *info)		/* Structure to free. */
+{
+    /*
+     * Free stored Tcl_Objs.
+     */
+
+    if (info->msg) {
+	Tcl_DecrRefCount(info->msg);
+    }
+    if (info->error) {
+	Tcl_DecrRefCount(info->error);
+    }
+
+    /*
+     * Free allocated structure.
+     */
+
+    ckfree(info);
+}
+
+/*
+ *----------------------------------------------------------------------
+ *
+ * RefreshProcessInfo --
+ *
+ *	Refresh process info.
+ *
+ * Results:
+ *	Nonzero if state changed, else zero.
+ *
+ * Side effects:
+ *	May call WaitProcessStatus, which can block if WNOHANG option is set.
+ *
+ *----------------------------------------------------------------------
+ */
+
+int
+RefreshProcessInfo(
+    ProcessInfo *info,		/* Structure to refresh. */
+    int options			/* Options passed to WaitProcessStatus. */
+)
+{
+    if (info->status == TCL_PROCESS_UNCHANGED) {
+	/*
+	 * Refresh & store status.
+	 */
+
+	info->status = WaitProcessStatus(info->pid, info->resolvedPid, 
+		options, &info->code, &info->msg, &info->error);
+	if (info->msg) Tcl_IncrRefCount(info->msg);
+	if (info->error) Tcl_IncrRefCount(info->error);
+	return (info->status != TCL_PROCESS_UNCHANGED);
+    } else {
+	/*
+	 * No change.
+	 */
+
+	return 0;
+    }
+}
+
+/*
+ *----------------------------------------------------------------------
+ *
+ * WaitProcessStatus --
+ *
+ *	Wait for process status to change.
+ *
+ * Results:
+ *	TclProcessWaitStatus enum value.
+ *
+ * Side effects:
+ *	May call WaitProcessStatus, which can block if WNOHANG option is set.
+ *
+ *----------------------------------------------------------------------
+ */
+
+TclProcessWaitStatus
+WaitProcessStatus(
+    Tcl_Pid pid,		/* Process id. */
+    int resolvedPid,		/* Resolved process id. */
+    int options,		/* Options passed to Tcl_WaitPid. */
+    int *codePtr,		/* If non-NULL, will receive either:
+				 *  - 0 for normal exit.
+				 *  - errno in case of error.
+				 *  - non-zero exit code for abormal exit.
+				 *  - signal number if killed or suspended.
+				 *  - Tcl_WaitPid status in all other cases.
+				 */
+    Tcl_Obj **msgObjPtr,	/* If non-NULL, will receive error message. */
+    Tcl_Obj **errorObjPtr)	/* If non-NULL, will receive error code. */
+{
+    int waitStatus;
+    Tcl_Obj *errorStrings[5];
+    const char *msg;
+
+    pid = Tcl_WaitPid(pid, &waitStatus, options);
+    if (pid == 0) {
+	/*
+	 * No change.
+	 */
+	
+	return TCL_PROCESS_UNCHANGED;
+    }
+
+    /*
+     * Get process status.
+     */
+
+    if (pid == (Tcl_Pid) -1) {
+	/*
+	 * POSIX errName msg
+	 */
+
+	msg = Tcl_ErrnoMsg(errno);
+	if (errno == ECHILD) {
+	    /*
+	     * This changeup in message suggested by Mark Diekhans to
+	     * remind people that ECHILD errors can occur on some
+	     * systems if SIGCHLD isn't in its default state.
+	     */
+
+	    msg = "child process lost (is SIGCHLD ignored or trapped?)";
+	}
+	if (codePtr) *codePtr = errno;
+	if (msgObjPtr) *msgObjPtr = Tcl_ObjPrintf(
+		"error waiting for process to exit: %s", msg);
+	if (errorObjPtr) {
+	    errorStrings[0] = Tcl_NewStringObj("POSIX", -1);
+	    errorStrings[1] = Tcl_NewStringObj(Tcl_ErrnoId(), -1);
+	    errorStrings[2] = Tcl_NewStringObj(msg, -1);
+	    *errorObjPtr = Tcl_NewListObj(3, errorStrings);
+	}
+	return TCL_PROCESS_ERROR;
+    } else if (WIFEXITED(waitStatus)) {
+	if (codePtr) *codePtr = WEXITSTATUS(waitStatus);
+	if (!WEXITSTATUS(waitStatus)) {
+	    /*
+	     * Normal exit.
+	     */
+
+	    if (msgObjPtr) *msgObjPtr = NULL;
+	    if (errorObjPtr) *errorObjPtr = NULL;
+	} else {
+	    /*
+	     * CHILDSTATUS pid code
+	     *
+	     * Child exited with a non-zero exit status.
+	     */
+
+	    if (msgObjPtr) *msgObjPtr = Tcl_NewStringObj(
+		    "child process exited abnormally", -1);
+	    if (errorObjPtr) {
+		errorStrings[0] = Tcl_NewStringObj("CHILDSTATUS", -1);
+		errorStrings[1] = Tcl_NewIntObj(resolvedPid);
+		errorStrings[2] = Tcl_NewIntObj(WEXITSTATUS(waitStatus));
+		*errorObjPtr = Tcl_NewListObj(3, errorStrings);
+	    }
+	}
+	return TCL_PROCESS_EXITED;
+    } else if (WIFSIGNALED(waitStatus)) {
+	/*
+	 * CHILDKILLED pid sigName msg
+	 *
+	 * Child killed because of a signal.
+	 */
+
+	msg = Tcl_SignalMsg(WTERMSIG(waitStatus));
+	if (codePtr) *codePtr = WTERMSIG(waitStatus);
+	if (msgObjPtr) *msgObjPtr = Tcl_ObjPrintf(
+		"child killed: %s", msg);
+	if (errorObjPtr) {
+	    errorStrings[0] = Tcl_NewStringObj("CHILDKILLED", -1);
+	    errorStrings[1] = Tcl_NewIntObj(resolvedPid);
+	    errorStrings[2] = Tcl_NewStringObj(Tcl_SignalId(WTERMSIG(waitStatus)), -1);
+	    errorStrings[3] = Tcl_NewStringObj(msg, -1);
+	    *errorObjPtr = Tcl_NewListObj(4, errorStrings);
+	}
+	return TCL_PROCESS_SIGNALED;
+    } else if (WIFSTOPPED(waitStatus)) {
+	/*
+	 * CHILDSUSP pid sigName msg
+	 *
+	 * Child suspended because of a signal.
+	 */
+
+	msg = Tcl_SignalMsg(WSTOPSIG(waitStatus));
+	if (codePtr) *codePtr = WSTOPSIG(waitStatus);
+	if (msgObjPtr) *msgObjPtr = Tcl_ObjPrintf(
+		"child suspended: %s", msg);
+	if (errorObjPtr) {
+	    errorStrings[0] = Tcl_NewStringObj("CHILDSUSP", -1);
+	    errorStrings[1] = Tcl_NewIntObj(resolvedPid);
+	    errorStrings[2] = Tcl_NewStringObj(Tcl_SignalId(WSTOPSIG(waitStatus)), -1);
+	    errorStrings[3] = Tcl_NewStringObj(msg, -1);
+	    *errorObjPtr = Tcl_NewListObj(4, errorStrings);
+	}
+	return TCL_PROCESS_STOPPED;
+    } else {
+	/*
+	 * TCL OPERATION EXEC ODDWAITRESULT
+	 *
+	 * Child wait status didn't make sense.
+	 */
+
+	if (codePtr) *codePtr = waitStatus;
+	if (msgObjPtr) *msgObjPtr = Tcl_NewStringObj(
+		"child wait status didn't make sense\n", -1);
+	if (errorObjPtr) {
+	    errorStrings[0] = Tcl_NewStringObj("TCL", -1);
+	    errorStrings[1] = Tcl_NewStringObj("OPERATION", -1);
+	    errorStrings[2] = Tcl_NewStringObj("EXEC", -1);
+	    errorStrings[3] = Tcl_NewStringObj("ODDWAITRESULT", -1);
+	    errorStrings[4] = Tcl_NewIntObj(resolvedPid);
+	    *errorObjPtr = Tcl_NewListObj(5, errorStrings);
+	}
+	return TCL_PROCESS_UNKNOWN_STATUS;
+    }
+}
+
+
+/*
+ *----------------------------------------------------------------------
+ *
+ * BuildProcessStatusObj --
+ *
+ *	Build a list object with process status. The first element is always
+ *	a standard Tcl return value, which can be either TCL_OK or TCL_ERROR.
+ *	In the latter case, the second element is the error message and the
+ *	third element is a Tcl error code (see tclvars).
+ *
+ * Results:
+ *	A list object.
+ *
+ * Side effects:
+ *	Tcl_Objs are created.
+ *
+ *----------------------------------------------------------------------
+ */
+
+Tcl_Obj *
+BuildProcessStatusObj(
+    ProcessInfo *info)
+{
+    Tcl_Obj *resultObjs[3];
+
+    if (info->status == TCL_PROCESS_UNCHANGED) {
+	/*
+	 * Process still running, return empty obj.
+	 */
+
+	return Tcl_NewObj();
+    }
+    if (info->status == TCL_PROCESS_EXITED && info->code == 0) {
+	/*
+	 * Normal exit, return TCL_OK.
+	 */
+	
+	return Tcl_NewIntObj(TCL_OK);
+    }
+
+    /*
+     * Abnormal exit, return {TCL_ERROR msg error}
+     */
+
+    resultObjs[0] = Tcl_NewIntObj(TCL_ERROR);
+    resultObjs[1] = info->msg;
+    resultObjs[2] = info->error;
+    return Tcl_NewListObj(3, resultObjs);
+}
+
+/*----------------------------------------------------------------------
+ *
+ * ProcessListObjCmd --
+ *
+ *	This function implements the 'tcl::process list' Tcl command. 
+ *	Refer to the user documentation for details on what it does.
+ *
+ * Results:
+ *	Returns a standard Tcl result.
+ *
+ * Side effects:
+ *	Access to the internal structures is protected by infoTablesMutex.
+ *
+ *----------------------------------------------------------------------
+ */
+
+static int
+ProcessListObjCmd(
+    ClientData clientData,	/* Not used. */
+    Tcl_Interp *interp,		/* Current interpreter. */
+    int objc,			/* Number of arguments. */
+    Tcl_Obj *const objv[])	/* Argument objects. */
+{
+    Tcl_Obj *list;
+    Tcl_HashEntry *entry;
+    Tcl_HashSearch search;
+    ProcessInfo *info;
+
+    if (objc != 1) {
+	Tcl_WrongNumArgs(interp, 1, objv, NULL);
+	return TCL_ERROR;
+    }
+
+    /*
+     * Return the list of all chid process ids.
+     */
+
+    list = Tcl_NewListObj(0, NULL);
+    Tcl_MutexLock(&infoTablesMutex);
+    for (entry = Tcl_FirstHashEntry(&infoTablePerResolvedPid, &search); 
+	    entry != NULL; entry = Tcl_NextHashEntry(&search)) {
+	info = (ProcessInfo *) Tcl_GetHashValue(entry);
+	Tcl_ListObjAppendElement(interp, list, 
+		Tcl_NewIntObj(info->resolvedPid));
+    }
+    Tcl_MutexUnlock(&infoTablesMutex);
+    Tcl_SetObjResult(interp, list);
+    return TCL_OK;
+}
+
+/*----------------------------------------------------------------------
+ *
+ * ProcessStatusObjCmd --
+ *
+ *	This function implements the 'tcl::process status' Tcl command. 
+ *	Refer to the user documentation for details on what it does.
+ *
+ * Results:
+ *	Returns a standard Tcl result.
+ *
+ * Side effects:
+ *	Access to the internal structures is protected by infoTablesMutex.
+ *	Calls RefreshProcessInfo, which can block if -wait switch is given.
+ *
+ *----------------------------------------------------------------------
+ */
+
+static int
+ProcessStatusObjCmd(
+    ClientData clientData,	/* Not used. */
+    Tcl_Interp *interp,		/* Current interpreter. */
+    int objc,			/* Number of arguments. */
+    Tcl_Obj *const objv[])	/* Argument objects. */
+{
+    Tcl_Obj *dict;
+    int index, options = WNOHANG;
+    Tcl_HashEntry *entry;
+    Tcl_HashSearch search;
+    ProcessInfo *info;
+    int numPids;
+    Tcl_Obj **pidObjs;
+    int result;
+    int i;
+    int pid;
+    Tcl_Obj *const *savedobjv = objv;
+    static const char *const switches[] = {
+	"-wait", "--", NULL
+    };
+    enum switches {
+	STATUS_WAIT, STATUS_LAST
+    };
+
+    while (objc > 1) {
+	if (TclGetString(objv[1])[0] != '-') {
+	    break;
+	}
+	if (Tcl_GetIndexFromObj(interp, objv[1], switches, "switches", 0,
+		&index) != TCL_OK) {
+	    return TCL_ERROR;
+	}
+	++objv; --objc;
+	if (STATUS_WAIT == (enum switches) index) {
+	    options = 0;
+	} else {
+	    break;
+	}
+    }
+
+    if (objc != 1 && objc != 2) {
+	Tcl_WrongNumArgs(interp, 1, savedobjv, "?switches? ?pids?");
+	return TCL_ERROR;
+    }
+
+    if (objc == 1) {
+	/*
+	* Return a dict with all child process statuses.
+	*/
+
+	dict = Tcl_NewDictObj();
+	Tcl_MutexLock(&infoTablesMutex);
+	for (entry = Tcl_FirstHashEntry(&infoTablePerResolvedPid, &search); 
+		entry != NULL; entry = Tcl_NextHashEntry(&search)) {
+	    info = (ProcessInfo *) Tcl_GetHashValue(entry);
+	    RefreshProcessInfo(info, options);
+
+	    if (info->purge && autopurge) {
+		/*
+		 * Purge entry.
+		 */
+		
+		Tcl_DeleteHashEntry(entry);
+		entry = Tcl_FindHashEntry(&infoTablePerPid, info->pid);
+		Tcl_DeleteHashEntry(entry);
+		FreeProcessInfo(info);
+	    } else {
+		/*
+		 * Add to result.
+		 */
+
+		Tcl_DictObjPut(interp, dict, Tcl_NewIntObj(info->resolvedPid), 
+			BuildProcessStatusObj(info));
+	    }
+	}
+	Tcl_MutexUnlock(&infoTablesMutex);
+    } else {
+	/*
+	 * Only return statuses of provided processes.
+	 */
+	
+	result = Tcl_ListObjGetElements(interp, objv[1], &numPids, &pidObjs);
+	if (result != TCL_OK) {
+	    return result;
+	}
+	dict = Tcl_NewDictObj();
+	Tcl_MutexLock(&infoTablesMutex);
+	for (i = 0; i < numPids; i++) {
+	    result = Tcl_GetIntFromObj(interp, pidObjs[i], (int *) &pid);
+	    if (result != TCL_OK) {
+		Tcl_MutexUnlock(&infoTablesMutex);
+		Tcl_DecrRefCount(dict);
+		return result;
+	    }
+
+	    entry = Tcl_FindHashEntry(&infoTablePerResolvedPid, INT2PTR(pid));
+	    if (!entry) {
+		/*
+		 * Skip unknown process.
+		 */
+		
+		continue;
+	    }
+	    
+	    info = (ProcessInfo *) Tcl_GetHashValue(entry);
+	    RefreshProcessInfo(info, options);
+
+	    if (info->purge && autopurge) {
+		/*
+		 * Purge entry.
+		 */
+		
+		Tcl_DeleteHashEntry(entry);
+		entry = Tcl_FindHashEntry(&infoTablePerPid, info->pid);
+		Tcl_DeleteHashEntry(entry);
+		FreeProcessInfo(info);
+	    } else {
+		/*
+		 * Add to result.
+		 */
+
+		Tcl_DictObjPut(interp, dict, Tcl_NewIntObj(info->resolvedPid), 
+			BuildProcessStatusObj(info));
+	    }
+	}
+	Tcl_MutexUnlock(&infoTablesMutex);
+    }
+    Tcl_SetObjResult(interp, dict);
+    return TCL_OK;
+}
+
+/*----------------------------------------------------------------------
+ *
+ * ProcessPurgeObjCmd --
+ *
+ *	This function implements the 'tcl::process purge' Tcl command. 
+ *	Refer to the user documentation for details on what it does.
+ *
+ * Results:
+ *	Returns a standard Tcl result.
+ *
+ * Side effects:
+ *	Frees all ProcessInfo structures with their purge flag set.
+ *
+ *----------------------------------------------------------------------
+ */
+
+static int
+ProcessPurgeObjCmd(
+    ClientData clientData,	/* Not used. */
+    Tcl_Interp *interp,		/* Current interpreter. */
+    int objc,			/* Number of arguments. */
+    Tcl_Obj *const objv[])	/* Argument objects. */
+{
+    Tcl_HashEntry *entry;
+    Tcl_HashSearch search;
+    ProcessInfo *info;
+    int numPids;
+    Tcl_Obj **pidObjs;
+    int result;
+    int i;
+    int pid;
+
+    if (objc != 1 && objc != 2) {
+	Tcl_WrongNumArgs(interp, 1, objv, "?pids?");
+	return TCL_ERROR;
+    }
+
+    /*
+     * First reap detached procs so that their purge flag is up-to-date.
+     */
+
+    Tcl_ReapDetachedProcs();
+
+    if (objc == 1) {
+	/*
+	 * Purge all terminated processes.
+	 */
+
+	Tcl_MutexLock(&infoTablesMutex);
+	for (entry = Tcl_FirstHashEntry(&infoTablePerResolvedPid, &search); 
+		entry != NULL; entry = Tcl_NextHashEntry(&search)) {
+	    info = (ProcessInfo *) Tcl_GetHashValue(entry);
+	    if (info->purge) {
+		Tcl_DeleteHashEntry(entry);
+		entry = Tcl_FindHashEntry(&infoTablePerPid, info->pid);
+		Tcl_DeleteHashEntry(entry);
+		FreeProcessInfo(info);
+	    }
+	}
+	Tcl_MutexUnlock(&infoTablesMutex);
+    } else {
+	/*
+	 * Purge only provided processes.
+	 */
+	
+	result = Tcl_ListObjGetElements(interp, objv[1], &numPids, &pidObjs);
+	if (result != TCL_OK) {
+	    return result;
+	}
+	Tcl_MutexLock(&infoTablesMutex);
+	for (i = 0; i < numPids; i++) {
+	    result = Tcl_GetIntFromObj(interp, pidObjs[i], (int *) &pid);
+	    if (result != TCL_OK) {
+		Tcl_MutexUnlock(&infoTablesMutex);
+		return result;
+	    }
+
+	    entry = Tcl_FindHashEntry(&infoTablePerResolvedPid, INT2PTR(pid));
+	    if (!entry) {
+		/*
+		 * Skip unknown process.
+		 */
+		
+		continue;
+	    }
+
+	    info = (ProcessInfo *) Tcl_GetHashValue(entry);
+	    if (info->purge) {
+		Tcl_DeleteHashEntry(entry);
+		entry = Tcl_FindHashEntry(&infoTablePerPid, info->pid);
+		Tcl_DeleteHashEntry(entry);
+		FreeProcessInfo(info);
+	    }
+	}
+	Tcl_MutexUnlock(&infoTablesMutex);
+    }
+
+    return TCL_OK;
+}
+
+/*----------------------------------------------------------------------
+ *
+ * ProcessAutopurgeObjCmd --
+ *
+ *	This function implements the 'tcl::process autopurge' Tcl command. 
+ *	Refer to the user documentation for details on what it does.
+ *
+ * Results:
+ *	Returns a standard Tcl result.
+ *
+ * Side effects:
+ *	Alters detached process handling by Tcl_ReapDetachedProcs().
+ *
+ *----------------------------------------------------------------------
+ */
+
+static int
+ProcessAutopurgeObjCmd(
+    ClientData clientData,	/* Not used. */
+    Tcl_Interp *interp,		/* Current interpreter. */
+    int objc,			/* Number of arguments. */
+    Tcl_Obj *const objv[])	/* Argument objects. */
+{
+    if (objc != 1 && objc != 2) {
+	Tcl_WrongNumArgs(interp, 1, objv, "?flag?");
+	return TCL_ERROR;
+    }
+
+    if (objc == 2) {
+	/*
+	 * Set given value.
+	 */
+	
+	int flag;
+	int result = Tcl_GetBooleanFromObj(interp, objv[1], &flag);
+	if (result != TCL_OK) {
+	    return result;
+	}
+
+	autopurge = !!flag;
+    }
+
+    /* 
+     * Return current value. 
+     */
+
+    Tcl_SetObjResult(interp, Tcl_NewBooleanObj(autopurge));
+    return TCL_OK;
+}
+
+/*
+ *----------------------------------------------------------------------
+ *
+ * TclInitProcessCmd --
+ *
+ *	This procedure creates the "tcl::process" Tcl command. See the user
+ *	documentation for details on what it does.
+ *
+ * Results:
+ *	A standard Tcl result.
+ *
+ * Side effects:
+ *	See the user documentation.
+ *
+ *----------------------------------------------------------------------
+ */
+
+Tcl_Command
+TclInitProcessCmd(
+    Tcl_Interp *interp)		/* Current interpreter. */
+{
+    static const EnsembleImplMap processImplMap[] = {
+	{"list", ProcessListObjCmd, TclCompileBasic0ArgCmd, NULL, NULL, 1},
+	{"status", ProcessStatusObjCmd, TclCompileBasicMin0ArgCmd, NULL, NULL, 1},
+	{"purge", ProcessPurgeObjCmd, TclCompileBasic0Or1ArgCmd, NULL, NULL, 1},
+	{"autopurge", ProcessAutopurgeObjCmd, TclCompileBasic0Or1ArgCmd, NULL, NULL, 1},
+	{NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, 0}
+    };
+    Tcl_Command processCmd;
+
+    if (infoTablesInitialized == 0) {
+	Tcl_MutexLock(&infoTablesMutex);
+	if (infoTablesInitialized == 0) {
+	    Tcl_InitHashTable(&infoTablePerPid, TCL_ONE_WORD_KEYS);
+	    Tcl_InitHashTable(&infoTablePerResolvedPid, TCL_ONE_WORD_KEYS);
+	    infoTablesInitialized = 1;
+	}
+	Tcl_MutexUnlock(&infoTablesMutex);
+    }
+
+    processCmd = TclMakeEnsemble(interp, "::tcl::process", processImplMap);
+    Tcl_Export(interp, Tcl_FindNamespace(interp, "::tcl", NULL, 0),
+	    "process", 0);
+    return processCmd;
+}
+
+/*
+ *----------------------------------------------------------------------
+ *
+ * TclProcessCreated --
+ *
+ *	Called when a child process has been created by Tcl.
+ *
+ * Results:
+ *	None.
+ *
+ * Side effects:
+ *	Internal structures are updated with a new ProcessInfo.
+ *
+ *----------------------------------------------------------------------
+ */
+
+void
+TclProcessCreated(
+    Tcl_Pid pid)		/* Process id. */
+{
+    int resolvedPid;
+    Tcl_HashEntry *entry, *entry2;
+    int isNew;
+    ProcessInfo *info;
+
+    /*
+     * Get resolved pid first.
+     */
+
+    resolvedPid = TclpGetPid(pid);
+
+    Tcl_MutexLock(&infoTablesMutex);
+
+    /*
+     * Create entry in pid table.
+     */
+
+    entry = Tcl_CreateHashEntry(&infoTablePerPid, pid, &isNew);
+    if (!isNew) {
+	/*
+	 * Pid was reused, free old info and reuse structure.
+	 */
+	
+	info = (ProcessInfo *) Tcl_GetHashValue(entry);
+	entry2 = Tcl_FindHashEntry(&infoTablePerResolvedPid, 
+		INT2PTR(resolvedPid));
+	if (entry2) Tcl_DeleteHashEntry(entry2);
+	FreeProcessInfo(info);
+    }
+
+    /*
+     * Allocate and initialize info structure.
+     */
+
+    info = (ProcessInfo *) ckalloc(sizeof(ProcessInfo));
+    InitProcessInfo(info, pid, resolvedPid);
+
+    /*
+     * Add entry to tables.
+     */
+
+    Tcl_SetHashValue(entry, info);
+    entry = Tcl_CreateHashEntry(&infoTablePerResolvedPid, INT2PTR(resolvedPid),
+	    &isNew);
+    Tcl_SetHashValue(entry, info);
+
+    Tcl_MutexUnlock(&infoTablesMutex);
+}
+
+/*
+ *----------------------------------------------------------------------
+ *
+ * TclProcessWait --
+ *
+ *	Wait for process status to change.
+ *
+ * Results:
+ *	TclProcessWaitStatus enum value.
+ *
+ * Side effects:
+ *	Completed process info structures are purged immediately (autopurge on)
+ *	or eventually (autopurge off).
+ *
+ *----------------------------------------------------------------------
+ */
+
+TclProcessWaitStatus
+TclProcessWait(
+    Tcl_Pid pid,		/* Process id. */
+    int options,		/* Options passed to WaitProcessStatus. */
+    int *codePtr,		/* If non-NULL, will receive either:
+				 *  - 0 for normal exit.
+				 *  - errno in case of error.
+				 *  - non-zero exit code for abormal exit.
+				 *  - signal number if killed or suspended.
+				 *  - Tcl_WaitPid status in all other cases.
+				 */
+    Tcl_Obj **msgObjPtr,	/* If non-NULL, will receive error message. */
+    Tcl_Obj **errorObjPtr)	/* If non-NULL, will receive error code. */
+{
+    Tcl_HashEntry *entry;
+    ProcessInfo *info;
+    TclProcessWaitStatus result;
+
+    /*
+     * First search for pid in table.
+     */
+
+    entry = Tcl_FindHashEntry(&infoTablePerPid, pid);
+    if (!entry) {
+	/*
+	 * Unknown process, just call WaitProcessStatus and return.
+	 */
+	
+	result = WaitProcessStatus(pid, TclpGetPid(pid), options, codePtr, 
+		msgObjPtr, errorObjPtr);
+	if (msgObjPtr && *msgObjPtr) Tcl_IncrRefCount(*msgObjPtr);
+	if (errorObjPtr && *errorObjPtr) Tcl_IncrRefCount(*errorObjPtr);
+	return result;
+    }
+
+    info = (ProcessInfo *) Tcl_GetHashValue(entry);
+    if (info->purge) {
+	/*
+	 * Process has completed but TclProcessWait has already been called,
+	 * so report no change.
+	 */
+	
+	return TCL_PROCESS_UNCHANGED;
+    }
+
+    RefreshProcessInfo(info, options);
+    if (info->status == TCL_PROCESS_UNCHANGED) {
+	/*
+	 * No change, stop there.
+	 */
+	
+	return TCL_PROCESS_UNCHANGED;
+    }
+
+    /*
+     * Set return values.
+     */
+
+    result = info->status;
+    if (codePtr) *codePtr = info->code;
+    if (msgObjPtr) *msgObjPtr = info->msg;
+    if (errorObjPtr) *errorObjPtr = info->error;
+    if (msgObjPtr && *msgObjPtr) Tcl_IncrRefCount(*msgObjPtr);
+    if (errorObjPtr && *errorObjPtr) Tcl_IncrRefCount(*errorObjPtr);
+
+    if (autopurge) {
+	/*
+	 * Purge now.
+	 */
+
+	Tcl_DeleteHashEntry(entry);
+	entry = Tcl_FindHashEntry(&infoTablePerResolvedPid, 
+		INT2PTR(info->resolvedPid));
+	Tcl_DeleteHashEntry(entry);
+	FreeProcessInfo(info);
+    } else {
+	/*
+	 * Eventually purge. Subsequent calls will return
+	 * TCL_PROCESS_UNCHANGED.
+	 */
+
+	info->purge = 1;
+    }
+    return result;
+}

Index: generic/tclResult.c
==================================================================
--- generic/tclResult.c
+++ generic/tclResult.c
@@ -25,10 +25,13 @@
  */
 
 static Tcl_Obj **	GetKeys(void);
 static void		ReleaseKeys(ClientData clientData);
 static void		ResetObjResult(Interp *iPtr);
+#ifndef TCL_NO_DEPRECATED
+static void		SetupAppendBuffer(Interp *iPtr, int newSpace);
+#endif /* !TCL_NO_DEPRECATED */
 
 /*
  * This structure is used to take a snapshot of the interpreter state in
  * Tcl_SaveInterpState. You can snapshot the state, execute a command, and
  * then back up to the result or the error that was previously in progress.
@@ -242,13 +245,51 @@
      * Move the result object into the save state. Note that we don't need to
      * change its refcount because we're moving it, not adding a new
      * reference. Put an empty object into the interpreter.
      */
 
-    *statePtr = iPtr->objResultPtr;
+    statePtr->objResultPtr = iPtr->objResultPtr;
     iPtr->objResultPtr = Tcl_NewObj();
     Tcl_IncrRefCount(iPtr->objResultPtr);
+
+    /*
+     * Save the string result.
+     */
+
+    statePtr->freeProc = iPtr->freeProc;
+    if (iPtr->result == iPtr->resultSpace) {
+	/*
+	 * Copy the static string data out of the interp buffer.
+	 */
+
+	statePtr->result = statePtr->resultSpace;
+	strcpy(statePtr->result, iPtr->result);
+	statePtr->appendResult = NULL;
+    } else if (iPtr->result == iPtr->appendResult) {
+	/*
+	 * Move the append buffer out of the interp.
+	 */
+
+	statePtr->appendResult = iPtr->appendResult;
+	statePtr->appendAvl = iPtr->appendAvl;
+	statePtr->appendUsed = iPtr->appendUsed;
+	statePtr->result = statePtr->appendResult;
+	iPtr->appendResult = NULL;
+	iPtr->appendAvl = 0;
+	iPtr->appendUsed = 0;
+    } else {
+	/*
+	 * Move the dynamic or static string out of the interpreter.
+	 */
+
+	statePtr->result = iPtr->result;
+	statePtr->appendResult = NULL;
+    }
+
+    iPtr->result = iPtr->resultSpace;
+    iPtr->resultSpace[0] = 0;
+    iPtr->freeProc = 0;
 }
 
 /*
  *----------------------------------------------------------------------
  *
@@ -274,17 +315,50 @@
     Tcl_SavedResult *statePtr)	/* State returned by Tcl_SaveResult. */
 {
     Interp *iPtr = (Interp *) interp;
 
     Tcl_ResetResult(interp);
+
+    /*
+     * Restore the string result.
+     */
+
+    iPtr->freeProc = statePtr->freeProc;
+    if (statePtr->result == statePtr->resultSpace) {
+	/*
+	 * Copy the static string data into the interp buffer.
+	 */
+
+	iPtr->result = iPtr->resultSpace;
+	strcpy(iPtr->result, statePtr->result);
+    } else if (statePtr->result == statePtr->appendResult) {
+	/*
+	 * Move the append buffer back into the interp.
+	 */
+
+	if (iPtr->appendResult != NULL) {
+	    ckfree(iPtr->appendResult);
+	}
+
+	iPtr->appendResult = statePtr->appendResult;
+	iPtr->appendAvl = statePtr->appendAvl;
+	iPtr->appendUsed = statePtr->appendUsed;
+	iPtr->result = iPtr->appendResult;
+    } else {
+	/*
+	 * Move the dynamic or static string back into the interpreter.
+	 */
+
+	iPtr->result = statePtr->result;
+    }
 
     /*
      * Restore the object result.
      */
 
     Tcl_DecrRefCount(iPtr->objResultPtr);
-    iPtr->objResultPtr = *statePtr;
+    iPtr->objResultPtr = statePtr->objResultPtr;
 }
 
 /*
  *----------------------------------------------------------------------
  *
@@ -306,11 +380,19 @@
 #undef Tcl_DiscardResult
 void
 Tcl_DiscardResult(
     Tcl_SavedResult *statePtr)	/* State returned by Tcl_SaveResult. */
 {
-    Tcl_DecrRefCount(*statePtr);
+    TclDecrRefCount(statePtr->objResultPtr);
+
+    if (statePtr->result == statePtr->appendResult) {
+	ckfree(statePtr->appendResult);
+    } else if (statePtr->freeProc == TCL_DYNAMIC) {
+        ckfree(statePtr->result);
+    } else if (statePtr->freeProc) {
+        statePtr->freeProc(statePtr->result);
+    }
 }
 
 /*
  *----------------------------------------------------------------------
  *
@@ -336,19 +418,53 @@
 				 * is set to an empty string. */
     Tcl_FreeProc *freeProc)	/* Gives information about the string:
 				 * TCL_STATIC, TCL_VOLATILE, or the address of
 				 * a Tcl_FreeProc such as free. */
 {
-    Tcl_SetObjResult(interp, Tcl_NewStringObj(result, -1));
-    if (result == NULL || freeProc == NULL || freeProc == TCL_VOLATILE) {
-	return;
-    }
-    if (freeProc == TCL_DYNAMIC) {
-	ckfree(result);
+    Interp *iPtr = (Interp *) interp;
+    register Tcl_FreeProc *oldFreeProc = iPtr->freeProc;
+    char *oldResult = iPtr->result;
+
+    if (result == NULL) {
+	iPtr->resultSpace[0] = 0;
+	iPtr->result = iPtr->resultSpace;
+	iPtr->freeProc = 0;
+    } else if (freeProc == TCL_VOLATILE) {
+	int length = strlen(result);
+
+	if (length > TCL_RESULT_SIZE) {
+	    iPtr->result = ckalloc(length + 1);
+	    iPtr->freeProc = TCL_DYNAMIC;
+	} else {
+	    iPtr->result = iPtr->resultSpace;
+	    iPtr->freeProc = 0;
+	}
+	memcpy(iPtr->result, result, (unsigned) length+1);
     } else {
-	(*freeProc)(result);
+	iPtr->result = (char *) result;
+	iPtr->freeProc = freeProc;
+    }
+
+    /*
+     * If the old result was dynamically-allocated, free it up. Do it here,
+     * rather than at the beginning, in case the new result value was part of
+     * the old result value.
+     */
+
+    if (oldFreeProc != 0) {
+	if (oldFreeProc == TCL_DYNAMIC) {
+	    ckfree(oldResult);
+	} else {
+	    oldFreeProc(oldResult);
+	}
     }
+
+    /*
+     * Reset the object result since we just set the string result.
+     */
+
+    ResetObjResult(iPtr);
 }
 #endif /* !TCL_NO_DEPRECATED */
 
 /*
  *----------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -370,12 +486,24 @@
 const char *
 Tcl_GetStringResult(
     register Tcl_Interp *interp)/* Interpreter whose result to return. */
 {
     Interp *iPtr = (Interp *) interp;
-
+#ifdef TCL_NO_DEPRECATED
     return Tcl_GetString(iPtr->objResultPtr);
+#else
+    /*
+     * If the string result is empty, move the object result to the string
+     * result, then reset the object result.
+     */
+
+    if (*(iPtr->result) == 0) {
+	Tcl_SetResult(interp, TclGetString(Tcl_GetObjResult(interp)),
+		TCL_VOLATILE);
+    }
+    return iPtr->result;
+#endif
 }
 
 /*
  *----------------------------------------------------------------------
  *
@@ -412,10 +540,27 @@
      * We wait until the end to release the old object result, in case we are
      * setting the result to itself.
      */
 
     TclDecrRefCount(oldObjResult);
+
+#ifndef TCL_NO_DEPRECATED
+    /*
+     * Reset the string result since we just set the result object.
+     */
+
+    if (iPtr->freeProc != NULL) {
+	if (iPtr->freeProc == TCL_DYNAMIC) {
+	    ckfree(iPtr->result);
+	} else {
+	    iPtr->freeProc(iPtr->result);
+	}
+	iPtr->freeProc = 0;
+    }
+    iPtr->result = iPtr->resultSpace;
+    iPtr->resultSpace[0] = 0;
+#endif
 }
 
 /*
  *----------------------------------------------------------------------
  *
@@ -440,11 +585,38 @@
 Tcl_Obj *
 Tcl_GetObjResult(
     Tcl_Interp *interp)		/* Interpreter whose result to return. */
 {
     register Interp *iPtr = (Interp *) interp;
+#ifndef TCL_NO_DEPRECATED
+    Tcl_Obj *objResultPtr;
+    int length;
 
+    /*
+     * If the string result is non-empty, move the string result to the object
+     * result, then reset the string result.
+     */
+
+    if (iPtr->result[0] != 0) {
+	ResetObjResult(iPtr);
+
+	objResultPtr = iPtr->objResultPtr;
+	length = strlen(iPtr->result);
+	TclInitStringRep(objResultPtr, iPtr->result, length);
+
+	if (iPtr->freeProc != NULL) {
+	    if (iPtr->freeProc == TCL_DYNAMIC) {
+		ckfree(iPtr->result);
+	    } else {
+		iPtr->freeProc(iPtr->result);
+	    }
+	    iPtr->freeProc = 0;
+	}
+	iPtr->result = iPtr->resultSpace;
+	iPtr->result[0] = 0;
+    }
+#endif /* !TCL_NO_DEPRECATED */
     return iPtr->objResultPtr;
 }
 
 /*
  *----------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -542,10 +714,11 @@
 				 * extended. */
     const char *element)	/* String to convert to list element and add
 				 * to result. */
 {
     Interp *iPtr = (Interp *) interp;
+#ifdef TCL_NO_DEPRECATED
     Tcl_Obj *elementPtr = Tcl_NewStringObj(element, -1);
     Tcl_Obj *listPtr = Tcl_NewListObj(1, &elementPtr);
     const char *bytes;
 
     if (Tcl_IsShared(iPtr->objResultPtr)) {
@@ -555,29 +728,157 @@
     if (TclNeedSpace(bytes, bytes+iPtr->objResultPtr->length)) {
 	Tcl_AppendToObj(iPtr->objResultPtr, " ", 1);
     }
     Tcl_AppendObjToObj(iPtr->objResultPtr, listPtr);
     Tcl_DecrRefCount(listPtr);
+#else
+    char *dst;
+    int size;
+    int flags;
+
+    /*
+     * If the string result is empty, move the object result to the string
+     * result, then reset the object result.
+     */
+
+    (void) Tcl_GetStringResult(interp);
+
+    /*
+     * See how much space is needed, and grow the append buffer if needed to
+     * accommodate the list element.
+     */
+
+    size = Tcl_ScanElement(element, &flags) + 1;
+    if ((iPtr->result != iPtr->appendResult)
+	    || (iPtr->appendResult[iPtr->appendUsed] != 0)
+	    || ((size + iPtr->appendUsed) >= iPtr->appendAvl)) {
+	SetupAppendBuffer(iPtr, size+iPtr->appendUsed);
+    }
+
+    /*
+     * Convert the string into a list element and copy it to the buffer that's
+     * forming, with a space separator if needed.
+     */
+
+    dst = iPtr->appendResult + iPtr->appendUsed;
+    if (TclNeedSpace(iPtr->appendResult, dst)) {
+	iPtr->appendUsed++;
+	*dst = ' ';
+	dst++;
+
+	/*
+	 * If we need a space to separate this element from preceding stuff,
+	 * then this element will not lead a list, and need not have it's
+	 * leading '#' quoted.
+	 */
+
+	flags |= TCL_DONT_QUOTE_HASH;
+    }
+    iPtr->appendUsed += Tcl_ConvertElement(element, dst, flags);
+#endif /* !TCL_NO_DEPRECATED */
+}
+
+/*
+ *----------------------------------------------------------------------
+ *
+ * SetupAppendBuffer --
+ *
+ *	This function makes sure that there is an append buffer properly
+ *	initialized, if necessary, from the interpreter's result, and that it
+ *	has at least enough room to accommodate newSpace new bytes of
+ *	information.
+ *
+ * Results:
+ *	None.
+ *
+ * Side effects:
+ *	None.
+ *
+ *----------------------------------------------------------------------
+ */
+
+#ifndef TCL_NO_DEPRECATED
+static void
+SetupAppendBuffer(
+    Interp *iPtr,		/* Interpreter whose result is being set up. */
+    int newSpace)		/* Make sure that at least this many bytes of
+				 * new information may be added. */
+{
+    int totalSpace;
+
+    /*
+     * Make the append buffer larger, if that's necessary, then copy the
+     * result into the append buffer and make the append buffer the official
+     * Tcl result.
+     */
+
+    if (iPtr->result != iPtr->appendResult) {
+	/*
+	 * If an oversized buffer was used recently, then free it up so we go
+	 * back to a smaller buffer. This avoids tying up memory forever after
+	 * a large operation.
+	 */
+
+	if (iPtr->appendAvl > 500) {
+	    ckfree(iPtr->appendResult);
+	    iPtr->appendResult = NULL;
+	    iPtr->appendAvl = 0;
+	}
+	iPtr->appendUsed = strlen(iPtr->result);
+    } else if (iPtr->result[iPtr->appendUsed] != 0) {
+	/*
+	 * Most likely someone has modified a result created by
+	 * Tcl_AppendResult et al. so that it has a different size. Just
+	 * recompute the size.
+	 */
+
+	iPtr->appendUsed = strlen(iPtr->result);
+    }
+
+    totalSpace = newSpace + iPtr->appendUsed;
+    if (totalSpace >= iPtr->appendAvl) {
+	char *new;
+
+	if (totalSpace < 100) {
+	    totalSpace = 200;
+	} else {
+	    totalSpace *= 2;
+	}
+	new = ckalloc(totalSpace);
+	strcpy(new, iPtr->result);
+	if (iPtr->appendResult != NULL) {
+	    ckfree(iPtr->appendResult);
+	}
+	iPtr->appendResult = new;
+	iPtr->appendAvl = totalSpace;
+    } else if (iPtr->result != iPtr->appendResult) {
+	strcpy(iPtr->appendResult, iPtr->result);
+    }
+
+    Tcl_FreeResult((Tcl_Interp *) iPtr);
+    iPtr->result = iPtr->appendResult;
 }
+#endif /* !TCL_NO_DEPRECATED */
 
 /*
  *----------------------------------------------------------------------
  *
  * Tcl_FreeResult --
  *
  *	This function frees up the memory associated with an interpreter's
- *	result, resetting the interpreter's result object.  Tcl_FreeResult is
- *	most commonly used when a function is about to replace one result
- *	value with another.
+ *	string result. It also resets the interpreter's result object.
+ *	Tcl_FreeResult is most commonly used when a function is about to
+ *	replace one result value with another.
  *
  * Results:
  *	None.
  *
  * Side effects:
- *	Frees the memory associated with interp's result but does not change
- *	any part of the error dictionary (i.e., the errorinfo and errorcode
- *	remain the same).
+ *	Frees the memory associated with interp's string result and sets
+ *	interp->freeProc to zero, but does not change interp->result or clear
+ *	error state. Resets interp's result object to an unshared empty
+ *	object.
  *
  *----------------------------------------------------------------------
  */
 
 void
@@ -584,10 +885,21 @@
 Tcl_FreeResult(
     register Tcl_Interp *interp)/* Interpreter for which to free result. */
 {
     register Interp *iPtr = (Interp *) interp;
 
+#ifndef TCL_NO_DEPRECATED
+    if (iPtr->freeProc != NULL) {
+	if (iPtr->freeProc == TCL_DYNAMIC) {
+	    ckfree(iPtr->result);
+	} else {
+	    iPtr->freeProc(iPtr->result);
+	}
+	iPtr->freeProc = 0;
+    }
+
+#endif /* !TCL_NO_DEPRECATED */
     ResetObjResult(iPtr);
 }
 
 /*
  *----------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -613,10 +925,22 @@
     register Tcl_Interp *interp)/* Interpreter for which to clear result. */
 {
     register Interp *iPtr = (Interp *) interp;
 
     ResetObjResult(iPtr);
+#ifndef TCL_NO_DEPRECATED
+    if (iPtr->freeProc != NULL) {
+	if (iPtr->freeProc == TCL_DYNAMIC) {
+	    ckfree(iPtr->result);
+	} else {
+	    iPtr->freeProc(iPtr->result);
+	}
+	iPtr->freeProc = 0;
+    }
+    iPtr->result = iPtr->resultSpace;
+    iPtr->resultSpace[0] = 0;
+#endif /* !TCL_NO_DEPRECATED */
     if (iPtr->errorCode) {
 	/* Legacy support */
 	if (iPtr->flags & ERR_LEGACY_COPY) {
 	    Tcl_ObjSetVar2(interp, iPtr->ecVar, NULL,
 		    iPtr->errorCode, TCL_GLOBAL_ONLY);

Index: generic/tclScan.c
==================================================================
--- generic/tclScan.c
+++ generic/tclScan.c
@@ -8,10 +8,11 @@
  * See the file "license.terms" for information on usage and redistribution of
  * this file, and for a DISCLAIMER OF ALL WARRANTIES.
  */
 
 #include "tclInt.h"
+#include "tommath.h"
 
 /*
  * Flag values used by Tcl_ScanObjCmd.
  */
 
@@ -413,18 +414,11 @@
 	case 'i':
 	case 'o':
 	case 'x':
 	case 'X':
 	case 'b':
-	    break;
 	case 'u':
-	    if (flags & SCAN_BIG) {
-		Tcl_SetObjResult(interp, Tcl_NewStringObj(
-			"unsigned bignum scans are invalid", -1));
-		Tcl_SetErrorCode(interp, "TCL", "FORMAT", "BADUNSIGNED",NULL);
-		goto error;
-	    }
 	    break;
 	    /*
 	     * Bracket terms need special checking
 	     */
 	case '[':
@@ -887,11 +881,11 @@
 
 	    offset = TclUtfToUniChar(string, &sch);
 	    i = (int)sch;
 #if TCL_UTF_MAX == 4
 	    if (!offset) {
-		offset = Tcl_UtfToUniChar(string, &sch);
+		offset = TclUtfToUniChar(string, &sch);
 		i = (((i<<10) & 0x0FFC00) + 0x10000) + (sch & 0x3FF);
 	    }
 #endif
 	    string += offset;
 	    if (!(flags & SCAN_SUPPRESS)) {
@@ -930,23 +924,34 @@
 		Tcl_DecrRefCount(objPtr);
 		break;
 	    }
 	    if (flags & SCAN_LONGER) {
 		if (Tcl_GetWideIntFromObj(NULL, objPtr, &wideValue) != TCL_OK) {
-		    wideValue = ~(Tcl_WideUInt)0 >> 1;	/* WIDE_MAX */
+		    wideValue = LLONG_MAX;
 		    if (TclGetString(objPtr)[0] == '-') {
-			wideValue++;	/* WIDE_MAX + 1 = WIDE_MIN */
+			wideValue = LLONG_MIN;
 		    }
 		}
 		if ((flags & SCAN_UNSIGNED) && (wideValue < 0)) {
 		    sprintf(buf, "%" TCL_LL_MODIFIER "u",
 			    (Tcl_WideUInt)wideValue);
 		    Tcl_SetStringObj(objPtr, buf, -1);
 		} else {
-		    Tcl_SetWideIntObj(objPtr, wideValue);
+		    TclSetIntObj(objPtr, wideValue);
+		}
+	    } else if (flags & SCAN_BIG) {
+		if (flags & SCAN_UNSIGNED) {
+		    mp_int big;
+		    if ((Tcl_GetBignumFromObj(interp, objPtr, &big) != TCL_OK)
+			    || mp_isneg(&big)) {
+			Tcl_SetObjResult(interp, Tcl_NewStringObj(
+				"unsigned bignum scans are invalid", -1));
+			Tcl_SetErrorCode(interp, "TCL", "FORMAT", "BADUNSIGNED",NULL);
+			return TCL_ERROR;
+		    }
 		}
-	    } else if (!(flags & SCAN_BIG)) {
+	    } else {
 		if (TclGetLongFromObj(NULL, objPtr, &value) != TCL_OK) {
 		    if (TclGetString(objPtr)[0] == '-') {
 			value = LONG_MIN;
 		    } else {
 			value = LONG_MAX;
@@ -954,11 +959,11 @@
 		}
 		if ((flags & SCAN_UNSIGNED) && (value < 0)) {
 		    sprintf(buf, "%lu", value);	/* INTL: ISO digit */
 		    Tcl_SetStringObj(objPtr, buf, -1);
 		} else {
-		    Tcl_SetLongObj(objPtr, value);
+		    TclSetIntObj(objPtr, value);
 		}
 	    }
 	    objs[objIndex++] = objPtr;
 	    break;
 

Index: generic/tclStrToD.c
==================================================================
--- generic/tclStrToD.c
+++ generic/tclStrToD.c
@@ -481,11 +481,11 @@
     int flags)			/* Flags governing the parse. */
 {
     enum State {
 	INITIAL, SIGNUM, ZERO, ZERO_X,
 	ZERO_O, ZERO_B, ZERO_D, BINARY,
-	HEXADECIMAL, OCTAL, DECIMAL,
+	HEXADECIMAL, OCTAL, BAD_OCTAL, DECIMAL,
 	LEADING_RADIX_POINT, FRACTION,
 	EXPONENT_START, EXPONENT_SIGNUM, EXPONENT,
 	sI, sIN, sINF, sINFI, sINFIN, sINFINI, sINFINIT, sINFINITY
 #ifdef IEEE_FLOATING_POINT
 	, sN, sNA, sNAN, sNANPAREN, sNANHEX, sNANFINISH
@@ -526,10 +526,11 @@
 				 * point. */
     int status = TCL_OK;	/* Status to return to caller. */
     char d = 0;			/* Last hexadecimal digit scanned; initialized
 				 * to avoid a compiler warning. */
     int shift = 0;		/* Amount to shift when accumulating binary */
+    int explicitOctal = 0;
 
 #define ALL_BITS	(~(Tcl_WideUInt)0)
 #define MOST_BITS	(ALL_BITS >> 1)
 
     /*
@@ -657,18 +658,22 @@
 	    }
 	    if (flags & TCL_PARSE_BINARY_ONLY) {
 		goto zerob;
 	    }
 	    if (c == 'o' || c == 'O') {
+		explicitOctal = 1;
 		state = ZERO_O;
 		break;
 	    }
 	    if (c == 'd' || c == 'D') {
 		state = ZERO_D;
 		break;
 	    }
+#ifdef TCL_NO_DEPRECATED
 	    goto decimal;
+#endif
+	    /* FALLTHROUGH */
 
 	case OCTAL:
 	    /*
 	     * Scanned an optional + or -, followed by a string of octal
 	     * digits. Acceptable inputs are more digits, period, or E. If 8
@@ -727,10 +732,62 @@
 		}
 		numTrailZeros = 0;
 		state = OCTAL;
 		break;
 	    }
+	    /* FALLTHROUGH */
+
+	case BAD_OCTAL:
+	    if (explicitOctal) {
+		/*
+		 * No forgiveness for bad digits in explicitly octal numbers.
+		 */
+
+		goto endgame;
+	    }
+	    if (flags & TCL_PARSE_INTEGER_ONLY) {
+		/*
+		 * No seeking floating point when parsing only integer.
+		 */
+
+		goto endgame;
+	    }
+#ifndef TCL_NO_DEPRECATED
+
+	    /*
+	     * Scanned a number with a leading zero that contains an 8, 9,
+	     * radix point or E. This is an invalid octal number, but might
+	     * still be floating point.
+	     */
+
+	    if (c == '0') {
+		numTrailZeros++;
+		state = BAD_OCTAL;
+		break;
+	    } else if (isdigit(UCHAR(c))) {
+		if (objPtr != NULL) {
+		    significandOverflow = AccumulateDecimalDigit(
+			    (unsigned)(c-'0'), numTrailZeros,
+			    &significandWide, &significandBig,
+			    significandOverflow);
+		}
+		if (numSigDigs != 0) {
+		    numSigDigs += (numTrailZeros + 1);
+		} else {
+		    numSigDigs = 1;
+		}
+		numTrailZeros = 0;
+		state = BAD_OCTAL;
+		break;
+	    } else if (c == '.') {
+		state = FRACTION;
+		break;
+	    } else if (c == 'E' || c == 'e') {
+		state = EXPONENT_START;
+		break;
+	    }
+#endif
 	    goto endgame;
 
 	    /*
 	     * Scanned 0x. If state is HEXADECIMAL, scanned at least one
 	     * character following the 0x. The only acceptable inputs are
@@ -841,11 +898,13 @@
 	    /*
 	     * Scanned an optional + or - followed by a string of decimal
 	     * digits.
 	     */
 
+#ifdef TCL_NO_DEPRECATED
 	decimal:
+#endif
 	    acceptState = state;
 	    acceptPoint = p;
 	    acceptLen = len;
 	    if (c == '0') {
 		numTrailZeros++;
@@ -1125,10 +1184,11 @@
 
     if (status == TCL_OK && objPtr != NULL) {
 	TclFreeIntRep(objPtr);
 	switch (acceptState) {
 	case SIGNUM:
+	case BAD_OCTAL:
 	case ZERO_X:
 	case ZERO_O:
 	case ZERO_B:
 	case ZERO_D:
 	case LEADING_RADIX_POINT:
@@ -1206,36 +1266,22 @@
 		    mp_mul_2d(&octalSignificandBig, shift,
 			    &octalSignificandBig);
 		}
 	    }
 	    if (!octalSignificandOverflow) {
-		if (octalSignificandWide >
-			(Tcl_WideUInt)(((~(unsigned long)0) >> 1) + signum)) {
-#ifndef TCL_WIDE_INT_IS_LONG
-		    if (octalSignificandWide <= (MOST_BITS + signum)) {
-			objPtr->typePtr = &tclWideIntType;
-			if (signum) {
-			    objPtr->internalRep.wideValue =
-				    - (Tcl_WideInt) octalSignificandWide;
-			} else {
-			    objPtr->internalRep.wideValue =
-				    (Tcl_WideInt) octalSignificandWide;
-			}
-			break;
-		    }
-#endif
+		if (octalSignificandWide > (MOST_BITS + signum)) {
 		    TclInitBignumFromWideUInt(&octalSignificandBig,
 			    octalSignificandWide);
 		    octalSignificandOverflow = 1;
 		} else {
 		    objPtr->typePtr = &tclIntType;
 		    if (signum) {
-			objPtr->internalRep.longValue =
-				- (long) octalSignificandWide;
+			objPtr->internalRep.wideValue =
+				- (Tcl_WideInt) octalSignificandWide;
 		    } else {
-			objPtr->internalRep.longValue =
-				(long) octalSignificandWide;
+			objPtr->internalRep.wideValue =
+				(Tcl_WideInt) octalSignificandWide;
 		    }
 		}
 	    }
 	    if (octalSignificandOverflow) {
 		if (signum) {
@@ -1253,36 +1299,22 @@
 		significandOverflow = 1;
 		TclInitBignumFromWideUInt(&significandBig, significandWide);
 	    }
 	returnInteger:
 	    if (!significandOverflow) {
-		if (significandWide >
-			(Tcl_WideUInt)(((~(unsigned long)0) >> 1) + signum)) {
-#ifndef TCL_WIDE_INT_IS_LONG
-		    if (significandWide <= MOST_BITS+signum) {
-			objPtr->typePtr = &tclWideIntType;
-			if (signum) {
-			    objPtr->internalRep.wideValue =
-				    - (Tcl_WideInt) significandWide;
-			} else {
-			    objPtr->internalRep.wideValue =
-				    (Tcl_WideInt) significandWide;
-			}
-			break;
-		    }
-#endif
+		if (significandWide > MOST_BITS+signum) {
 		    TclInitBignumFromWideUInt(&significandBig,
 			    significandWide);
 		    significandOverflow = 1;
 		} else {
 		    objPtr->typePtr = &tclIntType;
 		    if (signum) {
-			objPtr->internalRep.longValue =
-				- (long) significandWide;
+			objPtr->internalRep.wideValue =
+				- (Tcl_WideInt) significandWide;
 		    } else {
-			objPtr->internalRep.longValue =
-				(long) significandWide;
+			objPtr->internalRep.wideValue =
+				(Tcl_WideInt) significandWide;
 		    }
 		}
 	    }
 	    if (significandOverflow) {
 		if (signum) {
@@ -1350,10 +1382,13 @@
 	    Tcl_Obj *msg = Tcl_ObjPrintf("expected %s but got \"",
 		    expected);
 
 	    Tcl_AppendLimitedToObj(msg, bytes, numBytes, 50, "");
 	    Tcl_AppendToObj(msg, "\"", -1);
+	    if (state == BAD_OCTAL) {
+		Tcl_AppendToObj(msg, " (looks like invalid octal number)", -1);
+	    }
 	    Tcl_SetObjResult(interp, msg);
 	    Tcl_SetErrorCode(interp, "TCL", "VALUE", "NUMBER", NULL);
 	}
     }
 
@@ -4660,11 +4695,11 @@
 {
     double r = 0.0;
     mp_int b;
 
     mp_init(&b);
-    if (mp_cmp_d(a, 0) == MP_LT) {
+    if (mp_isneg(a)) {
 	mp_neg(a, &b);
 	r = -TclFloor(&b);
     } else {
 	int bits = mp_count_bits(a);
 
@@ -4717,11 +4752,11 @@
 {
     double r = 0.0;
     mp_int b;
 
     mp_init(&b);
-    if (mp_cmp_d(a, 0) == MP_LT) {
+    if (mp_isneg(a)) {
 	mp_neg(a, &b);
 	r = -TclCeil(&b);
     } else {
 	int bits = mp_count_bits(a);
 

Index: generic/tclStringObj.c
==================================================================
--- generic/tclStringObj.c
+++ generic/tclStringObj.c
@@ -36,10 +36,11 @@
 
 #include "tclInt.h"
 #include "tommath.h"
 #include "tclStringRep.h"
 
+#include "assert.h"
 /*
  * Prototypes for functions defined later in this file:
  */
 
 static void		AppendPrintfToObjVA(Tcl_Obj *objPtr,
@@ -138,12 +139,12 @@
 
     if (objPtr->bytes == &tclEmptyString) {
 	objPtr->bytes = NULL;
     }
     if (flag == 0 || stringPtr->allocated > 0) {
-	attempt = 2 * needed;
-	if (attempt >= 0) {
+	if (needed <= INT_MAX / 2) {
+	    attempt = 2 * needed;
 	    ptr = attemptckrealloc(objPtr->bytes, attempt + 1);
 	}
 	if (ptr == NULL) {
 	    /*
 	     * Take care computing the amount of modest growth to avoid
@@ -188,12 +189,12 @@
     if (stringPtr->maxChars > 0) {
 	/*
 	 * Subsequent appends - apply the growth algorithm.
 	 */
 
-	attempt = 2 * needed;
-	if (attempt >= 0 && attempt <= STRING_MAXCHARS) {
+	if (needed <= STRING_MAXCHARS / 2) {
+	    attempt = 2 * needed;
 	    ptr = stringAttemptRealloc(stringPtr, attempt);
 	}
 	if (ptr == NULL) {
 	    /*
 	     * Take care computing the amount of modest growth to avoid
@@ -416,13 +417,18 @@
 	/* 0 bytes -> 0 chars; 1 byte -> 1 char */
 	return objPtr->length;
     }
 
     /*
-     * Optimize the case where we're really dealing with a bytearray object
-     * without string representation; we don't need to convert to a string to
-     * perform the get-length operation.
+     * Optimize the case where we're really dealing with a bytearray object;
+     * we don't need to convert to a string to perform the get-length operation.
+     *
+     * Starting in Tcl 8.7, we check for a "pure" bytearray, because the
+     * machinery behind that test is using a proper bytearray ObjType.  We
+     * could also compute length of an improper bytearray without shimmering
+     * but there's no value in that. We *want* to shimmer an improper bytearray
+     * because improper bytearrays have worthless internal reps.
      */
 
     if (TclIsPureByteArray(objPtr)) {
 	int length;
 
@@ -474,12 +480,11 @@
 {
     String *stringPtr;
 
     /*
      * Optimize the case where we're really dealing with a bytearray object
-     * without string representation; we don't need to convert to a string to
-     * perform the indexing operation.
+     * we don't need to convert to a string to perform the indexing operation.
      */
 
     if (TclIsPureByteArray(objPtr)) {
 	unsigned char *bytes = Tcl_GetByteArrayFromObj(objPtr, NULL);
 
@@ -515,11 +520,11 @@
  *
  * Tcl_GetUnicode --
  *
  *	Get the Unicode form of the String object. If the object is not
  *	already a String object, it will be converted to one. If the String
- *	object does not have a Unicode rep, then one is create from the UTF
+ *	object does not have a Unicode rep, then one is created from the UTF
  *	string format.
  *
  * Results:
  *	Returns a pointer to the object's internal Unicode string.
  *
@@ -608,12 +613,11 @@
     Tcl_Obj *newObjPtr;		/* The Tcl object to find the range of. */
     String *stringPtr;
 
     /*
      * Optimize the case where we're really dealing with a bytearray object
-     * without string representation; we don't need to convert to a string to
-     * perform the substring operation.
+     * we don't need to convert to a string to perform the substring operation.
      */
 
     if (TclIsPureByteArray(objPtr)) {
 	unsigned char *bytes = Tcl_GetByteArrayFromObj(objPtr, NULL);
 
@@ -649,10 +653,21 @@
 	}
 	FillUnicodeRep(objPtr);
 	stringPtr = GET_STRING(objPtr);
     }
 
+#if TCL_UTF_MAX == 4
+	/* See: bug [11ae2be95dac9417] */
+	if ((first>0) && ((stringPtr->unicode[first]&0xFC00) == 0xDC00)
+		&& ((stringPtr->unicode[first-1]&0xFC00) == 0xD800)) {
+	    ++first;
+	}
+	if ((last+1<stringPtr->numChars) && ((stringPtr->unicode[last+1]&0xFC00) == 0xDC00)
+		&& ((stringPtr->unicode[last]&0xFC00) == 0xD800)) {
+	    ++last;
+	}
+#endif
     return Tcl_NewUnicodeObj(stringPtr->unicode + first, last-first+1);
 }
 
 /*
  *----------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -1206,13 +1221,13 @@
 	return;
     }
 
     /*
      * Handle append of one bytearray object to another as a special case.
-     * Note that we only do this when the objects don't have string reps; if
-     * it did, then appending the byte arrays together could well lose
-     * information; this is a special-case optimization only.
+     * Note that we only do this when the objects are pure so that the
+     * bytearray faithfully represent the true value; Otherwise
+     * appending the byte arrays together could lose information;
      */
 
     if ((TclIsPureByteArray(objPtr) || objPtr->bytes == &tclEmptyString)
 	    && TclIsPureByteArray(appendObjPtr)) {
 
@@ -1867,35 +1882,25 @@
 #endif
 	    }
 	} else if (ch == 'I') {
 	    if ((format[1] == '6') && (format[2] == '4')) {
 		format += (step + 2);
-		step = Tcl_UtfToUniChar(format, &ch);
+		step = TclUtfToUniChar(format, &ch);
 #ifndef TCL_WIDE_INT_IS_LONG
 		useWide = 1;
 #endif
 	    } else if ((format[1] == '3') && (format[2] == '2')) {
 		format += (step + 2);
-		step = Tcl_UtfToUniChar(format, &ch);
+		step = TclUtfToUniChar(format, &ch);
 	    } else {
 		format += step;
-		step = Tcl_UtfToUniChar(format, &ch);
-	    }
-	} else if ((ch == 't') || (ch == 'z')) {
-	    format += step;
-	    step = Tcl_UtfToUniChar(format, &ch);
-#ifndef TCL_WIDE_INT_IS_LONG
-	    if (sizeof(size_t) > sizeof(int)) {
-		useWide = 1;
-	    }
-#endif
-	} else if ((ch == 'q') ||(ch == 'j')) {
-	    format += step;
-	    step = Tcl_UtfToUniChar(format, &ch);
-#ifndef TCL_WIDE_INT_IS_LONG
-	    useWide = 1;
-#endif
+		step = TclUtfToUniChar(format, &ch);
+	    }
+	} else if ((ch == 't') || (ch == 'z') || (ch == 'q') || (ch == 'j') || (ch == 'L')) {
+	    format += step;
+	    step = TclUtfToUniChar(format, &ch);
+	    useBig = 1;
 	}
 
 	format += step;
 	span = format;
 
@@ -1937,15 +1942,10 @@
 	    allocSegment = 1;
 	    break;
 	}
 
 	case 'u':
-	    if (useBig) {
-		msg = "unsigned bignum format is invalid";
-		errCode = "BADUNSIGNED";
-		goto errorMsg;
-	    }
 	case 'd':
 	case 'o':
 	case 'p':
 	case 'x':
 	case 'X':
@@ -1961,32 +1961,45 @@
 	    if (ch == 'p') {
 		useWide = 1;
 	    }
 #endif
 	    if (useBig) {
+		int cmpResult;
 		if (Tcl_GetBignumFromObj(interp, segment, &big) != TCL_OK) {
 		    goto error;
 		}
-		isNegative = (mp_cmp_d(&big, 0) == MP_LT);
+		cmpResult = mp_cmp_d(&big, 0);
+		isNegative = (cmpResult == MP_LT);
+		if (cmpResult == MP_EQ) gotHash = 0;
+		if (ch == 'u') {
+		    if (isNegative) {
+			msg = "unsigned bignum format is invalid";
+			errCode = "BADUNSIGNED";
+			goto errorMsg;
+		    } else {
+			ch = 'd';
+		    }
+		}
 #ifndef TCL_WIDE_INT_IS_LONG
 	    } else if (useWide) {
-		if (Tcl_GetWideIntFromObj(NULL, segment, &w) != TCL_OK) {
+		if (TclGetWideIntFromObj(NULL, segment, &w) != TCL_OK) {
 		    Tcl_Obj *objPtr;
 
 		    if (Tcl_GetBignumFromObj(interp,segment,&big) != TCL_OK) {
 			goto error;
 		    }
 		    mp_mod_2d(&big, (int) CHAR_BIT*sizeof(Tcl_WideInt), &big);
 		    objPtr = Tcl_NewBignumObj(&big);
 		    Tcl_IncrRefCount(objPtr);
-		    Tcl_GetWideIntFromObj(NULL, objPtr, &w);
+		    TclGetWideIntFromObj(NULL, objPtr, &w);
 		    Tcl_DecrRefCount(objPtr);
 		}
 		isNegative = (w < (Tcl_WideInt) 0);
+		if (w == (Tcl_WideInt) 0) gotHash = 0;
 #endif
 	    } else if (TclGetLongFromObj(NULL, segment, &l) != TCL_OK) {
-		if (Tcl_GetWideIntFromObj(NULL, segment, &w) != TCL_OK) {
+		if (TclGetWideIntFromObj(NULL, segment, &w) != TCL_OK) {
 		    Tcl_Obj *objPtr;
 
 		    if (Tcl_GetBignumFromObj(interp,segment,&big) != TCL_OK) {
 			goto error;
 		    }
@@ -1999,18 +2012,22 @@
 		    l = Tcl_WideAsLong(w);
 		}
 		if (useShort) {
 		    s = (short) l;
 		    isNegative = (s < (short) 0);
+		    if (s == (short) 0) gotHash = 0;
 		} else {
 		    isNegative = (l < (long) 0);
+		    if (l == (long) 0) gotHash = 0;
 		}
 	    } else if (useShort) {
 		s = (short) l;
 		isNegative = (s < (short) 0);
+		if (s == (short) 0) gotHash = 0;
 	    } else {
 		isNegative = (l < (long) 0);
+		if (l == (long) 0) gotHash = 0;
 	    }
 
 	    segment = Tcl_NewObj();
 	    allocSegment = 1;
 	    segmentLimit = INT_MAX;
@@ -2023,31 +2040,31 @@
 	    }
 
 	    if (gotHash || (ch == 'p')) {
 		switch (ch) {
 		case 'o':
-		    Tcl_AppendToObj(segment, "0", 1);
-		    segmentLimit -= 1;
-		    precision--;
-		    break;
-		case 'X':
-		    Tcl_AppendToObj(segment, "0X", 2);
+		    Tcl_AppendToObj(segment, "0o", 2);
 		    segmentLimit -= 2;
 		    break;
 		case 'p':
 		case 'x':
+		case 'X':
 		    Tcl_AppendToObj(segment, "0x", 2);
 		    segmentLimit -= 2;
 		    break;
 		case 'b':
 		    Tcl_AppendToObj(segment, "0b", 2);
 		    segmentLimit -= 2;
 		    break;
+#if TCL_MAJOR_VERSION < 9
 		case 'd':
-		    Tcl_AppendToObj(segment, "0d", 2);
-		    segmentLimit -= 2;
+		    if (gotZero) {
+			Tcl_AppendToObj(segment, "0d", 2);
+			segmentLimit -= 2;
+		    }
 		    break;
+#endif
 		}
 	    }
 
 	    switch (ch) {
 	    case 'd': {
@@ -2181,11 +2198,11 @@
 
 		/*
 		 * Need to be sure zero becomes "0", not "".
 		 */
 
-		if ((numDigits == 0) && !((ch == 'o') && gotHash)) {
+		if (numDigits == 0) {
 		    numDigits = 1;
 		}
 		pure = Tcl_NewObj();
 		Tcl_SetObjLength(pure, (int) numDigits);
 		bytes = TclGetString(pure);
@@ -2248,10 +2265,12 @@
 
 	    }
 	    break;
 	}
 
+	case 'a':
+	case 'A':
 	case 'e':
 	case 'E':
 	case 'f':
 	case 'g':
 	case 'G': {
@@ -2315,10 +2334,16 @@
 	    bytes = TclGetString(segment);
 	    if (!Tcl_AttemptSetObjLength(segment, sprintf(bytes, spec, d))) {
 		msg = overflow;
 		errCode = "OVERFLOW";
 		goto errorMsg;
+	    }
+	    if (ch == 'A') {
+		char *p = TclGetString(segment) + 1;
+		*p = 'x';
+		p = strchr(p, 'P');
+		if (p) *p = 'p';
 	    }
 	    break;
 	}
 	default:
 	    if (interp != NULL) {
@@ -2521,19 +2546,30 @@
 		    break;
 		case 2:
 		    Tcl_ListObjAppendElement(NULL, list, Tcl_NewWideIntObj(
 			    va_arg(argList, Tcl_WideInt)));
 		    break;
+		case 3:
+		    Tcl_ListObjAppendElement(NULL, list, Tcl_NewBignumObj(
+			    va_arg(argList, mp_int *)));
+		    break;
 		}
 		break;
+	    case 'a':
+	    case 'A':
 	    case 'e':
 	    case 'E':
 	    case 'f':
 	    case 'g':
 	    case 'G':
+		if (size > 0) {
 		Tcl_ListObjAppendElement(NULL, list, Tcl_NewDoubleObj(
-			va_arg(argList, double)));
+			(double)va_arg(argList, long double)));
+		} else {
+			Tcl_ListObjAppendElement(NULL, list, Tcl_NewDoubleObj(
+				va_arg(argList, double)));
+		}
 		seekingConversion = 0;
 		break;
 	    case '*':
 		lastNum = (int) va_arg(argList, int);
 		Tcl_ListObjAppendElement(NULL, list, Tcl_NewIntObj(lastNum));
@@ -2549,11 +2585,10 @@
 	    }
 	    case '.':
 		gotPrecision = 1;
 		p++;
 		break;
-	    /* TODO: support for bignum arguments */
 	    case 'l':
 		++size;
 		p++;
 		break;
 	    case 't':
@@ -2576,10 +2611,14 @@
 		    p += 2;
 		} else if (sizeof(size_t) == sizeof(Tcl_WideInt)) {
 		    size = 2;
 		}
 		p++;
+		break;
+	    case 'L':
+		size = 3;
+		p++;
 		break;
 	    case 'h':
 		size = -1;
 	    default:
 		p++;
@@ -2690,27 +2729,28 @@
  * TclStringRepeat --
  *
  *	Performs the [string repeat] function.
  *
  * Results:
- * 	A standard Tcl result.
+ * 	A (Tcl_Obj *) pointing to the result value, or NULL in case of an
+ * 	error.
  *
  * Side effects:
- * 	Writes to *objPtrPtr the address of Tcl_Obj that is concatenation
- * 	of count copies of the value in objPtr.
+ * 	On error, when interp is not NULL, error information is left in it.
  *
  *---------------------------------------------------------------------------
  */
 
-int
+Tcl_Obj *
 TclStringRepeat(
     Tcl_Interp *interp,
     Tcl_Obj *objPtr,
     int count,
-    Tcl_Obj **objPtrPtr)
+    int flags)
 {
     Tcl_Obj *objResultPtr;
+    int inPlace = flags & TCL_STRING_IN_PLACE;
     int length = 0, unichar = 0, done = 1;
     int binary = TclIsPureByteArray(objPtr);
 
     /* assert (count >= 2) */
 
@@ -2741,27 +2781,26 @@
 	Tcl_GetStringFromObj(objPtr, &length);
     }
 
     if (length == 0) {
 	/* Any repeats of empty is empty. */
-	*objPtrPtr = objPtr;
-	return TCL_OK;
+	return objPtr;
     }
 
     if (count > INT_MAX/length) {
 	if (interp) {
 	    Tcl_SetObjResult(interp, Tcl_ObjPrintf(
 		    "max size for a Tcl value (%d bytes) exceeded", INT_MAX));
 	    Tcl_SetErrorCode(interp, "TCL", "MEMORY", NULL);
 	}
-	return TCL_ERROR;
+	return NULL;
     }
 
     if (binary) {
 	/* Efficiently produce a pure byte array result */
-	objResultPtr = Tcl_IsShared(objPtr) ? Tcl_DuplicateObj(objPtr)
-		: objPtr;
+	objResultPtr = (!inPlace || Tcl_IsShared(objPtr)) ?
+		Tcl_DuplicateObj(objPtr) : objPtr;
 
 	Tcl_SetByteArrayLength(objResultPtr, count*length); /* PANIC? */
 	Tcl_SetByteArrayLength(objResultPtr, length);
 	while (count - done > done) {
 	    Tcl_AppendObjToObj(objResultPtr, objResultPtr);
@@ -2770,11 +2809,11 @@
 	TclAppendBytesToByteArray(objResultPtr,
 		Tcl_GetByteArrayFromObj(objResultPtr, NULL),
 		(count - done) * length);
     } else if (unichar) {
 	/* Efficiently produce a pure Tcl_UniChar array result */
-	if (Tcl_IsShared(objPtr)) {
+	if (!inPlace || Tcl_IsShared(objPtr)) {
 	    objResultPtr = Tcl_NewUnicodeObj(Tcl_GetUnicode(objPtr), length);
 	} else {
 	    TclInvalidateStringRep(objPtr);
 	    objResultPtr = objPtr;
 	}
@@ -2781,15 +2820,15 @@
 
         if (0 == Tcl_AttemptSetObjLength(objResultPtr, count*length)) {
 	    if (interp) {
 		Tcl_SetObjResult(interp, Tcl_ObjPrintf(
 			"string size overflow: unable to alloc %"
-			TCL_LL_MODIFIER "d bytes",
-			(Tcl_WideUInt)STRING_SIZE(count*length)));
+			TCL_Z_MODIFIER "u bytes",
+			STRING_SIZE(count*length)));
 		Tcl_SetErrorCode(interp, "TCL", "MEMORY", NULL);
 	    }
-	    return TCL_ERROR;
+	    return NULL;
 	}
 	Tcl_SetObjLength(objResultPtr, length);
 	while (count - done > done) {
 	    Tcl_AppendObjToObj(objResultPtr, objResultPtr);
 	    done *= 2;
@@ -2796,11 +2835,11 @@
 	}
 	Tcl_AppendUnicodeToObj(objResultPtr, Tcl_GetUnicode(objResultPtr),
 		(count - done) * length);
     } else {
 	/* Efficiently concatenate string reps */
-	if (Tcl_IsShared(objPtr)) {
+	if (!inPlace || Tcl_IsShared(objPtr)) {
 	    objResultPtr = Tcl_NewStringObj(Tcl_GetString(objPtr), length);
 	} else {
 	    TclFreeIntRep(objPtr);
 	    objResultPtr = objPtr;
 	}
@@ -2809,61 +2848,59 @@
 		Tcl_SetObjResult(interp, Tcl_ObjPrintf(
 			"string size overflow: unable to alloc %u bytes",
 			count*length));
 		Tcl_SetErrorCode(interp, "TCL", "MEMORY", NULL);
 	    }
-	    return TCL_ERROR;
+	    return NULL;
 	}
 	Tcl_SetObjLength(objResultPtr, length);
 	while (count - done > done) {
 	    Tcl_AppendObjToObj(objResultPtr, objResultPtr);
 	    done *= 2;
 	}
 	Tcl_AppendToObj(objResultPtr, Tcl_GetString(objResultPtr),
 		(count - done) * length);
     }
-    *objPtrPtr = objResultPtr;
-    return TCL_OK;
+    return objResultPtr;
 }
 
 /*
  *---------------------------------------------------------------------------
  *
- * TclStringCatObjv --
+ * TclStringCat --
  *
  *	Performs the [string cat] function.
  *
  * Results:
- * 	A standard Tcl result.
+ * 	A (Tcl_Obj *) pointing to the result value, or NULL in case of an
+ * 	error.
  *
  * Side effects:
- * 	Writes to *objPtrPtr the address of Tcl_Obj that is concatenation
- * 	of all objc values in objv.
+ * 	On error, when interp is not NULL, error information is left in it.
  *
  *---------------------------------------------------------------------------
  */
 
-int
-TclStringCatObjv(
+Tcl_Obj *
+TclStringCat(
     Tcl_Interp *interp,
-    int inPlace,
     int objc,
     Tcl_Obj * const objv[],
-    Tcl_Obj **objPtrPtr)
+    int flags)
 {
     Tcl_Obj *objResultPtr, * const *ov;
     int oc, length = 0, binary = 1;
     int allowUniChar = 1, requestUniChar = 0;
     int first = objc - 1;	/* Index of first value possibly not empty */
     int last = 0;		/* Index of last value possibly not empty */
+    int inPlace = flags & TCL_STRING_IN_PLACE;
 
     /* assert ( objc >= 0 ) */
 
     if (objc <= 1) {
 	/* Only one or no objects; return first or empty */
-	*objPtrPtr = objc ? objv[0] : Tcl_NewObj();
-	return TCL_OK;
+	return objc ? objv[0] : Tcl_NewObj();
     }
 
     /* assert ( objc >= 2 ) */
 
     /*
@@ -2875,11 +2912,13 @@
 
     ov = objv, oc = objc;
     do {
 	Tcl_Obj *objPtr = *ov++;
 
-	if (objPtr->bytes) {
+	if (TclIsPureByteArray(objPtr)) {
+	    allowUniChar = 0;
+	} else if (objPtr->bytes) {
 	    /* Value has a string rep. */
 	    if (objPtr->length) {
 		/*
 		 * Non-empty string rep. Not a pure bytearray, so we
 		 * won't create a pure bytearray
@@ -2890,21 +2929,17 @@
 		    allowUniChar = 0;
 		}
 	    }
 	} else {
 	    /* assert (objPtr->typePtr != NULL) -- stork! */
-	    if (TclIsPureByteArray(objPtr)) {
-		allowUniChar = 0;
-	    } else {
-		binary = 0;
-		if (objPtr->typePtr == &tclStringType) {
-		    /* Have a pure Unicode value; ask to preserve it */
-		    requestUniChar = 1;
-		} else {
-		    /* Have another type; prevent shimmer */
-		    allowUniChar = 0;
-		}
+	    binary = 0;
+	    if (objPtr->typePtr == &tclStringType) {
+		/* Have a pure Unicode value; ask to preserve it */
+		requestUniChar = 1;
+	    } else {
+		/* Have another type; prevent shimmer */
+		allowUniChar = 0;
 	    }
 	}
     } while (--oc && (binary || allowUniChar));
 
     if (binary) {
@@ -3036,12 +3071,11 @@
     }
 
     if (last <= first /*|| length == 0 */) {
 	/* Only one non-empty value or zero length; return first */
 	/* NOTE: (length == 0) implies (last <= first) */
-	*objPtrPtr = objv[first];
-	return TCL_OK;
+	return objv[first];
     }
 
     objv += first; objc = (last - first + 1);
 
     if (binary) {
@@ -3087,15 +3121,15 @@
 	    Tcl_InvalidateStringRep(objResultPtr);
 	    if (0 == Tcl_AttemptSetObjLength(objResultPtr, length)) {
 		if (interp) {
 		    Tcl_SetObjResult(interp, Tcl_ObjPrintf(
 		    	"concatenation failed: unable to alloc %"
-			TCL_LL_MODIFIER "d bytes",
-			(Tcl_WideUInt)STRING_SIZE(length)));
+			TCL_Z_MODIFIER "u bytes",
+			STRING_SIZE(length)));
 		    Tcl_SetErrorCode(interp, "TCL", "MEMORY", NULL);
 		}
-		return TCL_ERROR;
+		return NULL;
 	    }
 	    dst = Tcl_GetUnicode(objResultPtr) + start;
 	} else {
 	    Tcl_UniChar ch = 0;
 
@@ -3104,15 +3138,15 @@
 	    if (0 == Tcl_AttemptSetObjLength(objResultPtr, length)) {
 		Tcl_DecrRefCount(objResultPtr);
 		if (interp) {
 		    Tcl_SetObjResult(interp, Tcl_ObjPrintf(
 		    	"concatenation failed: unable to alloc %"
-			TCL_LL_MODIFIER "d bytes",
-			(Tcl_WideUInt)STRING_SIZE(length)));
+			TCL_Z_MODIFIER "u bytes",
+			STRING_SIZE(length)));
 		    Tcl_SetErrorCode(interp, "TCL", "MEMORY", NULL);
 		}
-		return TCL_ERROR;
+		return NULL;
 	    }
 	    dst = Tcl_GetUnicode(objResultPtr);
 	}
 	while (objc--) {
 	    Tcl_Obj *objPtr = *objv++;
@@ -3139,11 +3173,11 @@
 		    Tcl_SetObjResult(interp, Tcl_ObjPrintf(
 		    	"concatenation failed: unable to alloc %u bytes",
 			length));
 		    Tcl_SetErrorCode(interp, "TCL", "MEMORY", NULL);
 		}
-		return TCL_ERROR;
+		return NULL;
 	    }
 	    dst = Tcl_GetString(objResultPtr) + start;
 
 	    /* assert ( length > start ) */
 	    TclFreeIntRep(objResultPtr);
@@ -3155,11 +3189,11 @@
 		    Tcl_SetObjResult(interp, Tcl_ObjPrintf(
 		    	"concatenation failed: unable to alloc %u bytes",
 			length));
 		    Tcl_SetErrorCode(interp, "TCL", "MEMORY", NULL);
 		}
-		return TCL_ERROR;
+		return NULL;
 	    }
 	    dst = Tcl_GetString(objResultPtr);
 	}
 	while (objc--) {
 	    Tcl_Obj *objPtr = *objv++;
@@ -3170,26 +3204,25 @@
 		memcpy(dst, src, (size_t) more);
 		dst += more;
 	    }
 	}
     }
-    *objPtrPtr = objResultPtr;
-    return TCL_OK;
+    return objResultPtr;
 
   overflow:
     if (interp) {
 	Tcl_SetObjResult(interp, Tcl_ObjPrintf(
 		    "max size for a Tcl value (%d bytes) exceeded", INT_MAX));
 	Tcl_SetErrorCode(interp, "TCL", "MEMORY", NULL);
     }
-    return TCL_ERROR;
+    return NULL;
 }
 
 /*
  *---------------------------------------------------------------------------
  *
- * TclStringFind --
+ * TclStringFirst --
  *
  *	Implements the [string first] operation.
  *
  * Results:
  *	If needle is found as a substring of haystack, the index of the
@@ -3201,76 +3234,71 @@
  *
  *---------------------------------------------------------------------------
  */
 
 int
-TclStringFind(
+TclStringFirst(
     Tcl_Obj *needle,
     Tcl_Obj *haystack,
     int start)
 {
     int lh, ln = Tcl_GetCharLength(needle);
 
+    if (start < 0) {
+	start = 0;
+    }
     if (ln == 0) {
-	/*
-	 * 	We don't find empty substrings.  Bizarre!
-	 *
-	 * 	TODO: When we one day make this a true substring
-	 * 	finder, change this to "return 0"
-	 */
+	/* We don't find empty substrings.  Bizarre! 
+	 * Whenever this routine is turned into a proper substring
+	 * finder, change to `return start` after limits imposed. */
 	return -1;
     }
 
     if (TclIsPureByteArray(needle) && TclIsPureByteArray(haystack)) {
 	unsigned char *end, *try, *bh;
 	unsigned char *bn = Tcl_GetByteArrayFromObj(needle, &ln);
 
+	/* Find bytes in bytes */
 	bh = Tcl_GetByteArrayFromObj(haystack, &lh);
 	end = bh + lh;
 
 	try = bh + start;
 	while (try + ln <= end) {
-	    try = memchr(try, bn[0], end - try);
-
+	    /*
+	     * Look for the leading byte of the needle in the haystack
+	     * starting at try and stopping when there's not enough room
+	     * for the needle left.
+	     */
+	    try = memchr(try, bn[0], (end + 1 - ln) - try);
 	    if (try == NULL) {
+		/* Leading byte not found -> needle cannot be found. */
 		return -1;
 	    }
+	    /* Leading byte found, check rest of needle. */
 	    if (0 == memcmp(try+1, bn+1, ln-1)) {
+		/* Checks! Return the successful index. */
 		return (try - bh);
 	    }
+	    /* Rest of needle match failed; Iterate to continue search. */
 	    try++;
 	}
 	return -1;
     }
 
     /*
-     * Check if we have two strings of single-byte characters. If we have, we
-     * can use strstr() to do the search. Note that we can sometimes have
-     * multibyte characters when the string could be minimally represented
-     * using single byte characters; we can't assume that a mismatch here
-     * means no match.
-     */
-
-    lh = Tcl_GetCharLength(haystack);
-    if (haystack->bytes && (lh == haystack->length) && needle->bytes
-		&& (ln == needle->length)) {
-	/*
-	 * Both haystack and needle are all single-byte chars.
-	 */
-
-	char *found = strstr(haystack->bytes + start, needle->bytes);
-
-	if (found) {
-	    return (found - haystack->bytes);
-	} else {
-	    return -1;
-	}
-    } else {
-	/*
-	 * Do the search on the unicode representation for simplicity.
-	 */
-
+     * TODO: It might be nice to support some cases where it is not
+     * necessary to shimmer to &tclStringType to compute the result,
+     * and instead operate just on the objPtr->bytes values directly.
+     * However, we also do not want the answer to change based on the
+     * code pathway, or if it does we want that to be for some values
+     * we explicitly decline to support.  Getting there will involve
+     * locking down in practice more firmly just what encodings produce
+     * what supported results for the objPtr->bytes values.  For now,
+     * do only the well-defined Tcl_UniChar array search.
+     */
+
+    {
 	Tcl_UniChar *try, *end, *uh;
 	Tcl_UniChar *un = Tcl_GetUnicodeFromObj(needle, &ln);
 
 	uh = Tcl_GetUnicodeFromObj(haystack, &lh);
 	end = uh + lh;
@@ -3314,28 +3342,28 @@
     if (ln == 0) {
 	/*
 	 * 	We don't find empty substrings.  Bizarre!
 	 *
 	 * 	TODO: When we one day make this a true substring
-	 * 	finder, change this to "return 0"
+	 * 	finder, change this to "return last", after limitation.
 	 */
 	return -1;
     }
 
-    if (ln > last + 1) {
+    lh = Tcl_GetCharLength(haystack);
+    if (last >= lh) {
+	last = lh - 1;
+    }
+
+    if (last < ln - 1) {
 	return -1;
     }
 
     if (TclIsPureByteArray(needle) && TclIsPureByteArray(haystack)) {
-	unsigned char *try, *bh;
+	unsigned char *try, *bh = Tcl_GetByteArrayFromObj(haystack, &lh);
 	unsigned char *bn = Tcl_GetByteArrayFromObj(needle, &ln);
 
-	bh = Tcl_GetByteArrayFromObj(haystack, &lh);
-
-	if (last + 1 > lh) {
-	    last = lh - 1;
-	}
 	try = bh + last + 1 - ln;
 	while (try >= bh) {
 	    if ((*try == bn[0])
 		    && (0 == memcmp(try+1, bn+1, ln-1))) {
 		return (try - bh);
@@ -3343,42 +3371,14 @@
 	    try--;
 	}
 	return -1;
     }
 
-    lh = Tcl_GetCharLength(haystack);
-    if (last + 1 > lh) {
-	last = lh - 1;
-    }
-    if (haystack->bytes && (lh == haystack->length)) {
-	/* haystack is all single-byte chars */
-
-	if (needle->bytes && (ln == needle->length)) {
-	    /* needle is also all single-byte chars */
-
-	    char *try = haystack->bytes + last + 1 - ln;
-	    while (try >= haystack->bytes) {
-		if ((*try == needle->bytes[0])
-			&& (0 == memcmp(try+1, needle->bytes + 1, ln - 1))) {
-		    return (try - haystack->bytes);
-		}
-		try--;
-	    }
-	    return -1;
-	} else {
-	    /*
-	     * Cannot find substring with a multi-byte char inside
-	     * a string with no multi-byte chars.
-	     */
-	    return -1;
-	}
-    } else {
-	Tcl_UniChar *try, *uh;
+    {
+	Tcl_UniChar *try, *uh = Tcl_GetUnicodeFromObj(haystack, &lh);
 	Tcl_UniChar *un = Tcl_GetUnicodeFromObj(needle, &ln);
 
-	uh = Tcl_GetUnicodeFromObj(haystack, &lh);
-
 	try = uh + last + 1 - ln;
 	while (try >= uh) {
 	    if ((*try == un[0])
 		    && (0 == memcmp(try+1, un+1, (ln-1)*sizeof(Tcl_UniChar)))) {
 		return (try - uh);
@@ -3390,18 +3390,18 @@
 }
 
 /*
  *---------------------------------------------------------------------------
  *
- * TclStringObjReverse --
+ * TclStringReverse --
  *
  *	Implements the [string reverse] operation.
  *
  * Results:
- *	An unshared Tcl value which is the [string reverse] of the argument
- *	supplied. When sharing rules permit, the returned value might be the
- *	argument with modifications done in place.
+ *	A Tcl value which is the [string reverse] of the argument supplied.
+ *	When sharing rules permit and the caller requests, the returned value
+ *	might be the argument with modifications done in place.
  *
  * Side effects:
  *	May allocate a new Tcl_Obj.
  *
  *---------------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -3428,21 +3428,23 @@
 	}
     }
 }
 
 Tcl_Obj *
-TclStringObjReverse(
-    Tcl_Obj *objPtr)
+TclStringReverse(
+    Tcl_Obj *objPtr,
+    int flags)
 {
     String *stringPtr;
     Tcl_UniChar ch = 0;
+    int inPlace = flags & TCL_STRING_IN_PLACE;
 
     if (TclIsPureByteArray(objPtr)) {
 	int numBytes;
 	unsigned char *from = Tcl_GetByteArrayFromObj(objPtr, &numBytes);
 
-	if (Tcl_IsShared(objPtr)) {
+	if (!inPlace || Tcl_IsShared(objPtr)) {
 	    objPtr = Tcl_NewByteArrayObj(NULL, numBytes);
 	}
 	ReverseBytes(Tcl_GetByteArrayFromObj(objPtr, NULL), from, numBytes);
 	return objPtr;
     }
@@ -3452,11 +3454,11 @@
 
     if (stringPtr->hasUnicode) {
 	Tcl_UniChar *from = Tcl_GetUnicode(objPtr);
 	Tcl_UniChar *src = from + stringPtr->numChars;
 
-	if (Tcl_IsShared(objPtr)) {
+	if (!inPlace || Tcl_IsShared(objPtr)) {
 	    Tcl_UniChar *to;
 
 	    /*
 	     * Create a non-empty, pure unicode value, so we can coax
 	     * Tcl_SetObjLength into growing the unicode rep buffer.
@@ -3481,11 +3483,11 @@
     if (objPtr->bytes) {
 	int numChars = stringPtr->numChars;
 	int numBytes = objPtr->length;
 	char *to, *from = objPtr->bytes;
 
-	if (Tcl_IsShared(objPtr)) {
+	if (!inPlace || Tcl_IsShared(objPtr)) {
 	    objPtr = Tcl_NewObj();
 	    Tcl_SetObjLength(objPtr, numBytes);
 	}
 	to = objPtr->bytes;
 
@@ -3524,10 +3526,154 @@
 	ReverseBytes((unsigned char *)to, (unsigned char *)from, numBytes);
     }
 
     return objPtr;
 }
+
+/*
+ *---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+ *
+ * TclStringReplace --
+ *
+ *	Implements the inner engine of the [string replace] command.
+ *
+ *	The result is a concatenation of a prefix from objPtr, characters
+ *	0 through first-1, the insertPtr string value, and a suffix from
+ *	objPtr, characters from first + count to the end. The effect is
+ *	as if the inner substring of characters first through first+count-1
+ *	are removed and replaced with insertPtr.
+ *	If insertPtr is NULL, it is treated as an empty string.
+ *	When passed the flag TCL_STRING_IN_PLACE, this routine will try
+ *	to do the work within objPtr, so long as no sharing forbids it.
+ *	Without that request, or as needed, a new Tcl value will be allocated
+ *	to be the result.
+ *
+ * Results:
+ *	A Tcl value that is the result of the substring replacement.
+ *	May return NULL in case of an error. When NULL is returned and
+ *	interp is non-NULL, error information is left in interp
+ *
+ *---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+ */
+
+Tcl_Obj *
+TclStringReplace(
+    Tcl_Interp *interp,		/* For error reporting, may be NULL */
+    Tcl_Obj *objPtr,		/* String to act upon */
+    int first,			/* First index to replace */
+    int count,			/* How many chars to replace */
+    Tcl_Obj *insertPtr,		/* Replacement string, may be NULL */
+    int flags)			/* TCL_STRING_IN_PLACE => attempt in-place */
+{
+    int inPlace = flags & TCL_STRING_IN_PLACE;
+    Tcl_Obj *result;
+
+    /* Caller is expected to pass sensible arguments */
+    assert ( count >= 0 ) ;
+    assert ( first >= 0 ) ;
+
+    /* Replace nothing with nothing */
+    if ((insertPtr == NULL) && (count == 0)) {
+	if (inPlace) {
+	    return objPtr;
+	} else {
+	    return Tcl_DuplicateObj(objPtr);
+	}
+    }
+
+    /*
+     * The caller very likely had to call Tcl_GetCharLength() or similar
+     * to be able to process index values.  This means it is like that
+     * objPtr is either a proper "bytearray" or a "string" or else it has
+     * a known and short string rep.
+     */
+
+    if (TclIsPureByteArray(objPtr)) {
+	int numBytes;
+	unsigned char *bytes = Tcl_GetByteArrayFromObj(objPtr, &numBytes);
+
+	if (insertPtr == NULL) {
+	    /* Replace something with nothing. */
+
+	    assert ( first <= numBytes ) ;
+	    assert ( count <= numBytes ) ;
+	    assert ( first + count <= numBytes ) ;
+
+	    result = Tcl_NewByteArrayObj(NULL, numBytes - count);/* PANIC? */
+	    TclAppendBytesToByteArray(result, bytes, first);
+	    TclAppendBytesToByteArray(result, bytes + first + count,
+		    numBytes - count - first);
+	    return result;
+	}
+
+	/* Replace everything */
+	if ((first == 0) && (count == numBytes)) {
+	    return insertPtr;
+	}
+
+	if (TclIsPureByteArray(insertPtr)) {
+	    int newBytes;
+	    unsigned char *iBytes
+		    = Tcl_GetByteArrayFromObj(insertPtr, &newBytes);
+
+	    if (count == newBytes && inPlace && !Tcl_IsShared(objPtr)) {
+		/*
+		 * Removal count and replacement count are equal.
+		 * Other conditions permit. Do in-place splice.
+		 */
+
+		memcpy(bytes + first, iBytes, count);
+		Tcl_InvalidateStringRep(objPtr);
+		return objPtr;
+	    }
+
+	    if (newBytes > INT_MAX - (numBytes - count)) {
+		if (interp) {
+		    Tcl_SetObjResult(interp, Tcl_ObjPrintf(
+			    "max size for a Tcl value (%d bytes) exceeded",
+			    INT_MAX));
+		    Tcl_SetErrorCode(interp, "TCL", "MEMORY", NULL);
+		}
+		return NULL;
+	    }
+	    result = Tcl_NewByteArrayObj(NULL, numBytes - count + newBytes);
+								/* PANIC? */
+	    TclAppendBytesToByteArray(result, bytes, first);	
+	    TclAppendBytesToByteArray(result, iBytes, newBytes);
+	    TclAppendBytesToByteArray(result, bytes + first + count,
+		    numBytes - count - first);
+	    return result;
+	}
+
+	/* Flow through to try other approaches below */
+    }
+
+    /*
+     * TODO: Figure out how not to generate a Tcl_UniChar array rep
+     * when it can be determined objPtr->bytes points to a string of
+     * all single-byte characters so we can index it directly.
+     */
+
+    /* The traditional implementation... */
+    {
+	int numChars;
+	Tcl_UniChar *ustring = Tcl_GetUnicodeFromObj(objPtr, &numChars);
+
+	/* TODO: Is there an in-place option worth pursuing here? */
+	
+	result = Tcl_NewUnicodeObj(ustring, first);
+	if (insertPtr) {
+	    Tcl_AppendObjToObj(result, insertPtr);
+	}
+	if (first + count < numChars) {
+	    Tcl_AppendUnicodeToObj(result, ustring + first + count,
+		    numChars - first - count);
+	}
+
+	return result;
+    }
+}
 
 /*
  *---------------------------------------------------------------------------
  *
  * FillUnicodeRep --

Index: generic/tclStubInit.c
==================================================================
--- generic/tclStubInit.c
+++ generic/tclStubInit.c
@@ -29,10 +29,11 @@
 #undef Tcl_NewByteArrayObj
 #undef Tcl_NewDoubleObj
 #undef Tcl_NewIntObj
 #undef Tcl_NewListObj
 #undef Tcl_NewLongObj
+#undef Tcl_DbNewLongObj
 #undef Tcl_NewObj
 #undef Tcl_NewStringObj
 #undef Tcl_DumpActiveMemory
 #undef Tcl_ValidateAllMemory
 #undef Tcl_FindHashEntry
@@ -40,40 +41,53 @@
 #undef Tcl_Panic
 #undef Tcl_FindExecutable
 #undef TclpGetPid
 #undef TclSockMinimumBuffers
 #undef Tcl_SetIntObj
+#undef Tcl_SetLongObj
 #undef TclpInetNtoa
 #undef TclWinGetServByName
 #undef TclWinGetSockOpt
 #undef TclWinSetSockOpt
 #undef TclWinNToHS
 
 /* See bug 510001: TclSockMinimumBuffers needs plat imp */
-#if defined(_WIN64) || defined(TCL_NO_DEPRECATED)
+#if defined(_WIN64) || defined(TCL_NO_DEPRECATED) || TCL_MAJOR_VERSION > 8
 #   define TclSockMinimumBuffersOld 0
 #else
 #define TclSockMinimumBuffersOld sockMinimumBuffersOld
 static int TclSockMinimumBuffersOld(int sock, int size)
 {
     return TclSockMinimumBuffers(INT2PTR(sock), size);
 }
 #endif
 
-#if defined(TCL_NO_DEPRECATED)
+#if defined(TCL_NO_DEPRECATED) || TCL_MAJOR_VERSION > 8
 #   define TclSetStartupScriptPath 0
 #   define TclGetStartupScriptPath 0
 #   define TclSetStartupScriptFileName 0
 #   define TclGetStartupScriptFileName 0
+#   define TclPrecTraceProc 0
 #   define TclpInetNtoa 0
 #   define TclWinGetServByName 0
 #   define TclWinGetSockOpt 0
 #   define TclWinSetSockOpt 0
 #   define TclWinNToHS 0
+#   define TclWinGetPlatformId 0
+#   define TclWinResetInterfaces 0
+#   define TclWinSetInterfaces 0
+#   define TclWinGetPlatformId 0
 #   define TclBNInitBignumFromWideUInt 0
 #   define TclBNInitBignumFromWideInt 0
 #   define TclBNInitBignumFromLong 0
+#   define Tcl_Backslash 0
+#   define Tcl_GetDefaultEncodingDir 0
+#   define Tcl_SetDefaultEncodingDir 0
+#   define Tcl_EvalTokens 0
+#   define Tcl_CreateMathFunc 0
+#   define Tcl_GetMathFuncInfo 0
+#   define Tcl_ListMathFuncs 0
 #else
 #define TclSetStartupScriptPath setStartupScriptPath
 static void TclSetStartupScriptPath(Tcl_Obj *path)
 {
     Tcl_SetStartupScript(path, NULL);
@@ -96,17 +110,32 @@
     if (path == NULL) {
 	return NULL;
     }
     return Tcl_GetString(path);
 }
-
 #if defined(_WIN32) || defined(__CYGWIN__)
 #undef TclWinNToHS
+#undef TclWinGetPlatformId
+#undef TclWinResetInterfaces
+#undef TclWinSetInterfaces
+static void
+doNothing(void)
+{
+    /* dummy implementation, no need to do anything */
+}
 #define TclWinNToHS winNToHS
 static unsigned short TclWinNToHS(unsigned short ns) {
 	return ntohs(ns);
 }
+#define TclWinGetPlatformId winGetPlatformId
+static int
+TclWinGetPlatformId(void)
+{
+    return 2; /* VER_PLATFORM_WIN32_NT */;
+}
+#define TclWinResetInterfaces doNothing
+#define TclWinSetInterfaces (void (*) (int)) doNothing
 #endif
 #   define TclBNInitBignumFromWideUInt TclInitBignumFromWideUInt
 #   define TclBNInitBignumFromWideInt TclInitBignumFromWideInt
 #   define TclBNInitBignumFromLong TclInitBignumFromLong
 #endif /* TCL_NO_DEPRECATED */
@@ -117,41 +146,35 @@
 #   define TclUnixOpenTemporaryFile 0
 #   define TclpReaddir 0
 #   define TclpIsAtty 0
 #elif defined(__CYGWIN__)
 #   define TclpIsAtty TclPlatIsAtty
-#   define TclWinSetInterfaces (void (*) (int)) doNothing
+#if defined(TCL_NO_DEPRECATED) || TCL_MAJOR_VERSION > 8
+static void
+doNothing(void)
+{
+    /* dummy implementation, no need to do anything */
+}
+#endif
 #   define TclWinAddProcess (void (*) (void *, unsigned int)) doNothing
 #   define TclWinFlushDirtyChannels doNothing
-#   define TclWinResetInterfaces doNothing
-
-static Tcl_Encoding winTCharEncoding;
 
 static int
 TclpIsAtty(int fd)
 {
     return isatty(fd);
 }
 
-#define TclWinGetPlatformId winGetPlatformId
-static int
-TclWinGetPlatformId()
-{
-    /* Don't bother to determine the real platform on cygwin,
-     * because VER_PLATFORM_WIN32_NT is the only supported platform */
-    return 2; /* VER_PLATFORM_WIN32_NT */;
-}
-
 void *TclWinGetTclInstance()
 {
     void *hInstance = NULL;
     GetModuleHandleExW(GET_MODULE_HANDLE_EX_FLAG_FROM_ADDRESS,
-	    (const char *)&winTCharEncoding, &hInstance);
+	    (const char *)&TclpIsAtty, &hInstance);
     return hInstance;
 }
 
-#ifndef TCL_NO_DEPRECATED
+#if !defined(TCL_NO_DEPRECATED) && TCL_MAJOR_VERSION < 9
 #define TclWinSetSockOpt winSetSockOpt
 static int
 TclWinSetSockOpt(SOCKET s, int level, int optname,
 	    const char *optval, int optlen)
 {
@@ -192,40 +215,50 @@
 TclpGetPid(Tcl_Pid pid)
 {
     return (int) (size_t) pid;
 }
 
-static void
-doNothing(void)
-{
-    /* dummy implementation, no need to do anything */
-}
-
 char *
 Tcl_WinUtfToTChar(
     const char *string,
     int len,
     Tcl_DString *dsPtr)
 {
-    if (!winTCharEncoding) {
-	winTCharEncoding = Tcl_GetEncoding(0, "unicode");
-    }
-    return Tcl_UtfToExternalDString(winTCharEncoding,
-	    string, len, dsPtr);
+    WCHAR *wp;
+    int size = MultiByteToWideChar(CP_UTF8, 0, string, len, 0, 0);
+
+    Tcl_DStringInit(dsPtr);
+    Tcl_DStringSetLength(dsPtr, 2*size+2);
+    wp = (WCHAR *)Tcl_DStringValue(dsPtr);
+    MultiByteToWideChar(CP_UTF8, 0, string, len, wp, size+1);
+    if (len == -1) --size; /* account for 0-byte at string end */
+    Tcl_DStringSetLength(dsPtr, 2*size);
+    wp[size] = 0;
+    return (char *)wp;
 }
 
 char *
 Tcl_WinTCharToUtf(
     const char *string,
     int len,
     Tcl_DString *dsPtr)
 {
-    if (!winTCharEncoding) {
-	winTCharEncoding = Tcl_GetEncoding(0, "unicode");
+    char *p;
+    int size;
+
+    if (len > 0) {
+	len /= 2;
     }
-    return Tcl_ExternalToUtfDString(winTCharEncoding,
-	    string, len, dsPtr);
+    size = WideCharToMultiByte(CP_UTF8, 0, string, len, 0, 0, NULL, NULL);
+    Tcl_DStringInit(dsPtr);
+    Tcl_DStringSetLength(dsPtr, size+1);
+    p = (char *)Tcl_DStringValue(dsPtr);
+    WideCharToMultiByte(CP_UTF8, 0, string, len, p, size, NULL, NULL);
+    if (len == -1) --size; /* account for 0-byte at string end */
+    Tcl_DStringSetLength(dsPtr, size);
+    p[size] = 0;
+    return p;
 }
 
 #if defined(TCL_WIDE_INT_IS_LONG)
 /* On Cygwin64, long is 64-bit while on Win64 long is 32-bit. Therefore
  * we have to make sure that all stub entries on Cygwin64 follow the Win64
@@ -242,11 +275,11 @@
     register Tcl_Obj *objPtr;
 
     TclDbNewObj(objPtr, file, line);
     objPtr->bytes = NULL;
 
-    objPtr->internalRep.longValue = (long) intValue;
+    objPtr->internalRep.wideValue = (long) intValue;
     objPtr->typePtr = &tclIntType;
     return objPtr;
 #else
     return Tcl_NewIntObj(intValue);
 #endif
@@ -309,11 +342,11 @@
 
 #endif /* TCL_WIDE_INT_IS_LONG */
 
 #endif /* __CYGWIN__ */
 
-#ifdef TCL_NO_DEPRECATED
+#if defined(TCL_NO_DEPRECATED)
 #   define Tcl_SeekOld 0
 #   define Tcl_TellOld 0
 #   undef Tcl_SetBooleanObj
 #   define Tcl_SetBooleanObj 0
 #   undef Tcl_PkgPresent
@@ -364,10 +397,30 @@
 #   undef Tcl_GlobalEvalObj
 #   define Tcl_GlobalEvalObj 0
 #   define TclBackgroundException 0
 #   undef TclpReaddir
 #   define TclpReaddir 0
+#   define TclSetStartupScript 0
+#   define TclGetStartupScript 0
+#   define TclCreateNamespace 0
+#   define TclDeleteNamespace 0
+#   define TclAppendExportList 0
+#   define TclExport 0
+#   define TclImport 0
+#   define TclForgetImport 0
+#   define TclGetCurrentNamespace_ 0
+#   define TclGetGlobalNamespace_ 0
+#   define TclFindNamespace 0
+#   define TclFindCommand 0
+#   define TclGetCommandFromObj 0
+#   define TclGetCommandFullName 0
+#   define TclCopyChannelOld 0
+#   define Tcl_AppendResultVA 0
+#   define Tcl_AppendStringsToObjVA 0
+#   define Tcl_SetErrorCodeVA 0
+#   define Tcl_PanicVA 0
+#   define Tcl_VarEvalVA 0
 #   undef TclpGetDate
 #   define TclpGetDate 0
 #   undef TclpLocaltime
 #   define TclpLocaltime 0
 #   undef TclpGmtime
@@ -376,10 +429,24 @@
 #   define TclpGmtime_unix 0
 #else /* TCL_NO_DEPRECATED */
 #   define Tcl_SeekOld seekOld
 #   define Tcl_TellOld tellOld
 #   define TclBackgroundException Tcl_BackgroundException
+#   define TclSetStartupScript Tcl_SetStartupScript
+#   define TclGetStartupScript Tcl_GetStartupScript
+#   define TclCreateNamespace Tcl_CreateNamespace
+#   define TclDeleteNamespace Tcl_DeleteNamespace
+#   define TclAppendExportList Tcl_AppendExportList
+#   define TclExport Tcl_Export
+#   define TclImport Tcl_Import
+#   define TclForgetImport Tcl_ForgetImport
+#   define TclGetCurrentNamespace_ Tcl_GetCurrentNamespace
+#   define TclGetGlobalNamespace_ Tcl_GetGlobalNamespace
+#   define TclFindNamespace Tcl_FindNamespace
+#   define TclFindCommand Tcl_FindCommand
+#   define TclGetCommandFromObj Tcl_GetCommandFromObj
+#   define TclGetCommandFullName Tcl_GetCommandFullName
 #   define TclpLocaltime_unix TclpLocaltime
 #   define TclpGmtime_unix TclpGmtime
 
 static int
 seekOld(
@@ -528,26 +595,26 @@
     0, /* 107 */
     TclTeardownNamespace, /* 108 */
     TclUpdateReturnInfo, /* 109 */
     TclSockMinimumBuffers, /* 110 */
     Tcl_AddInterpResolvers, /* 111 */
-    Tcl_AppendExportList, /* 112 */
-    Tcl_CreateNamespace, /* 113 */
-    Tcl_DeleteNamespace, /* 114 */
-    Tcl_Export, /* 115 */
-    Tcl_FindCommand, /* 116 */
-    Tcl_FindNamespace, /* 117 */
+    TclAppendExportList, /* 112 */
+    TclCreateNamespace, /* 113 */
+    TclDeleteNamespace, /* 114 */
+    TclExport, /* 115 */
+    TclFindCommand, /* 116 */
+    TclFindNamespace, /* 117 */
     Tcl_GetInterpResolvers, /* 118 */
     Tcl_GetNamespaceResolvers, /* 119 */
     Tcl_FindNamespaceVar, /* 120 */
-    Tcl_ForgetImport, /* 121 */
-    Tcl_GetCommandFromObj, /* 122 */
-    Tcl_GetCommandFullName, /* 123 */
-    Tcl_GetCurrentNamespace, /* 124 */
-    Tcl_GetGlobalNamespace, /* 125 */
+    TclForgetImport, /* 121 */
+    TclGetCommandFromObj, /* 122 */
+    TclGetCommandFullName, /* 123 */
+    TclGetCurrentNamespace_, /* 124 */
+    TclGetGlobalNamespace_, /* 125 */
     Tcl_GetVariableFullName, /* 126 */
-    Tcl_Import, /* 127 */
+    TclImport, /* 127 */
     Tcl_PopCallFrame, /* 128 */
     Tcl_PushCallFrame, /* 129 */
     Tcl_RemoveInterpResolvers, /* 130 */
     Tcl_SetNamespaceResolvers, /* 131 */
     TclpHasSockets, /* 132 */
@@ -594,12 +661,12 @@
     TclUniCharMatch, /* 173 */
     0, /* 174 */
     TclCallVarTraces, /* 175 */
     TclCleanupVar, /* 176 */
     TclVarErrMsg, /* 177 */
-    Tcl_SetStartupScript, /* 178 */
-    Tcl_GetStartupScript, /* 179 */
+    TclSetStartupScript, /* 178 */
+    TclGetStartupScript, /* 179 */
     0, /* 180 */
     0, /* 181 */
     TclpLocaltime, /* 182 */
     TclpGmtime, /* 183 */
     0, /* 184 */

Index: generic/tclStubLib.c
==================================================================
--- generic/tclStubLib.c
+++ generic/tclStubLib.c
@@ -64,12 +64,12 @@
      * prevents apps from being able to load/unload Tcl dynamically multiple
      * times. [Bug 615304]
      */
 
     if (!stubsPtr || (stubsPtr->magic != (((exact&0xff00) >= 0x900) ? magic : TCL_STUB_MAGIC))) {
-	iPtr->legacyResult = "interpreter uses an incompatible stubs mechanism";
-	iPtr->legacyFreeProc = 0; /* TCL_STATIC */
+	iPtr->result = (char *)"interpreter uses an incompatible stubs mechanism";
+	iPtr->freeProc = 0;
 	return NULL;
     }
 
     actualVersion = stubsPtr->tcl_PkgRequireEx(interp, "Tcl", version, 0, &pkgData);
     if (actualVersion == NULL) {

Index: generic/tclTest.c
==================================================================
--- generic/tclTest.c
+++ generic/tclTest.c
@@ -303,18 +303,10 @@
 static int		TestlinkCmd(ClientData dummy,
 			    Tcl_Interp *interp, int argc, const char **argv);
 static int		TestlocaleCmd(ClientData dummy,
 			    Tcl_Interp *interp, int objc,
 			    Tcl_Obj *const objv[]);
-#ifndef TCL_NO_DEPRECATED
-static int		TestMathFunc(ClientData clientData,
-			    Tcl_Interp *interp, Tcl_Value *args,
-			    Tcl_Value *resultPtr);
-static int		TestMathFunc2(ClientData clientData,
-			    Tcl_Interp *interp, Tcl_Value *args,
-			    Tcl_Value *resultPtr);
-#endif /* TCL_NO_DEPRECATED */
 static int		TestmainthreadCmd(ClientData dummy,
 			    Tcl_Interp *interp, int argc, const char **argv);
 static int		TestsetmainloopCmd(ClientData dummy,
 			    Tcl_Interp *interp, int argc, const char **argv);
 static int		TestexitmainloopCmd(ClientData dummy,
@@ -421,10 +413,16 @@
 static Tcl_FSPathInFilesystemProc SimplePathInFilesystem;
 static Tcl_Obj *	SimpleRedirect(Tcl_Obj *pathPtr);
 static Tcl_FSMatchInDirectoryProc SimpleMatchInDirectory;
 static int		TestNumUtfCharsCmd(ClientData clientData,
 			    Tcl_Interp *interp, int objc,
+			    Tcl_Obj *const objv[]);
+static int		TestFindFirstCmd(ClientData clientData,
+			    Tcl_Interp *interp, int objc,
+			    Tcl_Obj *const objv[]);
+static int		TestFindLastCmd(ClientData clientData,
+			    Tcl_Interp *interp, int objc,
 			    Tcl_Obj *const objv[]);
 static int		TestHashSystemHashCmd(ClientData clientData,
 			    Tcl_Interp *interp, int objc,
 			    Tcl_Obj *const objv[]);
 
@@ -547,14 +545,10 @@
 
 int
 Tcltest_Init(
     Tcl_Interp *interp)		/* Interpreter for application. */
 {
-#ifndef TCL_NO_DEPRECATED
-    Tcl_ValueType t3ArgTypes[2];
-#endif /* TCL_NO_DEPRECATED */
-
     Tcl_Obj *listPtr;
     Tcl_Obj **objv;
     int objc, index;
     static const char *const specialOptions[] = {
 	"-appinitprocerror", "-appinitprocdeleteinterp",
@@ -690,23 +684,23 @@
 	    NULL, NULL);
     Tcl_CreateObjCommand(interp, "testsetobjerrorcode",
 	    TestsetobjerrorcodeCmd, NULL, NULL);
     Tcl_CreateObjCommand(interp, "testnumutfchars",
 	    TestNumUtfCharsCmd, NULL, NULL);
+    Tcl_CreateObjCommand(interp, "testfindfirst",
+	    TestFindFirstCmd, NULL, NULL);
+    Tcl_CreateObjCommand(interp, "testfindlast",
+	    TestFindLastCmd, NULL, NULL);
     Tcl_CreateCommand(interp, "testsetplatform", TestsetplatformCmd,
 	    NULL, NULL);
     Tcl_CreateCommand(interp, "testsocket", TestSocketCmd,
 	    NULL, NULL);
     Tcl_CreateCommand(interp, "teststaticpkg", TeststaticpkgCmd,
 	    NULL, NULL);
     Tcl_CreateCommand(interp, "testtranslatefilename",
 	    TesttranslatefilenameCmd, NULL, NULL);
     Tcl_CreateCommand(interp, "testupvar", TestupvarCmd, NULL, NULL);
-#ifndef TCL_NO_DEPRECATED
-    Tcl_CreateMathFunc(interp, "T1", 0, NULL, TestMathFunc, (ClientData) 123);
-    Tcl_CreateMathFunc(interp, "T2", 0, NULL, TestMathFunc, (ClientData) 345);
-#endif /* TCL_NO_DEPRECATED */
     Tcl_CreateCommand(interp, "testmainthread", TestmainthreadCmd, NULL,
 	    NULL);
     Tcl_CreateCommand(interp, "testsetmainloop", TestsetmainloopCmd,
 	    NULL, NULL);
     Tcl_CreateCommand(interp, "testexitmainloop", TestexitmainloopCmd,
@@ -713,17 +707,10 @@
 	    NULL, NULL);
 #if defined(HAVE_CPUID) || defined(_WIN32)
     Tcl_CreateObjCommand(interp, "testcpuid", TestcpuidCmd,
 	    (ClientData) 0, NULL);
 #endif
-#ifndef TCL_NO_DEPRECATED
-    t3ArgTypes[0] = TCL_EITHER;
-    t3ArgTypes[1] = TCL_EITHER;
-    Tcl_CreateMathFunc(interp, "T3", 2, t3ArgTypes, TestMathFunc2,
-	    NULL);
-#endif /* TCL_NO_DEPRECATED */
-
     Tcl_CreateObjCommand(interp, "testnreunwind", TestNREUnwind,
 	    NULL, NULL);
     Tcl_CreateObjCommand(interp, "testnrelevels", TestNRELevels,
 	    NULL, NULL);
     Tcl_CreateObjCommand(interp, "testinterpresolver", TestInterpResolverCmd,
@@ -3345,150 +3332,10 @@
 }
 
 /*
  *----------------------------------------------------------------------
  *
- * TestMathFunc --
- *
- *	This is a user-defined math procedure to test out math procedures
- *	with no arguments.
- *
- * Results:
- *	A normal Tcl completion code.
- *
- * Side effects:
- *	None.
- *
- *----------------------------------------------------------------------
- */
-
-	/* ARGSUSED */
-#ifndef TCL_NO_DEPRECATED
-static int
-TestMathFunc(
-    ClientData clientData,	/* Integer value to return. */
-    Tcl_Interp *interp,		/* Not used. */
-    Tcl_Value *args,		/* Not used. */
-    Tcl_Value *resultPtr)	/* Where to store result. */
-{
-    resultPtr->type = TCL_INT;
-    resultPtr->intValue = PTR2INT(clientData);
-    return TCL_OK;
-}
-
-/*
- *----------------------------------------------------------------------
- *
- * TestMathFunc2 --
- *
- *	This is a user-defined math procedure to test out math procedures
- *	that do have arguments, in this case 2.
- *
- * Results:
- *	A normal Tcl completion code.
- *
- * Side effects:
- *	None.
- *
- *----------------------------------------------------------------------
- */
-
-	/* ARGSUSED */
-static int
-TestMathFunc2(
-    ClientData clientData,	/* Integer value to return. */
-    Tcl_Interp *interp,		/* Used to report errors. */
-    Tcl_Value *args,		/* Points to an array of two Tcl_Value structs
-				 * for the two arguments. */
-    Tcl_Value *resultPtr)	/* Where to store the result. */
-{
-    int result = TCL_OK;
-
-    /*
-     * Return the maximum of the two arguments with the correct type.
-     */
-
-    if (args[0].type == TCL_INT) {
-	int i0 = args[0].intValue;
-
-	if (args[1].type == TCL_INT) {
-	    int i1 = args[1].intValue;
-
-	    resultPtr->type = TCL_INT;
-	    resultPtr->intValue = ((i0 > i1)? i0 : i1);
-	} else if (args[1].type == TCL_DOUBLE) {
-	    double d0 = i0;
-	    double d1 = args[1].doubleValue;
-
-	    resultPtr->type = TCL_DOUBLE;
-	    resultPtr->doubleValue = ((d0 > d1)? d0 : d1);
-	} else if (args[1].type == TCL_WIDE_INT) {
-	    Tcl_WideInt w0 = Tcl_LongAsWide(i0);
-	    Tcl_WideInt w1 = args[1].wideValue;
-
-	    resultPtr->type = TCL_WIDE_INT;
-	    resultPtr->wideValue = ((w0 > w1)? w0 : w1);
-	} else {
-	    Tcl_AppendResult(interp, "T3: wrong type for arg 2", NULL);
-	    result = TCL_ERROR;
-	}
-    } else if (args[0].type == TCL_DOUBLE) {
-	double d0 = args[0].doubleValue;
-
-	if (args[1].type == TCL_INT) {
-	    double d1 = args[1].intValue;
-
-	    resultPtr->type = TCL_DOUBLE;
-	    resultPtr->doubleValue = ((d0 > d1)? d0 : d1);
-	} else if (args[1].type == TCL_DOUBLE) {
-	    double d1 = args[1].doubleValue;
-
-	    resultPtr->type = TCL_DOUBLE;
-	    resultPtr->doubleValue = ((d0 > d1)? d0 : d1);
-	} else if (args[1].type == TCL_WIDE_INT) {
-	    double d1 = Tcl_WideAsDouble(args[1].wideValue);
-
-	    resultPtr->type = TCL_DOUBLE;
-	    resultPtr->doubleValue = ((d0 > d1)? d0 : d1);
-	} else {
-	    Tcl_AppendResult(interp, "T3: wrong type for arg 2", NULL);
-	    result = TCL_ERROR;
-	}
-    } else if (args[0].type == TCL_WIDE_INT) {
-	Tcl_WideInt w0 = args[0].wideValue;
-
-	if (args[1].type == TCL_INT) {
-	    Tcl_WideInt w1 = Tcl_LongAsWide(args[1].intValue);
-
-	    resultPtr->type = TCL_WIDE_INT;
-	    resultPtr->wideValue = ((w0 > w1)? w0 : w1);
-	} else if (args[1].type == TCL_DOUBLE) {
-	    double d0 = Tcl_WideAsDouble(w0);
-	    double d1 = args[1].doubleValue;
-
-	    resultPtr->type = TCL_DOUBLE;
-	    resultPtr->doubleValue = ((d0 > d1)? d0 : d1);
-	} else if (args[1].type == TCL_WIDE_INT) {
-	    Tcl_WideInt w1 = args[1].wideValue;
-
-	    resultPtr->type = TCL_WIDE_INT;
-	    resultPtr->wideValue = ((w0 > w1)? w0 : w1);
-	} else {
-	    Tcl_AppendResult(interp, "T3: wrong type for arg 2", NULL);
-	    result = TCL_ERROR;
-	}
-    } else {
-	Tcl_AppendResult(interp, "T3: wrong type for arg 1", NULL);
-	result = TCL_ERROR;
-    }
-    return result;
-}
-#endif /* TCL_NO_DEPRECATED */
-
-/*
- *----------------------------------------------------------------------
- *
  * CleanupTestSetassocdataTests --
  *
  *	This function is called when an interpreter is deleted to clean
  *	up any data left over from running the testsetassocdata command.
  *
@@ -5226,10 +5073,11 @@
     ClientData dummy,		/* Not used. */
     register Tcl_Interp *interp,/* Current interpreter. */
     int objc,			/* Number of arguments. */
     Tcl_Obj *const objv[])	/* The argument objects. */
 {
+    Interp* iPtr = (Interp*) interp;
     int discard, result, index;
     Tcl_SavedResult state;
     Tcl_Obj *objPtr;
     static const char *const optionStrings[] = {
 	"append", "dynamic", "free", "object", "small", NULL
@@ -5293,13 +5141,16 @@
 	Tcl_RestoreResult(interp, &state);
 	result = TCL_OK;
     }
 
     switch ((enum options) index) {
-    case RESULT_DYNAMIC:
-	Tcl_AppendElement(interp, freeCount ? "freed" : "leak");
+    case RESULT_DYNAMIC: {
+	int presentOrFreed = (iPtr->freeProc == TestsaveresultFree) ^ freeCount;
+
+	Tcl_AppendElement(interp, presentOrFreed ? "presentOrFreed" : "missingOrLeak");
 	break;
+    }
     case RESULT_OBJECT:
 	Tcl_AppendElement(interp, Tcl_GetObjResult(interp) == objPtr
 		? "same" : "different");
 	break;
     default:
@@ -5354,11 +5205,11 @@
     register Tcl_Interp *interp,/* Current interpreter. */
     int argc,			/* Number of arguments. */
     const char **argv)		/* Argument strings. */
 {
     if (argc == 1) {
-	Tcl_Obj *idObj = Tcl_NewLongObj((long)(size_t)Tcl_GetCurrentThread());
+	Tcl_Obj *idObj = Tcl_NewWideIntObj((Tcl_WideInt)(size_t)Tcl_GetCurrentThread());
 
 	Tcl_SetObjResult(interp, idObj);
 	return TCL_OK;
     } else {
 	Tcl_AppendResult(interp, "wrong # args", NULL);
@@ -5751,12 +5602,12 @@
 	if (argc != 3) {
 	    Tcl_AppendResult(interp, "channel name required", NULL);
 	    return TCL_ERROR;
 	}
 
-	TclFormatInt(buf, (size_t) Tcl_GetChannelThread(chan));
-	Tcl_AppendResult(interp, buf, NULL);
+	Tcl_SetObjResult(interp, Tcl_NewWideIntObj(
+		(Tcl_WideInt) (size_t) Tcl_GetChannelThread(chan)));
 	return TCL_OK;
     }
 
     if ((cmdName[0] == 'n') && (strncmp(cmdName, "name", len) == 0)) {
 	if (argc != 3) {
@@ -6878,10 +6729,54 @@
 	len = Tcl_NumUtfChars(Tcl_GetString(objv[1]), len);
 	Tcl_SetObjResult(interp, Tcl_NewIntObj(len));
     }
     return TCL_OK;
 }
+
+/*
+ * Used to check correct operation of Tcl_UtfFindFirst
+ */
+
+static int
+TestFindFirstCmd(
+    ClientData clientData,
+    Tcl_Interp *interp,
+    int objc,
+    Tcl_Obj *const objv[])
+{
+    if (objc > 1) {
+	int len = -1;
+
+	if (objc > 2) {
+	    (void) Tcl_GetIntFromObj(interp, objv[2], &len);
+	}
+	Tcl_SetObjResult(interp, Tcl_NewStringObj(Tcl_UtfFindFirst(Tcl_GetString(objv[1]), len), -1));
+    }
+    return TCL_OK;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Used to check correct operation of Tcl_UtfFindLast
+ */
+
+static int
+TestFindLastCmd(
+    ClientData clientData,
+    Tcl_Interp *interp,
+    int objc,
+    Tcl_Obj *const objv[])
+{
+    if (objc > 1) {
+	int len = -1;
+
+	if (objc > 2) {
+	    (void) Tcl_GetIntFromObj(interp, objv[2], &len);
+	}
+	Tcl_SetObjResult(interp, Tcl_NewStringObj(Tcl_UtfFindLast(Tcl_GetString(objv[1]), len), -1));
+    }
+    return TCL_OK;
+}
 
 #if defined(HAVE_CPUID) || defined(_WIN32)
 /*
  *----------------------------------------------------------------------
  *

Index: generic/tclTestObj.c
==================================================================
--- generic/tclTestObj.c
+++ generic/tclTestObj.c
@@ -1086,10 +1086,13 @@
 	}
 	if (objv[2]->typePtr == NULL) {
 	    Tcl_SetObjResult(interp, Tcl_NewStringObj("none", -1));
 	} else {
 	    typeName = objv[2]->typePtr->name;
+#ifndef TCL_WIDE_INT_IS_LONG
+	    if (!strcmp(typeName, "wideInt")) typeName = "int";
+#endif
 	    Tcl_SetObjResult(interp, Tcl_NewStringObj(typeName, -1));
 	}
     } else if (strcmp(subCmd, "refcount") == 0) {
 	if (objc != 3) {
 	    goto wrongNumArgs;
@@ -1113,10 +1116,15 @@
 	if (CheckIfVarUnset(interp, varPtr,varIndex)) {
 	    return TCL_ERROR;
 	}
 	if (varPtr[varIndex]->typePtr == NULL) { /* a string! */
 	    Tcl_AppendToObj(Tcl_GetObjResult(interp), "string", -1);
+#ifndef TCL_WIDE_INT_IS_LONG
+	} else if (!strcmp(varPtr[varIndex]->typePtr->name, "wideInt")) {
+	    Tcl_AppendToObj(Tcl_GetObjResult(interp),
+		    "int", -1);
+#endif
 	} else {
 	    Tcl_AppendToObj(Tcl_GetObjResult(interp),
 		    varPtr[varIndex]->typePtr->name, -1);
 	}
     } else if (strcmp(subCmd, "types") == 0) {

Index: generic/tclThreadTest.c
==================================================================
--- generic/tclThreadTest.c
+++ generic/tclThreadTest.c
@@ -246,11 +246,11 @@
 	Tcl_MutexUnlock(&threadMutex);
     }
 
     switch ((enum options)option) {
     case THREAD_CANCEL: {
-	long id;
+	Tcl_WideInt id;
 	const char *result;
 	int flags, arg;
 
 	if ((objc < 3) || (objc > 5)) {
 	    Tcl_WrongNumArgs(interp, 2, objv, "?-unwind? id ?result?");
@@ -262,11 +262,11 @@
 	    if (strcmp("-unwind", Tcl_GetString(objv[arg])) == 0) {
 		flags = TCL_CANCEL_UNWIND;
 		arg++;
 	    }
 	}
-	if (Tcl_GetLongFromObj(interp, objv[arg], &id) != TCL_OK) {
+	if (Tcl_GetWideIntFromObj(interp, objv[arg], &id) != TCL_OK) {
 	    return TCL_ERROR;
 	}
 	arg++;
 	if (arg < objc) {
 	    result = Tcl_GetString(objv[arg]);

Index: generic/tclTimer.c
==================================================================
--- generic/tclTimer.c
+++ generic/tclTimer.c
@@ -817,13 +817,10 @@
     /*
      * First lets see if the command was passed a number as the first argument.
      */
 
     if (objv[1]->typePtr == &tclIntType
-#ifndef TCL_WIDE_INT_IS_LONG
-	    || objv[1]->typePtr == &tclWideIntType
-#endif
 	    || objv[1]->typePtr == &tclBignumType
 	    || (Tcl_GetIndexFromObj(NULL, objv[1], afterSubCmds, "", 0,
 		    &index) != TCL_OK)) {
 	index = -1;
 	if (Tcl_GetWideIntFromObj(NULL, objv[1], &ms) != TCL_OK) {
@@ -1043,41 +1040,31 @@
 	    }
 	}
 	if (iPtr->limit.timeEvent == NULL
 		|| TCL_TIME_BEFORE(endTime, iPtr->limit.time)) {
 	    diff = TCL_TIME_DIFF_MS_CEILING(endTime, now);
-#ifndef TCL_WIDE_INT_IS_LONG
-	    if (diff > LONG_MAX) {
-		diff = LONG_MAX;
-	    }
-#endif
-	    if (diff > TCL_TIME_MAXIMUM_SLICE) {
-		diff = TCL_TIME_MAXIMUM_SLICE;
-	    }
-            if (diff == 0 && TCL_TIME_BEFORE(now, endTime)) {
-                diff = 1;
-            }
-	    if (diff > 0) {
-		Tcl_Sleep((long) diff);
-                if (diff < SLEEP_OFFLOAD_GETTIMEOFDAY) {
-                    break;
-                }
-	    } else {
-                break;
-            }
-	} else {
-	    diff = TCL_TIME_DIFF_MS(iPtr->limit.time, now);
-#ifndef TCL_WIDE_INT_IS_LONG
-	    if (diff > LONG_MAX) {
-		diff = LONG_MAX;
-	    }
-#endif
-	    if (diff > TCL_TIME_MAXIMUM_SLICE) {
-		diff = TCL_TIME_MAXIMUM_SLICE;
-	    }
-	    if (diff > 0) {
-		Tcl_Sleep((long) diff);
+	    if (diff > TCL_TIME_MAXIMUM_SLICE) {
+		diff = TCL_TIME_MAXIMUM_SLICE;
+	    }
+	    if (diff == 0 && TCL_TIME_BEFORE(now, endTime)) {
+		diff = 1;
+	    }
+	    if (diff > 0) {
+		Tcl_Sleep((int) diff);
+		if (diff < SLEEP_OFFLOAD_GETTIMEOFDAY) {
+		    break;
+		}
+	    } else {
+		break;
+	    }
+	} else {
+	    diff = TCL_TIME_DIFF_MS(iPtr->limit.time, now);
+	    if (diff > TCL_TIME_MAXIMUM_SLICE) {
+		diff = TCL_TIME_MAXIMUM_SLICE;
+	    }
+	    if (diff > 0) {
+		Tcl_Sleep((int) diff);
 	    }
 	    if (Tcl_AsyncReady()) {
 		if (Tcl_AsyncInvoke(interp, TCL_OK) != TCL_OK) {
 		    return TCL_ERROR;
 		}
@@ -1087,11 +1074,11 @@
 	    }
 	    if (Tcl_LimitCheck(interp) != TCL_OK) {
 		return TCL_ERROR;
 	    }
 	}
-        Tcl_GetTime(&now);
+	Tcl_GetTime(&now);
     } while (TCL_TIME_BEFORE(now, endTime));
     return TCL_OK;
 }
 
 /*

Index: generic/tclTomMath.h
==================================================================
--- generic/tclTomMath.h
+++ generic/tclTomMath.h
@@ -23,14 +23,19 @@
 
 
 #ifdef __cplusplus
 extern "C" {
 #endif
+
+/* MS Visual C++ doesn't have a 128bit type for words, so fall back to 32bit MPI's (where words are 64bit) */
+#if defined(_MSC_VER) || defined(__LLP64__)
+#   define MP_32BIT
+#endif
 
 /* detect 64-bit mode if possible */
-#if defined(NEVER)  /* 128-bit ints fail in too many places */
-#   if !(defined(MP_32BIT) || defined(MP_16BIT) || defined(MP_8BIT))
+#if defined(NEVER)
+#   if !(defined(MP_32BIT) || defined(MP_16BIT) || defined(MP_8BIT) || defined(_MSC_VER))
 #      define MP_64BIT
 #   endif
 #endif
 
 /* some default configurations.
@@ -71,16 +76,11 @@
 /* for GCC only on supported platforms */
 #ifndef MP_DIGIT_DECLARED
 typedef uint64_t mp_digit;
 #define MP_DIGIT_DECLARED
 #endif
-#   if defined(_WIN32)
-#ifndef MP_WORD_DECLARED
-typedef unsigned __int128    mp_word;
-#define MP_WORD_DECLARED
-#endif
-#   elif defined(__GNUC__)
+#   if defined(__GNUC__)
 typedef unsigned long        mp_word __attribute__((mode(TI)));
 #   else
 /* it seems you have a problem
  * but we assume you can somewhere define your own uint128_t */
 #ifndef MP_WORD_DECLARED
@@ -122,11 +122,11 @@
 #endif
 
 /* use arc4random on platforms that support it */
 #if defined(__FreeBSD__) || defined(__OpenBSD__) || defined(__NetBSD__) || defined(__DragonFly__)
 #   define MP_GEN_RANDOM()    arc4random()
-#   define MP_GEN_RANDOM_MAX  0xffffffff
+#   define MP_GEN_RANDOM_MAX  0xffffffffu
 #endif
 
 /* use rand() as fall-back if there's no better rand function */
 #ifndef MP_GEN_RANDOM
 #   define MP_GEN_RANDOM()    rand()
@@ -179,11 +179,11 @@
 #      define MP_PREC 8         /* default digits of precision */
 #   endif
 #endif
 
 /* size of comba arrays, should be at least 2 * 2**(BITS_PER_WORD - BITS_PER_DIGIT*2) */
-#define MP_WARRAY               (1 << (((sizeof(mp_word) * CHAR_BIT) - (2 * DIGIT_BIT)) + 1))
+#define MP_WARRAY               (1u << (((sizeof(mp_word) * CHAR_BIT) - (2 * DIGIT_BIT)) + 1))
 
 /* the infamous mp_int structure */
 #ifndef MP_INT_DECLARED
 #define MP_INT_DECLARED
 typedef struct mp_int mp_int;
@@ -269,13 +269,13 @@
 /* set a platform dependent unsigned long value */
 /*
 int mp_set_long(mp_int *a, unsigned long b);
 */
 
-/* set a platform dependent unsigned long long value */
+/* set a platform dependent Tcl_WideUInt value */
 /*
-int mp_set_long_long(mp_int *a, unsigned long long b);
+int mp_set_long_long(mp_int *a, Tcl_WideUInt b);
 */
 
 /* get a 32-bit value */
 /*
 unsigned long mp_get_int(const mp_int *a);
@@ -284,13 +284,13 @@
 /* get a platform dependent unsigned long value */
 /*
 unsigned long mp_get_long(const mp_int *a);
 */
 
-/* get a platform dependent unsigned long long value */
+/* get a platform dependent Tcl_WideUInt value */
 /*
-unsigned long long mp_get_long_long(const mp_int *a);
+Tcl_WideUInt mp_get_long_long(const mp_int *a);
 */
 
 /* initialize and set a digit */
 /*
 int mp_init_set(mp_int *a, mp_digit b);
@@ -551,11 +551,11 @@
 int mp_sqrt(const mp_int *arg, mp_int *ret);
 */
 
 /* special sqrt (mod prime) */
 /*
-int mp_sqrtmod_prime(const mp_int *arg, const mp_int *prime, mp_int *ret);
+int mp_sqrtmod_prime(const mp_int *n, const mp_int *prime, mp_int *ret);
 */
 
 /* is number a square? */
 /*
 int mp_is_square(const mp_int *arg, int *ret);
@@ -571,20 +571,20 @@
 int mp_reduce_setup(mp_int *a, const mp_int *b);
 */
 
 /* Barrett Reduction, computes a (mod b) with a precomputed value c
  *
- * Assumes that 0 < a <= b*b, note if 0 > a > -(b*b) then you can merely
- * compute the reduction as -1 * mp_reduce(mp_abs(a)) [pseudo code].
+ * Assumes that 0 < x <= m*m, note if 0 > x > -(m*m) then you can merely
+ * compute the reduction as -1 * mp_reduce(mp_abs(x)) [pseudo code].
  */
 /*
-int mp_reduce(mp_int *a, const mp_int *b, const mp_int *c);
+int mp_reduce(mp_int *x, const mp_int *m, const mp_int *mu);
 */
 
 /* setups the montgomery reduction */
 /*
-int mp_montgomery_setup(const mp_int *a, mp_digit *mp);
+int mp_montgomery_setup(const mp_int *n, mp_digit *rho);
 */
 
 /* computes a = B**n mod b without division or multiplication useful for
  * normalizing numbers in a Montgomery system.
  */
@@ -592,11 +592,11 @@
 int mp_montgomery_calc_normalization(mp_int *a, const mp_int *b);
 */
 
 /* computes x/R == x (mod N) via Montgomery Reduction */
 /*
-int mp_montgomery_reduce(mp_int *a, const mp_int *m, mp_digit mp);
+int mp_montgomery_reduce(mp_int *x, const mp_int *n, mp_digit rho);
 */
 
 /* returns 1 if a is a valid DR modulus */
 /*
 int mp_dr_is_modulus(const mp_int *a);
@@ -605,13 +605,13 @@
 /* sets the value of "d" required for mp_dr_reduce */
 /*
 void mp_dr_setup(const mp_int *a, mp_digit *d);
 */
 
-/* reduces a modulo b using the Diminished Radix method */
+/* reduces a modulo n using the Diminished Radix method */
 /*
-int mp_dr_reduce(mp_int *a, const mp_int *b, mp_digit mp);
+int mp_dr_reduce(mp_int *x, const mp_int *n, mp_digit k);
 */
 
 /* returns true if a can be reduced with mp_reduce_2k */
 /*
 int mp_reduce_is_2k(const mp_int *a);
@@ -640,13 +640,13 @@
 /* reduces a modulo b where b is of the form 2**p - k [0 <= a] */
 /*
 int mp_reduce_2k_l(mp_int *a, const mp_int *n, const mp_int *d);
 */
 
-/* d = a**b (mod c) */
+/* Y = G**X (mod P) */
 /*
-int mp_exptmod(const mp_int *a, const mp_int *b, const mp_int *c, mp_int *d);
+int mp_exptmod(const mp_int *G, const mp_int *X, const mp_int *P, mp_int *Y);
 */
 
 /* ---> Primes <--- */
 
 /* number of primes */

Index: generic/tclUtf.c
==================================================================
--- generic/tclUtf.c
+++ generic/tclUtf.c
@@ -66,15 +66,11 @@
     1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,
     1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,
     1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,
     2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,
     3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,
-#if TCL_UTF_MAX > 3
     4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
-#else
-    1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,
-#endif
     1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1
 };
 
 /*
  *---------------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -92,11 +88,11 @@
  *---------------------------------------------------------------------------
  */
 
 int
 TclUtfCount(
-    int ch)			/* The Tcl_UniChar whose size is returned. */
+    int ch)			/* The Unicode character whose size is returned. */
 {
     if ((unsigned)(ch - 1) < (UNICODE_SELF - 1)) {
 	return 1;
     }
     if (ch <= 0x7FF) {
@@ -326,17 +322,26 @@
 	/*
 	 * A three-byte-character lead-byte not followed by two trail-bytes
 	 * represents itself.
 	 */
     }
-#if TCL_UTF_MAX > 3
     else if (byte < 0xF8) {
 	if (((src[1] & 0xC0) == 0x80) && ((src[2] & 0xC0) == 0x80) && ((src[3] & 0xC0) == 0x80)) {
 	    /*
 	     * Four-byte-character lead byte followed by three trail bytes.
 	     */
-#if TCL_UTF_MAX == 4
+#if TCL_UTF_MAX == 3
+	    byte = (((byte & 0x07) << 18) | ((src[1] & 0x3F) << 12)
+		    | ((src[2] & 0x3F) << 6) | (src[3] & 0x3F)) - 0x10000;
+	    if (byte & 0x100000) {
+		/* out of range, < 0x10000 or > 0x10ffff */
+	    } else {
+		/* produce replacement character, and advance source pointer */
+		*chPtr = (Tcl_UniChar) 0xFFFD;
+		return 4;
+	    }
+#elif TCL_UTF_MAX == 4
 	    Tcl_UniChar surrogate;
 
 	    byte = (((byte & 0x07) << 18) | ((src[1] & 0x3F) << 12)
 		    | ((src[2] & 0x3F) << 6) | (src[3] & 0x3F)) - 0x10000;
 	    surrogate = (Tcl_UniChar) (0xD800 + (byte >> 10));
@@ -363,11 +368,10 @@
 	/*
 	 * A four-byte-character lead-byte not followed by two trail-bytes
 	 * represents itself.
 	 */
     }
-#endif
 
     *chPtr = (Tcl_UniChar) byte;
     return 1;
 }
 
@@ -396,11 +400,11 @@
 				 * strlen(). */
     Tcl_DString *dsPtr)		/* Unicode representation of string is
 				 * appended to this previously initialized
 				 * DString. */
 {
-    Tcl_UniChar ch, *w, *wString;
+    Tcl_UniChar ch = 0, *w, *wString;
     const char *p, *end;
     int oldLength;
 
     if (length < 0) {
 	length = strlen(src);
@@ -497,17 +501,17 @@
 	    src += TclUtfToUniChar(src, &ch);
 	    i++;
 	}
 	if (i < 0) i = INT_MAX; /* Bug [2738427] */
     } else {
-	register const char *endPtr = src + length - TCL_UTF_MAX;
+	register const char *endPtr = src + length - 4;
 
 	while (src < endPtr) {
 	    src += TclUtfToUniChar(src, &ch);
 	    i++;
 	}
-	endPtr += TCL_UTF_MAX;
+	endPtr += 4;
 	while ((src < endPtr) && Tcl_UtfCharComplete(src, endPtr - src)) {
 	    src += TclUtfToUniChar(src, &ch);
 	    i++;
 	}
 	if (src < endPtr) {
@@ -520,17 +524,17 @@
 /*
  *---------------------------------------------------------------------------
  *
  * Tcl_UtfFindFirst --
  *
- *	Returns a pointer to the first occurance of the given Tcl_UniChar in
- *	the NULL-terminated UTF-8 string. The NULL terminator is considered
+ *	Returns a pointer to the first occurance of the given Unicode character
+ *	in the NULL-terminated UTF-8 string. The NULL terminator is considered
  *	part of the UTF-8 string. Equivalent to Plan 9 utfrune().
  *
  * Results:
- *	As above. If the Tcl_UniChar does not exist in the given string, the
- *	return value is NULL.
+ *	As above. If the Unicode character does not exist in the given string,
+ *	the return value is NULL.
  *
  * Side effects:
  *	None.
  *
  *---------------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -537,18 +541,25 @@
  */
 
 const char *
 Tcl_UtfFindFirst(
     const char *src,		/* The UTF-8 string to be searched. */
-    int ch)			/* The Tcl_UniChar to search for. */
+    int ch)			/* The Unicode character to search for. */
 {
-    int len;
+    int len, fullchar;
     Tcl_UniChar find = 0;
 
     while (1) {
 	len = TclUtfToUniChar(src, &find);
-	if (find == ch) {
+	fullchar = find;
+#if TCL_UTF_MAX == 4
+	if (!len) {
+	    len += TclUtfToUniChar(src, &find);
+	    fullchar = (((fullchar & 0x3ff) << 10) | (find & 0x3ff)) + 0x10000;
+	}
+#endif
+	if (fullchar == ch) {
 	    return src;
 	}
 	if (*src == '\0') {
 	    return NULL;
 	}
@@ -559,16 +570,16 @@
 /*
  *---------------------------------------------------------------------------
  *
  * Tcl_UtfFindLast --
  *
- *	Returns a pointer to the last occurance of the given Tcl_UniChar in
- *	the NULL-terminated UTF-8 string. The NULL terminator is considered
+ *	Returns a pointer to the last occurance of the given Unicode character
+ *	in the NULL-terminated UTF-8 string. The NULL terminator is considered
  *	part of the UTF-8 string. Equivalent to Plan 9 utfrrune().
  *
  * Results:
- *	As above. If the Tcl_UniChar does not exist in the given string, the
+ *	As above. If the Unicode character does not exist in the given string, the
  *	return value is NULL.
  *
  * Side effects:
  *	None.
  *
@@ -576,20 +587,27 @@
  */
 
 const char *
 Tcl_UtfFindLast(
     const char *src,		/* The UTF-8 string to be searched. */
-    int ch)			/* The Tcl_UniChar to search for. */
+    int ch)			/* The Unicode character to search for. */
 {
-    int len;
+    int len, fullchar;
     Tcl_UniChar find = 0;
     const char *last;
 
     last = NULL;
     while (1) {
 	len = TclUtfToUniChar(src, &find);
-	if (find == ch) {
+	fullchar = find;
+#if TCL_UTF_MAX == 4
+	if (!len) {
+	    len += TclUtfToUniChar(src, &find);
+	    fullchar = (((fullchar & 0x3ff) << 10) | (find & 0x3ff)) + 0x10000;
+	}
+#endif
+	if (fullchar == ch) {
 	    last = src;
 	}
 	if (*src == '\0') {
 	    break;
 	}
@@ -661,11 +679,11 @@
 {
     const char *look;
     int i, byte;
 
     look = --src;
-    for (i = 0; i < TCL_UTF_MAX; i++) {
+    for (i = 0; i < 4; i++) {
 	if (look < start) {
 	    if (src < start) {
 		src = start;
 	    }
 	    break;
@@ -685,11 +703,11 @@
 /*
  *---------------------------------------------------------------------------
  *
  * Tcl_UniCharAtIndex --
  *
- *	Returns the Unicode character represented at the specified character
+ *	Returns the Tcl_UniChar represented at the specified character
  *	(not byte) position in the UTF-8 string.
  *
  * Results:
  *	As above.
  *
@@ -704,12 +722,11 @@
     register const char *src,	/* The UTF-8 string to dereference. */
     register int index)		/* The position of the desired character. */
 {
     Tcl_UniChar ch = 0;
 
-    while (index >= 0) {
-	index--;
+    while (index-- >= 0) {
 	src += TclUtfToUniChar(src, &ch);
     }
     return ch;
 }
 
@@ -735,12 +752,11 @@
     register const char *src,	/* The UTF-8 string. */
     register int index)		/* The position of the desired character. */
 {
     Tcl_UniChar ch = 0;
 
-    while (index > 0) {
-	index--;
+    while (index-- > 0) {
 	src += TclUtfToUniChar(src, &ch);
     }
     return src;
 }
 
@@ -1051,10 +1067,20 @@
 	 */
 
 	cs += TclUtfToUniChar(cs, &ch1);
 	ct += TclUtfToUniChar(ct, &ch2);
 	if (ch1 != ch2) {
+#if TCL_UTF_MAX == 4
+	    /* Surrogates always report higher than non-surrogates */
+	    if (((ch1 & 0xFC00) == 0xD800)) {
+	    if ((ch2 & 0xFC00) != 0xD800) {
+		return ch1;
+	    }
+	    } else if ((ch2 & 0xFC00) == 0xD800) {
+		return -ch2;
+	    }
+#endif
 	    return (ch1 - ch2);
 	}
     }
     return 0;
 }
@@ -1082,33 +1108,90 @@
     const char *cs,		/* UTF string to compare to ct. */
     const char *ct,		/* UTF string cs is compared to. */
     unsigned long numChars)	/* Number of UTF chars to compare. */
 {
     Tcl_UniChar ch1 = 0, ch2 = 0;
+
     while (numChars-- > 0) {
 	/*
 	 * n must be interpreted as chars, not bytes.
 	 * This should be called only when both strings are of
 	 * at least n chars long (no need for \0 check)
 	 */
 	cs += TclUtfToUniChar(cs, &ch1);
 	ct += TclUtfToUniChar(ct, &ch2);
 	if (ch1 != ch2) {
+#if TCL_UTF_MAX == 4
+	    /* Surrogates always report higher than non-surrogates */
+	    if (((ch1 & 0xFC00) == 0xD800)) {
+	    if ((ch2 & 0xFC00) != 0xD800) {
+		return ch1;
+	    }
+	    } else if ((ch2 & 0xFC00) == 0xD800) {
+		return -ch2;
+	    }
+#endif
 	    ch1 = Tcl_UniCharToLower(ch1);
 	    ch2 = Tcl_UniCharToLower(ch2);
 	    if (ch1 != ch2) {
 		return (ch1 - ch2);
 	    }
 	}
     }
     return 0;
 }
+
+/*
+ *----------------------------------------------------------------------
+ *
+ * Tcl_UtfCmp --
+ *
+ *	Compare UTF chars of string cs to string ct case sensitively.
+ *	Replacement for strcmp in Tcl core, in places where UTF-8 should
+ *	be handled.
+ *
+ * Results:
+ *	Return <0 if cs < ct, 0 if cs == ct, or >0 if cs > ct.
+ *
+ * Side effects:
+ *	None.
+ *
+ *----------------------------------------------------------------------
+ */
+
+int
+TclUtfCmp(
+    const char *cs,		/* UTF string to compare to ct. */
+    const char *ct)		/* UTF string cs is compared to. */
+{
+    Tcl_UniChar ch1 = 0, ch2 = 0;
+
+    while (*cs && *ct) {
+	cs += TclUtfToUniChar(cs, &ch1);
+	ct += TclUtfToUniChar(ct, &ch2);
+	if (ch1 != ch2) {
+#if TCL_UTF_MAX == 4
+	    /* Surrogates always report higher than non-surrogates */
+	    if (((ch1 & 0xFC00) == 0xD800)) {
+	    if ((ch2 & 0xFC00) != 0xD800) {
+		return ch1;
+	    }
+	    } else if ((ch2 & 0xFC00) == 0xD800) {
+		return -ch2;
+	    }
+#endif
+	    return ch1 - ch2;
+	}
+    }
+    return UCHAR(*cs) - UCHAR(*ct);
+}
+
 
 /*
  *----------------------------------------------------------------------
  *
- * Tcl_UtfNcasecmp --
+ * TclUtfCasecmp --
  *
  *	Compare UTF chars of string cs to string ct case insensitively.
  *	Replacement for strcasecmp in Tcl core, in places where UTF-8 should
  *	be handled.
  *
@@ -1124,16 +1207,26 @@
 int
 TclUtfCasecmp(
     const char *cs,		/* UTF string to compare to ct. */
     const char *ct)		/* UTF string cs is compared to. */
 {
-    while (*cs && *ct) {
-	Tcl_UniChar ch1, ch2;
+    Tcl_UniChar ch1 = 0, ch2 = 0;
 
+    while (*cs && *ct) {
 	cs += TclUtfToUniChar(cs, &ch1);
 	ct += TclUtfToUniChar(ct, &ch2);
 	if (ch1 != ch2) {
+#if TCL_UTF_MAX == 4
+	    /* Surrogates always report higher than non-surrogates */
+	    if (((ch1 & 0xFC00) == 0xD800)) {
+	    if ((ch2 & 0xFC00) != 0xD800) {
+		return ch1;
+	    }
+	    } else if ((ch2 & 0xFC00) == 0xD800) {
+		return -ch2;
+	    }
+#endif
 	    ch1 = Tcl_UniCharToLower(ch1);
 	    ch2 = Tcl_UniCharToLower(ch2);
 	    if (ch1 != ch2) {
 		return ch1 - ch2;
 	    }

Index: generic/tclUtil.c
==================================================================
--- generic/tclUtil.c
+++ generic/tclUtil.c
@@ -105,31 +105,35 @@
  */
 
 static void		ClearHash(Tcl_HashTable *tablePtr);
 static void		FreeProcessGlobalValue(ClientData clientData);
 static void		FreeThreadHash(ClientData clientData);
+static int		GetEndOffsetFromObj(Tcl_Obj *objPtr, int endValue,
+			    int *indexPtr);
 static Tcl_HashTable *	GetThreadHash(Tcl_ThreadDataKey *keyPtr);
 static int		SetEndOffsetFromAny(Tcl_Interp *interp,
 			    Tcl_Obj *objPtr);
-static void		UpdateStringOfEndOffset(Tcl_Obj *objPtr);
 static int		FindElement(Tcl_Interp *interp, const char *string,
 			    int stringLength, const char *typeStr,
 			    const char *typeCode, const char **elementPtr,
 			    const char **nextPtr, int *sizePtr,
 			    int *literalPtr);
 /*
  * The following is the Tcl object type definition for an object that
  * represents a list index in the form, "end-offset". It is used as a
- * performance optimization in TclGetIntForIndex. The internal rep is an
- * integer, so no memory management is required for it.
+ * performance optimization in TclGetIntForIndex. The internal rep is 
+ * stored directly in the wideValue, so no memory management is required
+ * for it. This is a caching intrep, keeping the result of a parse
+ * around. This type is only created from a pre-existing string, so an
+ * updateStringProc will never be called and need not exist.
  */
 
-const Tcl_ObjType tclEndOffsetType = {
+static const Tcl_ObjType endOffsetType = {
     "end-offset",			/* name */
     NULL,				/* freeIntRepProc */
     NULL,				/* dupIntRepProc */
-    UpdateStringOfEndOffset,		/* updateStringProc */
+    NULL,				/* updateStringProc */
     SetEndOffsetFromAny
 };
 
 /*
  *	*	STRING REPRESENTATION OF LISTS	*	*	*
@@ -972,11 +976,11 @@
     const char *src,		/* String to convert to Tcl list element. */
     int length,			/* Number of bytes in src, or -1. */
     int *flagPtr)		/* Where to store information to guide
 				 * Tcl_ConvertElement. */
 {
-    int flags = CONVERT_ANY;
+    char flags = CONVERT_ANY;
     int numBytes = TclScanElement(src, length, &flags);
 
     *flagPtr = flags;
     return numBytes;
 }
@@ -1013,11 +1017,11 @@
 
 int
 TclScanElement(
     const char *src,		/* String to convert to Tcl list element. */
     int length,			/* Number of bytes in src, or -1. */
-    int *flagPtr)		/* Where to store information to guide
+    char *flagPtr)		/* Where to store information to guide
 				 * Tcl_ConvertElement. */
 {
     const char *p = src;
     int nestingLevel = 0;	/* Brace nesting count */
     int forbidNone = 0;		/* Do not permit CONVERT_NONE mode. Something
@@ -1545,15 +1549,14 @@
 char *
 Tcl_Merge(
     int argc,			/* How many strings to merge. */
     const char *const *argv)	/* Array of string values. */
 {
-#define LOCAL_SIZE 20
-    int localFlags[LOCAL_SIZE], *flagPtr = NULL;
+#define LOCAL_SIZE 64
+    char localFlags[LOCAL_SIZE], *flagPtr = NULL;
     int i, bytesNeeded = 0;
     char *result, *dst;
-    const int maxFlags = UINT_MAX / sizeof(int);
 
     /*
      * Handle empty list case first, so logic of the general case can be
      * simpler.
      */
@@ -1568,26 +1571,12 @@
      * Pass 1: estimate space, gather flags.
      */
 
     if (argc <= LOCAL_SIZE) {
 	flagPtr = localFlags;
-    } else if (argc > maxFlags) {
-	/*
-	 * We cannot allocate a large enough flag array to format this list in
-	 * one pass.  We could imagine converting this routine to a multi-pass
-	 * implementation, but for sizeof(int) == 4, the limit is a max of
-	 * 2^30 list elements and since each element is at least one byte
-	 * formatted, and requires one byte space between it and the next one,
-	 * that a minimum space requirement of 2^31 bytes, which is already
-	 * INT_MAX. If we tried to format a list of > maxFlags elements, we're
-	 * just going to overflow the size limits on the formatted string
-	 * anyway, so just issue that same panic early.
-	 */
-
-	Tcl_Panic("max size for a Tcl value (%d bytes) exceeded", INT_MAX);
     } else {
-	flagPtr = ckalloc(argc * sizeof(int));
+	flagPtr = ckalloc(argc);
     }
     for (i = 0; i < argc; i++) {
 	flagPtr[i] = ( i ? TCL_DONT_QUOTE_HASH : 0 );
 	bytesNeeded += TclScanElement(argv[i], -1, &flagPtr[i]);
 	if (bytesNeeded < 0) {
@@ -1617,10 +1606,11 @@
 	ckfree(flagPtr);
     }
     return result;
 }
 
+#if !defined(TCL_NO_DEPRECATED) && TCL_MAJOR_VERSION < 9
 /*
  *----------------------------------------------------------------------
  *
  * Tcl_Backslash --
  *
@@ -1650,19 +1640,55 @@
 
     Tcl_UtfBackslash(src, readPtr, buf);
     TclUtfToUniChar(buf, &ch);
     return (char) ch;
 }
+#endif /* !TCL_NO_DEPRECATED */
 
+/*
+ *----------------------------------------------------------------------
+ *
+ * UtfWellFormedEnd --
+ *	Checks the end of utf string is malformed, if yes - wraps bytes
+ *	to the given buffer (as well-formed NTS string).  The buffer
+ *	argument should be initialized by the caller and ready to use.
+ *
+ * Results:
+ *	The bytes with well-formed end of the string.
+ *
+ * Side effects:
+ *	Buffer (DString) may be allocated, so must be released.
+ *
+ *----------------------------------------------------------------------
+ */
+
+static inline const char*
+UtfWellFormedEnd(
+    Tcl_DString *buffer,	/* Buffer used to hold well-formed string. */
+    const char *bytes,		/* Pointer to the beginning of the string. */
+    int length)			/* Length of the string. */
+{
+    const char *l = bytes + length;
+    const char *p = Tcl_UtfPrev(l, bytes);
+
+    if (Tcl_UtfCharComplete(p, l - p)) {
+	return bytes;
+    }
+    /* 
+     * Malformed utf-8 end, be sure we've NTS to safe compare of end-character,
+     * avoid segfault by access violation out of range.
+     */
+    Tcl_DStringAppend(buffer, bytes, length);
+    return Tcl_DStringValue(buffer);
+}
 /*
  *----------------------------------------------------------------------
  *
  * TclTrimRight --
- *
- *	Takes two counted strings in the Tcl encoding which must both be null
- *	terminated. Conceptually trims from the right side of the first string
- *	all characters found in the second string.
+ *	Takes two counted strings in the Tcl encoding.  Conceptually
+ *	finds the sub string (offset) to trim from the right side of the
+ *	first string all characters found in the second string.
  *
  * Results:
  *	The number of bytes to be removed from the end of the string.
  *
  * Side effects:
@@ -1669,38 +1695,26 @@
  *	None.
  *
  *----------------------------------------------------------------------
  */
 
-int
-TclTrimRight(
+static inline int
+TrimRight(
     const char *bytes,		/* String to be trimmed... */
     int numBytes,		/* ...and its length in bytes */
     const char *trim,		/* String of trim characters... */
     int numTrim)		/* ...and its length in bytes */
 {
     const char *p = bytes + numBytes;
     int pInc;
-
-    if ((bytes[numBytes] != '\0') || (trim[numTrim] != '\0')) {
-	Tcl_Panic("TclTrimRight works only on null-terminated strings");
-    }
-
-    /*
-     * Empty strings -> nothing to do.
-     */
-
-    if ((numBytes == 0) || (numTrim == 0)) {
-	return 0;
-    }
+    Tcl_UniChar ch1 = 0, ch2 = 0;
 
     /*
      * Outer loop: iterate over string to be trimmed.
      */
 
     do {
-	Tcl_UniChar ch1;
 	const char *q = trim;
 	int bytesLeft = numTrim;
 
 	p = Tcl_UtfPrev(p, bytes);
  	pInc = TclUtfToUniChar(p, &ch1);
@@ -1708,11 +1722,10 @@
 	/*
 	 * Inner loop: scan trim string for match to current character.
 	 */
 
 	do {
-	    Tcl_UniChar ch2;
 	    int qInc = TclUtfToUniChar(q, &ch2);
 
 	    if (ch1 == ch2) {
 		break;
 	    }
@@ -1731,19 +1744,50 @@
 	}
     } while (p > bytes);
 
     return numBytes - (p - bytes);
 }
+
+int
+TclTrimRight(
+    const char *bytes,	/* String to be trimmed... */
+    int numBytes,	/* ...and its length in bytes */
+    const char *trim,	/* String of trim characters... */
+    int numTrim)	/* ...and its length in bytes */
+{
+    int res;
+    Tcl_DString bytesBuf, trimBuf;
+
+    /* Empty strings -> nothing to do */
+    if ((numBytes == 0) || (numTrim == 0)) {
+	return 0;
+    }
+
+    Tcl_DStringInit(&bytesBuf);
+    Tcl_DStringInit(&trimBuf);
+    bytes = UtfWellFormedEnd(&bytesBuf, bytes, numBytes);
+    trim = UtfWellFormedEnd(&trimBuf, trim, numTrim);
+
+    res = TrimRight(bytes, numBytes, trim, numTrim);
+    if (res > numBytes) {
+	res = numBytes;
+    }
+
+    Tcl_DStringFree(&bytesBuf);
+    Tcl_DStringFree(&trimBuf);
+
+    return res;
+}
 
 /*
  *----------------------------------------------------------------------
  *
  * TclTrimLeft --
  *
- *	Takes two counted strings in the Tcl encoding which must both be null
- *	terminated. Conceptually trims from the left side of the first string
- *	all characters found in the second string.
+ *	Takes two counted strings in the Tcl encoding.  Conceptually
+ *	finds the sub string (offset) to trim from the left side of the
+ *	first string all characters found in the second string.
  *
  * Results:
  *	The number of bytes to be removed from the start of the string.
  *
  * Side effects:
@@ -1750,47 +1794,34 @@
  *	None.
  *
  *----------------------------------------------------------------------
  */
 
-int
-TclTrimLeft(
+static inline int
+TrimLeft(
     const char *bytes,		/* String to be trimmed... */
     int numBytes,		/* ...and its length in bytes */
     const char *trim,		/* String of trim characters... */
     int numTrim)		/* ...and its length in bytes */
 {
     const char *p = bytes;
-
-    if ((bytes[numBytes] != '\0') || (trim[numTrim] != '\0')) {
-	Tcl_Panic("TclTrimLeft works only on null-terminated strings");
-    }
-
-    /*
-     * Empty strings -> nothing to do.
-     */
-
-    if ((numBytes == 0) || (numTrim == 0)) {
-	return 0;
-    }
+	Tcl_UniChar ch1 = 0, ch2 = 0;
 
     /*
      * Outer loop: iterate over string to be trimmed.
      */
 
     do {
-	Tcl_UniChar ch1;
 	int pInc = TclUtfToUniChar(p, &ch1);
 	const char *q = trim;
 	int bytesLeft = numTrim;
 
 	/*
 	 * Inner loop: scan trim string for match to current character.
 	 */
 
 	do {
-	    Tcl_UniChar ch2;
 	    int qInc = TclUtfToUniChar(q, &ch2);
 
 	    if (ch1 == ch2) {
 		break;
 	    }
@@ -1807,14 +1838,103 @@
 	    break;
 	}
 
 	p += pInc;
 	numBytes -= pInc;
-    } while (numBytes);
+    } while (numBytes > 0);
 
     return p - bytes;
 }
+
+int
+TclTrimLeft(
+    const char *bytes,	/* String to be trimmed... */
+    int numBytes,	/* ...and its length in bytes */
+    const char *trim,	/* String of trim characters... */
+    int numTrim)	/* ...and its length in bytes */
+{
+    int res;
+    Tcl_DString bytesBuf, trimBuf;
+
+    /* Empty strings -> nothing to do */
+    if ((numBytes == 0) || (numTrim == 0)) {
+	return 0;
+    }
+
+    Tcl_DStringInit(&bytesBuf);
+    Tcl_DStringInit(&trimBuf);
+    bytes = UtfWellFormedEnd(&bytesBuf, bytes, numBytes);
+    trim = UtfWellFormedEnd(&trimBuf, trim, numTrim);
+
+    res = TrimLeft(bytes, numBytes, trim, numTrim);
+    if (res > numBytes) {
+	res = numBytes;
+    }
+
+    Tcl_DStringFree(&bytesBuf);
+    Tcl_DStringFree(&trimBuf);
+
+    return res;
+}
+
+/*
+ *----------------------------------------------------------------------
+ *
+ * TclTrim --
+ *	Finds the sub string (offset) to trim from both sides of the
+ *	first string all characters found in the second string.
+ *
+ * Results:
+ *	The number of bytes to be removed from the start of the string
+ *
+ * Side effects:
+ *	None.
+ *
+ *----------------------------------------------------------------------
+ */
+
+int
+TclTrim(
+    const char *bytes,	/* String to be trimmed... */
+    int numBytes,	/* ...and its length in bytes */
+    const char *trim,	/* String of trim characters... */
+    int numTrim,	/* ...and its length in bytes */
+    int *trimRight)		/* Offset from the end of the string. */
+{
+    int trimLeft;
+    Tcl_DString bytesBuf, trimBuf;
+
+    *trimRight = 0;
+    /* Empty strings -> nothing to do */
+    if ((numBytes == 0) || (numTrim == 0)) {
+	return 0;
+    }
+
+    Tcl_DStringInit(&bytesBuf);
+    Tcl_DStringInit(&trimBuf);
+    bytes = UtfWellFormedEnd(&bytesBuf, bytes, numBytes);
+    trim = UtfWellFormedEnd(&trimBuf, trim, numTrim);
+
+    trimLeft = TrimLeft(bytes, numBytes, trim, numTrim);
+    if (trimLeft > numBytes) {
+	trimLeft = numBytes;
+    }
+    numBytes -= trimLeft;
+    /* have to trim yet (first char was already verified within TrimLeft) */
+    if (numBytes > 1) {
+	bytes += trimLeft;
+	*trimRight = TrimRight(bytes, numBytes, trim, numTrim);
+	if (*trimRight > numBytes) {
+	    *trimRight = numBytes;
+	}
+    }
+
+    Tcl_DStringFree(&bytesBuf);
+    Tcl_DStringFree(&trimBuf);
+
+    return trimLeft;
+}
 
 /*
  *----------------------------------------------------------------------
  *
  * Tcl_Concat --
@@ -1878,34 +1998,24 @@
      */
 
     result = ckalloc((unsigned) (bytesNeeded + argc));
 
     for (p = result, i = 0;  i < argc;  i++) {
-	int trim, elemLength;
+	int triml, trimr, elemLength;
 	const char *element;
 
 	element = argv[i];
 	elemLength = strlen(argv[i]);
 
-	/*
-	 * Trim away the leading whitespace.
-	 */
-
-	trim = TclTrimLeft(element, elemLength, CONCAT_TRIM_SET,
-		CONCAT_WS_SIZE);
-	element += trim;
-	elemLength -= trim;
-
-	/*
-	 * Trim away the trailing whitespace. Do not permit trimming to expose
-	 * a final backslash character.
-	 */
-
-	trim = TclTrimRight(element, elemLength, CONCAT_TRIM_SET,
-		CONCAT_WS_SIZE);
-	trim -= trim && (element[elemLength - trim - 1] == '\\');
-	elemLength -= trim;
+	/* Trim away the leading/trailing whitespace. */
+	triml = TclTrim(element, elemLength, CONCAT_TRIM_SET,
+		CONCAT_WS_SIZE, &trimr);
+	element += triml;
+	elemLength -= triml + trimr;
+
+	/* Do not permit trimming to expose a final backslash character. */
+	elemLength += trimr && (element[elemLength - 1] == '\\');
 
 	/*
 	 * If we're left with empty element after trimming, do nothing.
 	 */
 
@@ -2021,32 +2131,22 @@
     TclNewObj(resPtr);
     (void) Tcl_AttemptSetObjLength(resPtr, bytesNeeded + objc - 1);
     Tcl_SetObjLength(resPtr, 0);
 
     for (i = 0;  i < objc;  i++) {
-	int trim;
+	int triml, trimr;
 
 	element = TclGetStringFromObj(objv[i], &elemLength);
 
-	/*
-	 * Trim away the leading whitespace.
-	 */
-
-	trim = TclTrimLeft(element, elemLength, CONCAT_TRIM_SET,
-		CONCAT_WS_SIZE);
-	element += trim;
-	elemLength -= trim;
-
-	/*
-	 * Trim away the trailing whitespace. Do not permit trimming to expose
-	 * a final backslash character.
-	 */
-
-	trim = TclTrimRight(element, elemLength, CONCAT_TRIM_SET,
-		CONCAT_WS_SIZE);
-	trim -= trim && (element[elemLength - trim - 1] == '\\');
-	elemLength -= trim;
+	/* Trim away the leading/trailing whitespace. */
+	triml = TclTrim(element, elemLength, CONCAT_TRIM_SET,
+		CONCAT_WS_SIZE, &trimr);
+	element += triml;
+	elemLength -= triml + trimr;
+
+	/* Do not permit trimming to expose a final backslash character. */
+	elemLength += trimr && (element[elemLength - 1] == '\\');
 
 	/*
 	 * If we're left with empty element after trimming, do nothing.
 	 */
 
@@ -2120,11 +2220,11 @@
 				 * characters. */
     int nocase)			/* 0 for case sensitive, 1 for insensitive */
 {
     int p, charLen;
     const char *pstart = pattern;
-    Tcl_UniChar ch1, ch2;
+    Tcl_UniChar ch1 = 0, ch2 = 0;
 
     while (1) {
 	p = *pattern;
 
 	/*
@@ -2230,11 +2330,11 @@
 	 * list of characters that are acceptable, or by a range (two
 	 * characters separated by "-").
 	 */
 
 	if (p == '[') {
-	    Tcl_UniChar startChar, endChar;
+	    Tcl_UniChar startChar = 0, endChar = 0;
 
 	    pattern++;
 	    if (UCHAR(*str) < 0x80) {
 		ch1 = (Tcl_UniChar)
 			(nocase ? tolower(UCHAR(*str)) : UCHAR(*str));
@@ -2543,11 +2643,12 @@
 	Tcl_UniChar *udata, *uptn;
 
 	udata = Tcl_GetUnicodeFromObj(strObj, &length);
 	uptn  = Tcl_GetUnicodeFromObj(ptnObj, &plen);
 	match = TclUniCharMatch(udata, length, uptn, plen, flags);
-    } else if (TclIsPureByteArray(strObj) && !flags) {
+    } else if (TclIsPureByteArray(strObj) && TclIsPureByteArray(ptnObj)
+		&& !flags) {
 	unsigned char *data, *ptn;
 
 	data = Tcl_GetByteArrayFromObj(strObj, &length);
 	ptn  = Tcl_GetByteArrayFromObj(ptnObj, &plen);
 	match = TclByteArrayMatch(data, length, ptn, plen, 0);
@@ -2715,11 +2816,11 @@
     const char *element)	/* String to append. Must be
 				 * null-terminated. */
 {
     char *dst = dsPtr->string + dsPtr->length;
     int needSpace = TclNeedSpace(dsPtr->string, dst);
-    int flags = needSpace ? TCL_DONT_QUOTE_HASH : 0;
+    char flags = needSpace ? TCL_DONT_QUOTE_HASH : 0;
     int newSize = dsPtr->length + needSpace
 	    + TclScanElement(element, -1, &flags);
 
     /*
      * Allocate a larger buffer for the string if the current one isn't large
@@ -2921,16 +3022,90 @@
 Tcl_DStringGetResult(
     Tcl_Interp *interp,		/* Interpreter whose result is to be reset. */
     Tcl_DString *dsPtr)		/* Dynamic string that is to become the result
 				 * of interp. */
 {
-    int length;
-    char *bytes = TclGetStringFromObj(Tcl_GetObjResult(interp), &length);
+#ifdef TCL_NO_DEPRECATED
+    Tcl_Obj *obj = Tcl_GetObjResult(interp);
+    const char *bytes = TclGetString(obj);
 
     Tcl_DStringFree(dsPtr);
-    Tcl_DStringAppend(dsPtr, bytes, length);
+    Tcl_DStringAppend(dsPtr, bytes, obj->length);
     Tcl_ResetResult(interp);
+#else
+    Interp *iPtr = (Interp *) interp;
+
+    if (dsPtr->string != dsPtr->staticSpace) {
+	ckfree(dsPtr->string);
+    }
+
+    /*
+     * Do more efficient transfer when we know the result is a Tcl_Obj. When
+     * there's no string result, we only have to deal with two cases:
+     *
+     *  1. When the string rep is the empty string, when we don't copy but
+     *     instead use the staticSpace in the DString to hold an empty string.
+
+     *  2. When the string rep is not there or there's a real string rep, when
+     *     we use Tcl_GetString to fetch (or generate) the string rep - which
+     *     we know to have been allocated with ckalloc() - and use it to
+     *     populate the DString space. Then, we free the internal rep. and set
+     *     the object's string representation back to the canonical empty
+     *     string.
+     */
+
+    if (!iPtr->result[0] && iPtr->objResultPtr
+	    && !Tcl_IsShared(iPtr->objResultPtr)) {
+	if (iPtr->objResultPtr->bytes == &tclEmptyString) {
+	    dsPtr->string = dsPtr->staticSpace;
+	    dsPtr->string[0] = 0;
+	    dsPtr->length = 0;
+	    dsPtr->spaceAvl = TCL_DSTRING_STATIC_SIZE;
+	} else {
+	    dsPtr->string = TclGetString(iPtr->objResultPtr);
+	    dsPtr->length = iPtr->objResultPtr->length;
+	    dsPtr->spaceAvl = dsPtr->length + 1;
+	    TclFreeIntRep(iPtr->objResultPtr);
+	    iPtr->objResultPtr->bytes = &tclEmptyString;
+	    iPtr->objResultPtr->length = 0;
+	}
+	return;
+    }
+
+    /*
+     * If the string result is empty, move the object result to the string
+     * result, then reset the object result.
+     */
+
+    (void) Tcl_GetStringResult(interp);
+
+    dsPtr->length = strlen(iPtr->result);
+    if (iPtr->freeProc != NULL) {
+	if (iPtr->freeProc == TCL_DYNAMIC) {
+	    dsPtr->string = iPtr->result;
+	    dsPtr->spaceAvl = dsPtr->length+1;
+	} else {
+	    dsPtr->string = ckalloc(dsPtr->length+1);
+	    memcpy(dsPtr->string, iPtr->result, (unsigned) dsPtr->length+1);
+	    iPtr->freeProc(iPtr->result);
+	}
+	dsPtr->spaceAvl = dsPtr->length+1;
+	iPtr->freeProc = NULL;
+    } else {
+	if (dsPtr->length < TCL_DSTRING_STATIC_SIZE) {
+	    dsPtr->string = dsPtr->staticSpace;
+	    dsPtr->spaceAvl = TCL_DSTRING_STATIC_SIZE;
+	} else {
+	    dsPtr->string = ckalloc(dsPtr->length+1);
+	    dsPtr->spaceAvl = dsPtr->length + 1;
+	}
+	memcpy(dsPtr->string, iPtr->result, (unsigned) dsPtr->length+1);
+    }
+
+    iPtr->result = iPtr->resultSpace;
+    iPtr->resultSpace[0] = 0;
+#endif /* !TCL_NO_DEPRECATED */
 }
 
 /*
  *----------------------------------------------------------------------
  *
@@ -3239,10 +3414,11 @@
  *	string that's used by Tcl_PrintDouble.
  *
  *----------------------------------------------------------------------
  */
 
+#if !defined(TCL_NO_DEPRECATED) && TCL_MAJOR_VERSION < 9
 	/* ARGSUSED */
 char *
 TclPrecTraceProc(
     ClientData clientData,	/* Not used. */
     Tcl_Interp *interp,		/* Interpreter containing variable. */
@@ -3296,10 +3472,11 @@
 	return (char *) "improper value for precision";
     }
     *precisionPtr = prec;
     return NULL;
 }
+#endif /* !TCL_NO_DEPRECATED)*/
 
 /*
  *----------------------------------------------------------------------
  *
  * TclNeedSpace --
@@ -3413,13 +3590,13 @@
 
 int
 TclFormatInt(
     char *buffer,		/* Points to the storage into which the
 				 * formatted characters are written. */
-    long n)			/* The integer to format. */
+    Tcl_WideInt n)			/* The integer to format. */
 {
-    long intVal;
+	Tcl_WideInt intVal;
     int i;
     int numFormatted, j;
     const char *digits = "0123456789";
 
     /*
@@ -3438,11 +3615,11 @@
      * same value.
      */
 
     intVal = -n;			/* [Bug 3390638] Workaround for*/
     if (n == -n || intVal == n) {	/* broken compiler optimizers. */
-	return sprintf(buffer, "%ld", n);
+	return sprintf(buffer, "%" TCL_LL_MODIFIER "d", n);
     }
 
     /*
      * Generate the characters of the result backwards in the buffer.
      */
@@ -3477,31 +3654,26 @@
 /*
  *----------------------------------------------------------------------
  *
  * TclGetIntForIndex --
  *
- *	Provides an integer corresponding to the list index held in a Tcl
- *	object. The string value 'objPtr' is expected have the format
- *	integer([+-]integer)? or end([+-]integer)?.
- *
- * Value
- * 	TCL_OK
- *      
- * 	    The index is stored at the address given by by 'indexPtr'. If
- * 	    'objPtr' has the value "end", the value stored is 'endValue'.
- * 
- * 	TCL_ERROR
- *      
- * 	    The value of 'objPtr' does not have one of the expected formats. If
- * 	    'interp' is non-NULL, an error message is left in the interpreter's
- * 	    result object.
- * 
- * Effect
- * 
- * 	The object referenced by 'objPtr' is converted, as needed, to an
- * 	integer, wide integer, or end-based-index object.
- * 
+ *	This function returns an integer corresponding to the list index held
+ *	in a Tcl object. The Tcl object's value is expected to be in the
+ *	format integer([+-]integer)? or the format end([+-]integer)?.
+ *
+ * Results:
+ *	The return value is normally TCL_OK, which means that the index was
+ *	successfully stored into the location referenced by "indexPtr". If the
+ *	Tcl object referenced by "objPtr" has the value "end", the value
+ *	stored is "endValue". If "objPtr"s values is not of one of the
+ *	expected formats, TCL_ERROR is returned and, if "interp" is non-NULL,
+ *	an error message is left in the interpreter's result object.
+ *
+ * Side effects:
+ *	The object referenced by "objPtr" might be converted to an integer,
+ *	wide integer, or end-based-index object.
+ *
  *----------------------------------------------------------------------
  */
 
 int
 TclGetIntForIndex(
@@ -3521,17 +3693,11 @@
 
     if (TclGetIntFromObj(NULL, objPtr, indexPtr) == TCL_OK) {
 	return TCL_OK;
     }
 
-    if (SetEndOffsetFromAny(NULL, objPtr) == TCL_OK) {
-	/*
-	 * If the object is already an offset from the end of the list, or can
-	 * be converted to one, use it.
-	 */
-
-	*indexPtr = endValue + objPtr->internalRep.longValue;
+    if (GetEndOffsetFromObj(objPtr, endValue, indexPtr) == TCL_OK) {
 	return TCL_OK;
     }
 
     bytes = TclGetString(objPtr);
     length = objPtr->length;
@@ -3584,53 +3750,52 @@
 		"bad index \"%s\": must be integer?[+-]integer? or"
 		" end?[+-]integer?", bytes));
 	if (!strncmp(bytes, "end-", 4)) {
 	    bytes += 4;
 	}
+	TclCheckBadOctal(interp, bytes);
 	Tcl_SetErrorCode(interp, "TCL", "VALUE", "INDEX", NULL);
     }
 
     return TCL_ERROR;
 }
 
 /*
  *----------------------------------------------------------------------
  *
- * UpdateStringOfEndOffset --
+ * GetEndOffsetFromObj --
  *
- *	Update the string rep of a Tcl object holding an "end-offset"
- *	expression.
+ *      Look for a string of the form "end[+-]offset" and convert it to an
+ *      internal representation holding the offset.
  *
  * Results:
- *	None.
+ *      Tcl return code.
  *
  * Side effects:
- *	Stores a valid string in the object's string rep.
- *
- * This function does NOT free any earlier string rep. If it is called on an
- * object that already has a valid string rep, it will leak memory.
+ *      May store a Tcl_ObjType.
  *
  *----------------------------------------------------------------------
  */
 
-static void
-UpdateStringOfEndOffset(
-    register Tcl_Obj *objPtr)
-{
-    char buffer[TCL_INTEGER_SPACE + 5];
-    register int len = 3;
-
-    memcpy(buffer, "end", 4);
-    if (objPtr->internalRep.longValue != 0) {
-	buffer[len++] = '-';
-	len += TclFormatInt(buffer+len, -(objPtr->internalRep.longValue));
-    }
-    objPtr->bytes = ckalloc((unsigned) len+1);
-    memcpy(objPtr->bytes, buffer, (unsigned) len+1);
-    objPtr->length = len;
-}
-
+static int
+GetEndOffsetFromObj(
+    Tcl_Obj *objPtr,            /* Pointer to the object to parse */
+    int endValue,               /* The value to be stored at "indexPtr" if
+                                 * "objPtr" holds "end". */
+    int *indexPtr)              /* Location filled in with an integer
+                                 * representing an index. */
+{
+    if (SetEndOffsetFromAny(NULL, objPtr) != TCL_OK) {
+	return TCL_ERROR;
+    }
+
+    /* TODO: Handle overflow cases sensibly */
+    *indexPtr = endValue + (int)objPtr->internalRep.wideValue;
+    return TCL_OK;
+}
+
+    
 /*
  *----------------------------------------------------------------------
  *
  * SetEndOffsetFromAny --
  *
@@ -3650,19 +3815,19 @@
 static int
 SetEndOffsetFromAny(
     Tcl_Interp *interp,		/* Tcl interpreter or NULL */
     Tcl_Obj *objPtr)		/* Pointer to the object to parse */
 {
-    int offset;			/* Offset in the "end-offset" expression */
+    Tcl_WideInt offset;			/* Offset in the "end-offset" expression */
     register const char *bytes;	/* String rep of the object */
     int length;			/* Length of the object's string rep */
 
     /*
      * If it's already the right type, we're fine.
      */
 
-    if (objPtr->typePtr == &tclEndOffsetType) {
+    if (objPtr->typePtr == &endOffsetType) {
 	return TCL_OK;
     }
 
     /*
      * Check for a string rep of the right form.
@@ -3686,20 +3851,27 @@
     if (length <= 3) {
 	offset = 0;
     } else if ((length > 4) && ((bytes[3] == '-') || (bytes[3] == '+'))) {
 	/*
 	 * This is our limited string expression evaluator. Pass everything
-	 * after "end-" to Tcl_GetInt, then reverse for offset.
+	 * after "end-" to TclParseNumber.
 	 */
 
 	if (TclIsSpaceProc(bytes[4])) {
 	    goto badIndexFormat;
 	}
-	if (Tcl_GetInt(interp, bytes+4, &offset) != TCL_OK) {
+	if (TclParseNumber(NULL, objPtr, NULL, bytes+4, length-4, NULL,
+		TCL_PARSE_INTEGER_ONLY) != TCL_OK) {
 	    return TCL_ERROR;
 	}
+	if (objPtr->typePtr != &tclIntType) {
+		goto badIndexFormat;
+	}
+	offset = objPtr->internalRep.wideValue;
 	if (bytes[3] == '-') {
+
+	    /* TODO: Review overflow concerns here! */
 	    offset = -offset;
 	}
     } else {
 	/*
 	 * Conversion failed. Report the error.
@@ -3718,15 +3890,219 @@
      * The conversion succeeded. Free the old internal rep and set the new
      * one.
      */
 
     TclFreeIntRep(objPtr);
-    objPtr->internalRep.longValue = offset;
-    objPtr->typePtr = &tclEndOffsetType;
+    objPtr->internalRep.wideValue = offset;
+    objPtr->typePtr = &endOffsetType;
+
+    return TCL_OK;
+}
+
+/*
+ *----------------------------------------------------------------------
+ *
+ * TclIndexEncode --
+ *
+ *      Parse objPtr to determine if it is an index value. Two cases
+ *	are possible.  The value objPtr might be parsed as an absolute
+ *	index value in the C signed int range.  Note that this includes
+ *	index values that are integers as presented and it includes index
+ *      arithmetic expressions. The absolute index values that can be
+ *	directly meaningful as an index into either a list or a string are
+ *	those integer values >= TCL_INDEX_START (0)
+ *	and < TCL_INDEX_AFTER (INT_MAX).
+ *      The largest string supported in Tcl 8 has bytelength INT_MAX.
+ *      This means the largest supported character length is also INT_MAX,
+ *      and the index of the last character in a string of length INT_MAX
+ *      is INT_MAX-1.
+ *
+ *      Any absolute index value parsed outside that range is encoded
+ *      using the before and after values passed in by the
+ *      caller as the encoding to use for indices that are either
+ *      less than or greater than the usable index range. TCL_INDEX_AFTER
+ *      is available as a good choice for most callers to use for
+ *      after. Likewise, the value TCL_INDEX_BEFORE is good for
+ *      most callers to use for before.  Other values are possible
+ *      when the caller knows it is helpful in producing its own behavior
+ *      for indices before and after the indexed item.
+ *
+ *      A token can also be parsed as an end-relative index expression.
+ *      All end-relative expressions that indicate an index larger
+ *      than end (end+2, end--5) point beyond the end of the indexed
+ *      collection, and can be encoded as after.  The end-relative
+ *      expressions that indicate an index less than or equal to end
+ *      are encoded relative to the value TCL_INDEX_END (-2).  The
+ *      index "end" is encoded as -2, down to the index "end-0x7ffffffe"
+ *      which is encoded as INT_MIN. Since the largest index into a
+ *      string possible in Tcl 8 is 0x7ffffffe, the interpretation of
+ *      "end-0x7ffffffe" for that largest string would be 0.  Thus,
+ *      if the tokens "end-0x7fffffff" or "end+-0x80000000" are parsed,
+ *      they can be encoded with the before value.
+ *
+ *      These details will require re-examination whenever string and
+ *      list length limits are increased, but that will likely also
+ *      mean a revised routine capable of returning Tcl_WideInt values.
+ *
+ * Returns:
+ *      TCL_OK if parsing succeeded, and TCL_ERROR if it failed.
+ *
+ * Side effects:
+ *      When TCL_OK is returned, the encoded index value is written
+ *      to *indexPtr.
+ *
+ *----------------------------------------------------------------------
+ */
+
+int
+TclIndexEncode(
+    Tcl_Interp *interp,	/* For error reporting, may be NULL */
+    Tcl_Obj *objPtr,	/* Index value to parse */
+    int before,		/* Value to return for index before beginning */
+    int after,		/* Value to return for index after end */
+    int *indexPtr)	/* Where to write the encoded answer, not NULL */
+{
+    int idx;
+
+    if (TCL_OK == TclGetIntFromObj(NULL, objPtr, &idx)) {
+        /* We parsed a value in the range INT_MIN...INT_MAX */
+    integerEncode:
+        if (idx < TCL_INDEX_START) {
+            /* All negative absolute indices are "before the beginning" */
+            idx = before;
+        } else if (idx == INT_MAX) {
+            /* This index value is always "after the end" */
+            idx = after;
+        }
+        /* usual case, the absolute index value encodes itself */
+    } else if (TCL_OK == GetEndOffsetFromObj(objPtr, 0, &idx)) {
+        /*
+         * We parsed an end+offset index value. 
+         * idx holds the offset value in the range INT_MIN...INT_MAX.
+         */
+        if (idx > 0) {
+            /*
+             * All end+postive or end-negative expressions 
+             * always indicate "after the end".
+             */
+            idx = after;
+        } else if (idx < INT_MIN - TCL_INDEX_END) {
+            /* These indices always indicate "before the beginning */
+            idx = before;
+        } else {
+            /* Encoded end-positive (or end+negative) are offset */
+            idx += TCL_INDEX_END;
+        }
 
+    /* TODO: Consider flag to suppress repeated end-offset parse. */
+    } else if (TCL_OK == TclGetIntForIndexM(interp, objPtr, 0, &idx)) {
+        /*
+         * Only reach this case when the index value is a
+         * constant index arithmetic expression, and idx
+         * holds the result. Treat it the same as if it were
+         * parsed as an absolute integer value.
+         */
+        goto integerEncode;
+    } else {
+	return TCL_ERROR;
+    }
+    *indexPtr = idx;
     return TCL_OK;
 }
+
+/*
+ *----------------------------------------------------------------------
+ *
+ * TclIndexDecode --
+ *
+ *	Decodes a value previously encoded by TclIndexEncode.  The argument
+ *	endValue indicates what value of "end" should be used in the
+ *	decoding.
+ *
+ * Results:
+ *	The decoded index value.
+ *
+ *----------------------------------------------------------------------
+ */
+
+int
+TclIndexDecode(
+    int encoded,	/* Value to decode */
+    int endValue)	/* Meaning of "end" to use, > TCL_INDEX_END */
+{
+    if (encoded <= TCL_INDEX_END) {
+	return (encoded - TCL_INDEX_END) + endValue;
+    }
+    return encoded;
+}
+
+/*
+ *----------------------------------------------------------------------
+ *
+ * TclCheckBadOctal --
+ *
+ *	This function checks for a bad octal value and appends a meaningful
+ *	error to the interp's result.
+ *
+ * Results:
+ *	1 if the argument was a bad octal, else 0.
+ *
+ * Side effects:
+ *	The interpreter's result is modified.
+ *
+ *----------------------------------------------------------------------
+ */
+
+int
+TclCheckBadOctal(
+    Tcl_Interp *interp,		/* Interpreter to use for error reporting. If
+				 * NULL, then no error message is left after
+				 * errors. */
+    const char *value)		/* String to check. */
+{
+    register const char *p = value;
+
+    /*
+     * A frequent mistake is invalid octal values due to an unwanted leading
+     * zero. Try to generate a meaningful error message.
+     */
+
+    while (TclIsSpaceProc(*p)) {
+	p++;
+    }
+    if (*p == '+' || *p == '-') {
+	p++;
+    }
+    if (*p == '0') {
+	if ((p[1] == 'o') || p[1] == 'O') {
+	    p += 2;
+	}
+	while (isdigit(UCHAR(*p))) {	/* INTL: digit. */
+	    p++;
+	}
+	while (TclIsSpaceProc(*p)) {
+	    p++;
+	}
+	if (*p == '\0') {
+	    /*
+	     * Reached end of string.
+	     */
+
+	    if (interp != NULL) {
+		/*
+		 * Don't reset the result here because we want this result to
+		 * be added to an existing error message as extra info.
+		 */
+
+		Tcl_AppendToObj(Tcl_GetObjResult(interp),
+			" (looks like invalid octal number)", -1);
+	    }
+	    return 1;
+	}
+    }
+    return 0;
+}
 
 /*
  *----------------------------------------------------------------------
  *
  * ClearHash --
@@ -3888,11 +4264,11 @@
      */
 
     Tcl_IncrRefCount(newValue);
     cacheMap = GetThreadHash(&pgvPtr->key);
     ClearHash(cacheMap);
-    hPtr = Tcl_CreateHashEntry(cacheMap, (void *)(pgvPtr->epoch), &dummy);
+    hPtr = Tcl_CreateHashEntry(cacheMap, (void *)(size_t)(pgvPtr->epoch), &dummy);
     Tcl_SetHashValue(hPtr, newValue);
     Tcl_MutexUnlock(&pgvPtr->mutex);
 }
 
 /*
@@ -3914,11 +4290,11 @@
     ProcessGlobalValue *pgvPtr)
 {
     Tcl_Obj *value = NULL;
     Tcl_HashTable *cacheMap;
     Tcl_HashEntry *hPtr;
-    size_t epoch = pgvPtr->epoch;
+    unsigned int epoch = pgvPtr->epoch;
 
     if (pgvPtr->encoding) {
 	Tcl_Encoding current = Tcl_GetEncoding(NULL, NULL);
 
 	if (pgvPtr->encoding != current) {
@@ -3948,11 +4324,11 @@
 	} else {
 	    Tcl_FreeEncoding(current);
 	}
     }
     cacheMap = GetThreadHash(&pgvPtr->key);
-    hPtr = Tcl_FindHashEntry(cacheMap, (void *) (epoch));
+    hPtr = Tcl_FindHashEntry(cacheMap, (void *)(size_t)epoch);
     if (NULL == hPtr) {
 	int dummy;
 
 	/*
 	 * No cache for the current epoch - must be a new one.
@@ -3981,11 +4357,11 @@
 	 * Store a copy of the shared value in our epoch-indexed cache.
 	 */
 
 	value = Tcl_NewStringObj(pgvPtr->value, pgvPtr->numBytes);
 	hPtr = Tcl_CreateHashEntry(cacheMap,
-		(void *)(pgvPtr->epoch), &dummy);
+		(void *)(size_t)(pgvPtr->epoch), &dummy);
 	Tcl_MutexUnlock(&pgvPtr->mutex);
 	Tcl_SetHashValue(hPtr, value);
 	Tcl_IncrRefCount(value);
     }
     return Tcl_GetHashValue(hPtr);

Index: generic/tclVar.c
==================================================================
--- generic/tclVar.c
+++ generic/tclVar.c
@@ -278,20 +278,20 @@
     Var *arrayPtr)		/* Array that contains the variable, or NULL
 				 * if this variable isn't an array element. */
 {
     if (TclIsVarUndefined(varPtr) && TclIsVarInHash(varPtr)
 	    && !TclIsVarTraced(varPtr)
-	    && (VarHashRefCount(varPtr) == !TclIsVarDeadHash(varPtr))) {
+	    && (VarHashRefCount(varPtr) == (unsigned)!TclIsVarDeadHash(varPtr))) {
 	if (VarHashRefCount(varPtr) == 0) {
 	    ckfree(varPtr);
 	} else {
 	    VarHashDeleteEntry(varPtr);
 	}
     }
     if (arrayPtr != NULL && TclIsVarUndefined(arrayPtr) &&
 	    TclIsVarInHash(arrayPtr) && !TclIsVarTraced(arrayPtr) &&
-	    (VarHashRefCount(arrayPtr) == !TclIsVarDeadHash(arrayPtr))) {
+	    (VarHashRefCount(arrayPtr) == (unsigned)!TclIsVarDeadHash(arrayPtr))) {
 	if (VarHashRefCount(arrayPtr) == 0) {
 	    ckfree(arrayPtr);
 	} else {
 	    VarHashDeleteEntry(arrayPtr);
 	}
@@ -814,12 +814,16 @@
 
 	if (lookGlobal) {
 	    *indexPtr = -1;
 	    flags = (flags | TCL_GLOBAL_ONLY) & ~TCL_NAMESPACE_ONLY;
 	} else {
-	    flags = (flags | TCL_NAMESPACE_ONLY);
-	    *indexPtr = -2;
+	    if (flags & TCL_AVOID_RESOLVERS) {
+		flags = (flags | TCL_NAMESPACE_ONLY);
+	    }
+	    if (flags & TCL_NAMESPACE_ONLY) {
+		*indexPtr = -2;
+	    }
 	}
 
 	/*
 	 * Don't pass TCL_LEAVE_ERR_MSG, we may yet create the variable, or
 	 * otherwise generate our own error!
@@ -5703,14 +5707,10 @@
 
     /*
      * Find the namespace(s) that contain the variable.
      */
 
-    if (!(flags & TCL_GLOBAL_ONLY)) {
-	flags |= TCL_NAMESPACE_ONLY;
-    }
-
     TclGetNamespaceForQualName(interp, name, (Namespace *) contextNsPtr,
 	    flags, &nsPtr[0], &nsPtr[1], &cxtNsPtr, &simpleName);
 
     /*
      * Look for the variable in the variable table of its namespace. Be sure

Index: generic/tclZlib.c
==================================================================
--- generic/tclZlib.c
+++ generic/tclZlib.c
@@ -371,11 +371,11 @@
 	 * listed above.
 	 */
 
     default:
 	TclNewLiteralStringObj(objv[2], "UNKNOWN");
-	TclNewLongObj(objv[3], code);
+	TclNewIntObj(objv[3], code);
 	return Tcl_NewListObj(4, objv);
     }
 }
 
 /*

DELETED library/http1.0/http.tcl
Index: library/http1.0/http.tcl
==================================================================
--- library/http1.0/http.tcl
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,377 +0,0 @@
-# http.tcl
-# Client-side HTTP for GET, POST, and HEAD commands.
-# These routines can be used in untrusted code that uses the Safesock
-# security policy.
-# These procedures use a callback interface to avoid using vwait,
-# which is not defined in the safe base.
-#
-# See the http.n man page for documentation
-
-package provide http 1.0
-
-array set http {
-    -accept */*
-    -proxyhost {}
-    -proxyport {}
-    -useragent {Tcl http client package 1.0}
-    -proxyfilter httpProxyRequired
-}
-proc http_config {args} {
-    global http
-    set options [lsort [array names http -*]]
-    set usage [join $options ", "]
-    if {[llength $args] == 0} {
-	set result {}
-	foreach name $options {
-	    lappend result $name $http($name)
-	}
-	return $result
-    }
-    regsub -all -- - $options {} options
-    set pat ^-([join $options |])$
-    if {[llength $args] == 1} {
-	set flag [lindex $args 0]
-	if {[regexp -- $pat $flag]} {
-	    return $http($flag)
-	} else {
-	    return -code error "Unknown option $flag, must be: $usage"
-	}
-    } else {
-	foreach {flag value} $args {
-	    if {[regexp -- $pat $flag]} {
-		set http($flag) $value
-	    } else {
-		return -code error "Unknown option $flag, must be: $usage"
-	    }
-	}
-    }
-}
-
- proc httpFinish { token {errormsg ""} } {
-    upvar #0 $token state
-    global errorInfo errorCode
-    if {[string length $errormsg] != 0} {
-	set state(error) [list $errormsg $errorInfo $errorCode]
-	set state(status) error
-    }
-    catch {close $state(sock)}
-    catch {after cancel $state(after)}
-    if {[info exists state(-command)]} {
-	if {[catch {eval $state(-command) {$token}} err]} {
-	    if {[string length $errormsg] == 0} {
-		set state(error) [list $err $errorInfo $errorCode]
-		set state(status) error
-	    }
-	}
-	unset state(-command)
-    }
-}
-proc http_reset { token {why reset} } {
-    upvar #0 $token state
-    set state(status) $why
-    catch {fileevent $state(sock) readable {}}
-    httpFinish $token
-    if {[info exists state(error)]} {
-	set errorlist $state(error)
-	unset state(error)
-	eval error $errorlist
-    }
-}
-proc http_get { url args } {
-    global http
-    if {![info exists http(uid)]} {
-	set http(uid) 0
-    }
-    set token http#[incr http(uid)]
-    upvar #0 $token state
-    http_reset $token
-    array set state {
-	-blocksize 	8192
-	-validate 	0
-	-headers 	{}
-	-timeout 	0
-	state		header
-	meta		{}
-	currentsize	0
-	totalsize	0
-        type            text/html
-        body            {}
-	status		""
-    }
-    set options {-blocksize -channel -command -handler -headers \
-		-progress -query -validate -timeout}
-    set usage [join $options ", "]
-    regsub -all -- - $options {} options
-    set pat ^-([join $options |])$
-    foreach {flag value} $args {
-	if {[regexp $pat $flag]} {
-	    # Validate numbers
-	    if {[info exists state($flag)] && \
-		    [regexp {^[0-9]+$} $state($flag)] && \
-		    ![regexp {^[0-9]+$} $value]} {
-		return -code error "Bad value for $flag ($value), must be integer"
-	    }
-	    set state($flag) $value
-	} else {
-	    return -code error "Unknown option $flag, can be: $usage"
-	}
-    }
-    if {! [regexp -nocase {^(http://)?([^/:]+)(:([0-9]+))?(/.*)?$} $url \
-	    x proto host y port srvurl]} {
-	error "Unsupported URL: $url"
-    }
-    if {[string length $port] == 0} {
-	set port 80
-    }
-    if {[string length $srvurl] == 0} {
-	set srvurl /
-    }
-    if {[string length $proto] == 0} {
-	set url http://$url
-    }
-    set state(url) $url
-    if {![catch {$http(-proxyfilter) $host} proxy]} {
-	set phost [lindex $proxy 0]
-	set pport [lindex $proxy 1]
-    }
-    if {$state(-timeout) > 0} {
-	set state(after) [after $state(-timeout) [list http_reset $token timeout]]
-    }
-    if {[info exists phost] && [string length $phost]} {
-	set srvurl $url
-	set s [socket $phost $pport]
-    } else {
-	set s [socket $host $port]
-    }
-    set state(sock) $s
-
-    # Send data in cr-lf format, but accept any line terminators
-
-    fconfigure $s -translation {auto crlf} -buffersize $state(-blocksize)
-
-    # The following is disallowed in safe interpreters, but the socket
-    # is already in non-blocking mode in that case.
-
-    catch {fconfigure $s -blocking off}
-    set len 0
-    set how GET
-    if {[info exists state(-query)]} {
-	set len [string length $state(-query)]
-	if {$len > 0} {
-	    set how POST
-	}
-    } elseif {$state(-validate)} {
-	set how HEAD
-    }
-    puts $s "$how $srvurl HTTP/1.0"
-    puts $s "Accept: $http(-accept)"
-    puts $s "Host: $host"
-    puts $s "User-Agent: $http(-useragent)"
-    foreach {key value} $state(-headers) {
-	regsub -all \[\n\r\]  $value {} value
-	set key [string trim $key]
-	if {[string length $key]} {
-	    puts $s "$key: $value"
-	}
-    }
-    if {$len > 0} {
-	puts $s "Content-Length: $len"
-	puts $s "Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded"
-	puts $s ""
-	fconfigure $s -translation {auto binary}
-	puts -nonewline $s $state(-query)
-    } else {
-	puts $s ""
-    }
-    flush $s
-    fileevent $s readable [list httpEvent $token]
-    if {! [info exists state(-command)]} {
-	http_wait $token
-    }
-    return $token
-}
-proc http_data {token} {
-    upvar #0 $token state
-    return $state(body)
-}
-proc http_status {token} {
-    upvar #0 $token state
-    return $state(status)
-}
-proc http_code {token} {
-    upvar #0 $token state
-    return $state(http)
-}
-proc http_size {token} {
-    upvar #0 $token state
-    return $state(currentsize)
-}
-
- proc httpEvent {token} {
-    upvar #0 $token state
-    set s $state(sock)
-
-     if {[eof $s]} {
-	httpEof $token
-	return
-    }
-    if {$state(state) == "header"} {
-	set n [gets $s line]
-	if {$n == 0} {
-	    set state(state) body
-	    if {![regexp -nocase ^text $state(type)]} {
-		# Turn off conversions for non-text data
-		fconfigure $s -translation binary
-		if {[info exists state(-channel)]} {
-		    fconfigure $state(-channel) -translation binary
-		}
-	    }
-	    if {[info exists state(-channel)] &&
-		    ![info exists state(-handler)]} {
-		# Initiate a sequence of background fcopies
-		fileevent $s readable {}
-		httpCopyStart $s $token
-	    }
-	} elseif {$n > 0} {
-	    if {[regexp -nocase {^content-type:(.+)$} $line x type]} {
-		set state(type) [string trim $type]
-	    }
-	    if {[regexp -nocase {^content-length:(.+)$} $line x length]} {
-		set state(totalsize) [string trim $length]
-	    }
-	    if {[regexp -nocase {^([^:]+):(.+)$} $line x key value]} {
-		lappend state(meta) $key $value
-	    } elseif {[regexp ^HTTP $line]} {
-		set state(http) $line
-	    }
-	}
-    } else {
-	if {[catch {
-	    if {[info exists state(-handler)]} {
-		set n [eval $state(-handler) {$s $token}]
-	    } else {
-		set block [read $s $state(-blocksize)]
-		set n [string length $block]
-		if {$n >= 0} {
-		    append state(body) $block
-		}
-	    }
-	    if {$n >= 0} {
-		incr state(currentsize) $n
-	    }
-	} err]} {
-	    httpFinish $token $err
-	} else {
-	    if {[info exists state(-progress)]} {
-		eval $state(-progress) {$token $state(totalsize) $state(currentsize)}
-	    }
-	}
-    }
-}
- proc httpCopyStart {s token} {
-    upvar #0 $token state
-    if {[catch {
-	fcopy $s $state(-channel) -size $state(-blocksize) -command \
-	    [list httpCopyDone $token]
-    } err]} {
-	httpFinish $token $err
-    }
-}
- proc httpCopyDone {token count {error {}}} {
-    upvar #0 $token state
-    set s $state(sock)
-    incr state(currentsize) $count
-    if {[info exists state(-progress)]} {
-	eval $state(-progress) {$token $state(totalsize) $state(currentsize)}
-    }
-    if {([string length $error] != 0)} {
-	httpFinish $token $error
-    } elseif {[eof $s]} {
-	httpEof $token
-    } else {
-	httpCopyStart $s $token
-    }
-}
- proc httpEof {token} {
-    upvar #0 $token state
-    if {$state(state) == "header"} {
-	# Premature eof
-	set state(status) eof
-    } else {
-	set state(status) ok
-    }
-    set state(state) eof
-    httpFinish $token
-}
-proc http_wait {token} {
-    upvar #0 $token state
-    if {![info exists state(status)] || [string length $state(status)] == 0} {
-	vwait $token\(status)
-    }
-    if {[info exists state(error)]} {
-	set errorlist $state(error)
-	unset state(error)
-	eval error $errorlist
-    }
-    return $state(status)
-}
-
-# Call http_formatQuery with an even number of arguments, where the first is
-# a name, the second is a value, the third is another name, and so on.
-
-proc http_formatQuery {args} {
-    set result ""
-    set sep ""
-    foreach i $args {
-	append result  $sep [httpMapReply $i]
-	if {$sep != "="} {
-	    set sep =
-	} else {
-	    set sep &
-	}
-    }
-    return $result
-}
-
-# do x-www-urlencoded character mapping
-# The spec says: "non-alphanumeric characters are replaced by '%HH'"
-# 1 leave alphanumerics characters alone
-# 2 Convert every other character to an array lookup
-# 3 Escape constructs that are "special" to the tcl parser
-# 4 "subst" the result, doing all the array substitutions
-
- proc httpMapReply {string} {
-    global httpFormMap
-    set alphanumeric	a-zA-Z0-9
-    if {![info exists httpFormMap]} {
-
-	for {set i 1} {$i <= 256} {incr i} {
-	    set c [format %c $i]
-	    if {![string match \[$alphanumeric\] $c]} {
-		set httpFormMap($c) %[format %.2x $i]
-	    }
-	}
-	# These are handled specially
-	array set httpFormMap {
-	    " " +   \n %0d%0a
-	}
-    }
-    regsub -all \[^$alphanumeric\] $string {$httpFormMap(&)} string
-    regsub -all \n $string {\\n} string
-    regsub -all \t $string {\\t} string
-    regsub -all {[][{})\\]\)} $string {\\&} string
-    return [subst $string]
-}
-
-# Default proxy filter.
- proc httpProxyRequired {host} {
-    global http
-    if {[info exists http(-proxyhost)] && [string length $http(-proxyhost)]} {
-	if {![info exists http(-proxyport)] || ![string length $http(-proxyport)]} {
-	    set http(-proxyport) 8080
-	}
-	return [list $http(-proxyhost) $http(-proxyport)]
-    } else {
-	return {}
-    }
-}

DELETED library/http1.0/pkgIndex.tcl
Index: library/http1.0/pkgIndex.tcl
==================================================================
--- library/http1.0/pkgIndex.tcl
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,11 +0,0 @@
-# Tcl package index file, version 1.0
-# This file is generated by the "pkg_mkIndex" command
-# and sourced either when an application starts up or
-# by a "package unknown" script.  It invokes the
-# "package ifneeded" command to set up package-related
-# information so that packages will be loaded automatically
-# in response to "package require" commands.  When this
-# script is sourced, the variable $dir must contain the
-# full path name of this file's directory.
-
-package ifneeded http 1.0 [list tclPkgSetup $dir http 1.0 {{http.tcl source {httpCopyDone httpCopyStart httpEof httpEvent httpFinish httpMapReply httpProxyRequired http_code http_config http_data http_formatQuery http_get http_reset http_size http_status http_wait}}}]

Index: library/init.tcl
==================================================================
--- library/init.tcl
+++ library/init.tcl
@@ -14,11 +14,11 @@
 
 # This test intentionally written in pre-7.5 Tcl
 if {[info commands package] == ""} {
     error "version mismatch: library\nscripts expect Tcl version 7.5b1 or later but the loaded version is\nonly [info patchlevel]"
 }
-package require -exact Tcl 9.0a0
+package require -exact Tcl 8.7a2
 
 # Compute the auto path to use in this interpreter.
 # The values on the path come from several locations:
 #
 # The environment variable TCLLIBPATH
@@ -71,47 +71,10 @@
         if {$Dir ni $Path} {
 	    lappend Path $Dir
 	    encoding dirs $Path
         }
     }
-
-    # TIP #255 min and max functions
-    namespace eval mathfunc {
-	proc min {args} {
-	    if {![llength $args]} {
-		return -code error \
-		    "too few arguments to math function \"min\""
-	    }
-	    set val Inf
-	    foreach arg $args {
-		# This will handle forcing the numeric value without
-		# ruining the internal type of a numeric object
-		if {[catch {expr {double($arg)}} err]} {
-		    return -code error $err
-		}
-		if {$arg < $val} {set val $arg}
-	    }
-	    return $val
-	}
-	proc max {args} {
-	    if {![llength $args]} {
-		return -code error \
-		    "too few arguments to math function \"max\""
-	    }
-	    set val -Inf
-	    foreach arg $args {
-		# This will handle forcing the numeric value without
-		# ruining the internal type of a numeric object
-		if {[catch {expr {double($arg)}} err]} {
-		    return -code error $err
-		}
-		if {$arg > $val} {set val $arg}
-	    }
-	    return $val
-	}
-	namespace export min max
-    }
 }
 
 namespace eval tcl::Pkg {}
 
 # Windows specific end of initialization
@@ -654,12 +617,11 @@
 	return $auto_execs($name)
     }
     set auto_execs($name) ""
 
     set shellBuiltins [list assoc cls copy date del dir echo erase ftype \
-                           md mkdir mklink move rd ren rename rmdir start \
-                           time type ver vol]
+	    md mkdir mklink move rd ren rename rmdir start time type ver vol]
     if {[info exists env(PATHEXT)]} {
 	# Add an initial ; to have the {} extension check first.
 	set execExtensions [split ";$env(PATHEXT)" ";"]
     } else {
 	set execExtensions [list {} .com .exe .bat .cmd]
@@ -689,14 +651,11 @@
     set path "[file dirname [info nameof]];.;"
     if {[info exists env(WINDIR)]} {
 	set windir $env(WINDIR)
     }
     if {[info exists windir]} {
-	if {$tcl_platform(os) eq "Windows NT"} {
-	    append path "$windir/system32;"
-	}
-	append path "$windir/system;$windir;"
+	append path "$windir/system32;$windir/system;$windir;"
     }
 
     foreach var {PATH Path path} {
 	if {[info exists env($var)]} {
 	    append path ";$env($var)"

Index: library/msgcat/msgcat.tcl
==================================================================
--- library/msgcat/msgcat.tcl
+++ library/msgcat/msgcat.tcl
@@ -2,26 +2,28 @@
 #
 #	This file defines various procedures which implement a
 #	message catalog facility for Tcl programs.  It should be
 #	loaded with the command "package require msgcat".
 #
-# Copyright (c) 2010-2015 by Harald Oehlmann.
+# Copyright (c) 2010-2018 by Harald Oehlmann.
 # Copyright (c) 1998-2000 by Ajuba Solutions.
 # Copyright (c) 1998 by Mark Harrison.
 #
 # See the file "license.terms" for information on usage and redistribution
 # of this file, and for a DISCLAIMER OF ALL WARRANTIES.
 
-package require Tcl 8.5-
+# We use oo::define::self, which is new in Tcl 8.7
+package require Tcl 8.7-
 # When the version number changes, be sure to update the pkgIndex.tcl file,
 # and the installation directory in the Makefiles.
-package provide msgcat 1.6.1
+package provide msgcat 1.7.0
 
 namespace eval msgcat {
-    namespace export mc mcexists mcload mclocale mcmax mcmset mcpreferences mcset\
+    namespace export mc mcn mcexists mcload mclocale mcmax\
+	    mcmset mcpreferences mcset\
             mcunknown mcflset mcflmset mcloadedlocales mcforgetpackage\
-	    mcpackageconfig mcpackagelocale
+	    mcpackagenamespaceget mcpackageconfig mcpackagelocale mcutil
 
     # Records the list of locales to search
     variable Loclist {}
 
     # List of currently loaded locales
@@ -39,11 +41,17 @@
     # Records the mapping between source strings and translated strings.  The
     # dict key is of the form "<namespace> <locale> <src>", where locale and
     # namespace should be themselves dict values and the value is
     # the translated string.
     variable Msgs [dict create]
+}
 
+# create ensemble namespace for mcutil command
+namespace eval msgcat::mcutil {
+    namespace export getsystemlocale getpreferences
+    namespace ensemble create -prefix 0
+    
     # Map of language codes used in Windows registry to those of ISO-639
     if {[info sharedlibextension] eq ".dll"} {
 	variable WinRegToISO639 [dict create  {*}{
 	    01 ar 0401 ar_SA 0801 ar_IQ 0c01 ar_EG 1001 ar_LY 1401 ar_DZ
 		  1801 ar_MA 1c01 ar_TN 2001 ar_OM 2401 ar_YE 2801 ar_SY
@@ -190,22 +198,41 @@
 #
 # Results:
 #	Returns the translated string.  Propagates errors thrown by the
 #	format command.
 
-proc msgcat::mc {src args} {
-    # this may be replaced by:
-    # return [mcget -namespace [uplevel 1 [list ::namespace current]] --\
-    #	    $src {*}$args]
+proc msgcat::mc {args} {
+    tailcall mcn [PackageNamespaceGet] {*}$args
+}
+
+# msgcat::mcn --
+#
+#	Find the translation for the given string based on the current
+#	locale setting. Check the passed namespace first, then look in each
+#	parent namespace until the source is found.  If additional args are
+#	specified, use the format command to work them into the traslated
+#	string.
+#	If no catalog item is found, mcunknown is called in the caller frame
+#	and its result is returned.
+#
+# Arguments:
+#	ns	Package namespace of the translation
+#	src	The string to translate.
+#	args	Args to pass to the format command
+#
+# Results:
+#	Returns the translated string.  Propagates errors thrown by the
+#	format command.
+
+proc msgcat::mcn {ns src args} {
 
     # Check for the src in each namespace starting from the local and
     # ending in the global.
 
     variable Msgs
     variable Loclist
 
-    set ns [uplevel 1 [list ::namespace current]]
     set loclist [PackagePreferences $ns]
 
     set nscur $ns
     while {$nscur != ""} {
 	foreach loc $loclist {
@@ -217,11 +244,11 @@
 	set nscur [namespace parent $nscur]
     }
     # call package local or default unknown command
     set args [linsert $args 0 [lindex $loclist 0] $src]
     switch -exact -- [Invoke unknowncmd $args $ns result 1] {
-	0 { return [uplevel 1 [linsert $args 0 [namespace origin mcunknown]]] }
+	0 { tailcall mcunknown {*}$args }
 	1 { return [DefaultUnknown {*}$args] }
 	default { return $result }
     }
 }
 
@@ -243,35 +270,43 @@
 
     variable Msgs
     variable Loclist
     variable PackageConfig
 
-    set ns [uplevel 1 [list ::namespace current]]
-    set loclist [PackagePreferences $ns]
-
     while {[llength $args] != 1} {
 	set args [lassign $args option]
 	switch -glob -- $option {
-	    -exactnamespace { set exactnamespace 1 }
-	    -exactlocale { set loclist [lrange $loclist 0 0] }
+	    -exactnamespace - -exactlocale { set $option 1 }
+	    -namespace {
+		if {[llength $args] < 2} {
+		    return -code error\
+			    "Argument missing for switch \"-namespace\""
+		}
+		set args [lassign $args ns]
+	    }
 	    -* { return -code error "unknown option \"$option\"" }
 	    default {
 		return -code error "wrong # args: should be\
 			\"[lindex [info level 0] 0] ?-exactnamespace?\
-			?-exactlocale? src\""
+			?-exactlocale? ?-namespace ns? src\""
 	    }
 	}
     }
     set src [lindex $args 0]
+    
+    if {![info exists ns]} { set ns [PackageNamespaceGet] }
+
+    set loclist [PackagePreferences $ns]
+    if {[info exists -exactlocale]} { set loclist [lrange $loclist 0 0] }
 
     while {$ns ne ""} {
 	foreach loc $loclist {
 	    if {[dict exists $Msgs $ns $loc $src]} {
 		return 1
 	    }
 	}
-	if {[info exists exactnamespace]} {return 0}
+	if {[info exists -exactnamespace]} {return 0}
 	set ns [namespace parent $ns]
     }
     return 0
 }
 
@@ -301,36 +336,31 @@
 	set newLocale [string tolower [lindex $args 0]]
 	if {$newLocale ne [file tail $newLocale]} {
 	    return -code error "invalid newLocale value \"$newLocale\":\
 		    could be path to unsafe code."
 	}
-	if {[lindex $Loclist 0] ne $newLocale} {
-	    set Loclist [GetPreferences $newLocale]
-
-	    # locale not loaded jet
-	    LoadAll $Loclist
-	    # Invoke callback
-	    Invoke changecmd $Loclist
-	}
+	mcpreferences {*}[mcutil getpreferences $newLocale]
     }
     return [lindex $Loclist 0]
 }
 
-# msgcat::GetPreferences --
+# msgcat::mcutil::getpreferences --
 #
 #	Get list of locales from a locale.
 #	The first element is always the lowercase locale.
 #	Other elements have one component separated by "_" less.
 #	Multiple "_" are seen as one separator: de__ch_spec de__ch de {}
+#
+#	This method is part of the ensemble mcutil
 #
 # Arguments:
 #	Locale.
 #
 # Results:
 #	Locale list
 
-proc msgcat::GetPreferences {locale} {
+proc msgcat::mcutil::getpreferences {locale} {
     set locale [string tolower $locale]
     set loclist [list $locale]
     while {-1 !=[set pos [string last "_" $locale]]} {
 	set locale [string range $locale 0 $pos-1]
 	if { "_" ne [string index $locale end] } {
@@ -347,19 +377,54 @@
 #
 #	Fetch the list of locales used to look up strings, ordered from
 #	most preferred to least preferred.
 #
 # Arguments:
-#	None.
+#	New location list
 #
 # Results:
 #	Returns an ordered list of the locales preferred by the user.
 
-proc msgcat::mcpreferences {} {
+proc msgcat::mcpreferences {args} {
     variable Loclist
+
+    if {[llength $args] > 0} {
+	# args is the new loclist
+	if {![ListEqualString $args $Loclist]} {
+	    set Loclist $args
+
+	    # locale not loaded jet
+	    LoadAll $Loclist
+	    # Invoke callback
+	    Invoke changecmd $Loclist
+	}
+    }
     return $Loclist
 }
+
+# msgcat::ListStringEqual --
+#
+#	Compare two strings for equal string contents
+#
+# Arguments:
+#	list1		first list
+#	list2		second list
+#
+# Results:
+#	1 if lists of strings are identical, 0 otherwise
+
+proc msgcat::ListEqualString {list1 list2} {
+    if {[llength $list1] != [llength $list2]} {
+	return 0
+    }
+    foreach item1 $list1 item2 $list2 {
+	if {$item1 ne $item2} {
+	    return 0
+	}
+    }
+    return 1
+}
 
 # msgcat::mcloadedlocales --
 #
 #	Get or change the list of currently loaded default locales
 #
@@ -440,65 +505,95 @@
 #	locale			package locale (only set subcommand)
 #
 # Results:
 #	Empty string, if not stated differently for the subcommand
 
-proc msgcat::mcpackagelocale {subcommand {locale ""}} {
+proc msgcat::mcpackagelocale {subcommand args} {
     # todo: implement using an ensemble
     variable Loclist
     variable LoadedLocales
     variable Msgs
     variable PackageConfig
     # Check option
     # check if required item is exactly provided
-    if {[llength [info level 0]] == 2} {
-	# locale not given
-	unset locale
-    } else {
-	# locale given
-	if {$subcommand in
-		{"get" "isset" "unset" "preferences" "loaded" "clear"} } {
-	    return -code error "wrong # args: should be\
-		    \"[lrange [info level 0] 0 1]\""
-	}
-        set locale [string tolower $locale]
-    }
-    set ns [uplevel 1 {::namespace current}]
+    if {    [llength $args] > 0
+	    && $subcommand in {"get" "isset" "unset" "loaded" "clear"} } {
+	return -code error "wrong # args: should be\
+		\"[lrange [info level 0] 0 1]\""
+    }
+    set ns [PackageNamespaceGet]
 
     switch -exact -- $subcommand {
 	get { return [lindex [PackagePreferences $ns] 0] }
-	preferences { return [PackagePreferences $ns] }
 	loaded { return [PackageLocales $ns] }
-	present { return [expr {$locale in [PackageLocales $ns]} ]}
+	present {
+	    if {[llength $args] != 1} {
+		return -code error "wrong # args: should be\
+			\"[lrange [info level 0] 0 1] locale\""
+	    }
+	    return [expr {[string tolower [lindex $args 0]]
+		    in [PackageLocales $ns]} ]
+	}
 	isset { return [dict exists $PackageConfig loclist $ns] }
-	set { # set a package locale or add a package locale
+	set - preferences {
+	    # set a package locale or add a package locale
+	    set fSet [expr {$subcommand eq "set"}]
+	    
+	    # Check parameter
+	    if {$fSet && 1 < [llength $args] } {
+		return -code error "wrong # args: should be\
+			\"[lrange [info level 0] 0 1] ?locale?\""
+	    }
+
+	    # > Return preferences if no parameter
+	    if {!$fSet && 0 == [llength $args] } {
+		return [PackagePreferences $ns]
+	    }
 
 	    # Copy the default locale if no package locale set so far
 	    if {![dict exists $PackageConfig loclist $ns]} {
 		dict set PackageConfig loclist $ns $Loclist
 		dict set PackageConfig loadedlocales $ns $LoadedLocales
 	    }
 
-	    # Check if changed
-	    set loclist [dict get $PackageConfig loclist $ns]
-	    if {! [info exists locale] || $locale eq [lindex $loclist 0] } {
-		return [lindex $loclist 0]
+	    # No argument for set: return current package locale
+	    # The difference to no argument and subcommand "preferences" is,
+	    # that "preferences" does not set the package locale property.
+	    # This case is processed above, so no check for fSet here
+	    if { 0 == [llength $args] } {
+		return [lindex [dict get $PackageConfig loclist $ns] 0]
+	    }
+
+	    # Get new loclist
+	    if {$fSet} {
+		set loclist [mcutil getpreferences [lindex $args 0]]
+	    } else {
+		set loclist $args
+	    }
+
+	    # Check if not changed to return imediately
+	    if {    [ListEqualString $loclist\
+			[dict get $PackageConfig loclist $ns]] } {
+		if {$fSet} {
+		    return [lindex $loclist 0]
+		}
+		return $loclist
 	    }
 
 	    # Change loclist
-	    set loclist [GetPreferences $locale]
-	    set locale [lindex $loclist 0]
 	    dict set PackageConfig loclist $ns $loclist
 
 	    # load eventual missing locales
 	    set loadedLocales [dict get $PackageConfig loadedlocales $ns]
-	    if {$locale in $loadedLocales} { return $locale }
 	    set loadLocales [ListComplement $loadedLocales $loclist]
 	    dict set PackageConfig loadedlocales $ns\
 		    [concat $loadedLocales $loadLocales]
 	    Load $ns $loadLocales
-	    return $locale
+	    if {$fSet} {
+		return [lindex $loclist 0]
+	    }
+	    return $loclist
 	}
 	clear { # Remove all locales not contained in Loclist
 	    if {![dict exists $PackageConfig loclist $ns]} {
 		return -code error "clear only when package locale set"
 	    }
@@ -549,19 +644,28 @@
 
 proc msgcat::mcforgetpackage {} {
     # todo: this may be implemented using an ensemble
     variable PackageConfig
     variable Msgs
-    set ns [uplevel 1 {::namespace current}]
+    set ns [PackageNamespaceGet]
     # Remove MC items
     dict unset Msgs $ns
     # Remove config items
     foreach key [dict keys $PackageConfig] {
 	dict unset PackageConfig $key $ns
     }
     return
 }
+
+# msgcat::mcgetmynamespace --
+#
+#	Return the package namespace of the caller
+#	This consideres to be called from a class or object.
+
+proc msgcat::mcpackagenamespaceget {} {
+    return [PackageNamespaceGet]
+}
 
 # msgcat::mcpackageconfig --
 #
 #	Get or modify the per caller namespace (e.g. packages) config options.
 #
@@ -614,11 +718,11 @@
 #	Depends on the subcommand and option and is described there
 
 proc msgcat::mcpackageconfig {subcommand option {value ""}} {
     variable PackageConfig
     # get namespace
-    set ns [uplevel 1 {::namespace current}]
+    set ns [PackageNamespaceGet]
 
     if {$option ni {"mcfolder" "loadcmd" "changecmd" "unknowncmd"}} {
 	return -code error "bad option \"$option\": must be mcfolder, loadcmd,\
 		changecmd, or unknowncmd"
     }
@@ -754,12 +858,11 @@
 #
 # Results:
 #	Returns the number of message catalogs that were loaded.
 
 proc msgcat::mcload {langdir} {
-    return [uplevel 1 [list\
-	    [namespace origin mcpackageconfig] set mcfolder $langdir]]
+    tailcall mcpackageconfig set mcfolder $langdir
 }
 
 # msgcat::LoadAll --
 #
 #	Load a list of locales for all packages not having a package locale
@@ -921,11 +1024,11 @@
     variable Msgs
     if {[llength [info level 0]] == 3} { ;# dest not specified
 	set dest $src
     }
 
-    set ns [uplevel 1 [list ::namespace current]]
+    set ns [PackageNamespaceGet]
 
     set locale [string tolower $locale]
 
     dict set Msgs $ns $locale $src $dest
     return $dest
@@ -949,11 +1052,11 @@
 
     if {![info exists FileLocale]} {
 	return -code error "must only be used inside a message catalog loaded\
 		with ::msgcat::mcload"
     }
-    return [uplevel 1 [list [namespace origin mcset] $FileLocale $src $dest]]
+    tailcall mcset $FileLocale $src $dest
 }
 
 # msgcat::mcmset --
 #
 #	Set the translation for multiple strings in a specified locale.
@@ -973,11 +1076,11 @@
 	return -code error "bad translation list:\
 		should be \"[lindex [info level 0] 0] locale {src dest ...}\""
     }
 
     set locale [string tolower $locale]
-    set ns [uplevel 1 [list ::namespace current]]
+    set ns [PackageNamespaceGet]
 
     foreach {src dest} $pairs {
 	dict set Msgs $ns $locale $src $dest
     }
 
@@ -1000,11 +1103,11 @@
 
     if {![info exists FileLocale]} {
 	return -code error "must only be used inside a message catalog loaded\
 		with ::msgcat::mcload"
     }
-    return [uplevel 1 [list [namespace origin mcmset] $FileLocale $pairs]]
+    tailcal mcmset $FileLocale $pairs
 }
 
 # msgcat::mcunknown --
 #
 #	This routine is called by msgcat::mc if a translation cannot
@@ -1022,11 +1125,11 @@
 #
 # Results:
 #	Returns the translated value.
 
 proc msgcat::mcunknown {args} {
-    return [uplevel 1 [list [namespace origin DefaultUnknown] {*}$args]]
+    tailcall DefaultUnknown {*}$args
 }
 
 # msgcat::DefaultUnknown --
 #
 #	This routine is called by msgcat::mc if a translation cannot
@@ -1065,12 +1168,13 @@
 # Results:
 #	Returns the length of the longest translated string.
 
 proc msgcat::mcmax {args} {
     set max 0
+    set ns [PackageNamespaceGet]
     foreach string $args {
-	set translated [uplevel 1 [list [namespace origin mc] $string]]
+	set translated [uplevel 1 [list [namespace origin mcn] $ns $string]]
 	set len [string length $translated]
 	if {$len>$max} {
 	    set max $len
 	}
     }
@@ -1077,11 +1181,11 @@
     return $max
 }
 
 # Convert the locale values stored in environment variables to a form
 # suitable for passing to [mclocale]
-proc msgcat::ConvertLocale {value} {
+proc msgcat::mcutil::ConvertLocale {value} {
     # Assume $value is of form: $language[_$territory][.$codeset][@modifier]
     # Convert to form: $language[_$territory][_$modifier]
     #
     # Comment out expanded RE version -- bugs alleged
     # regexp -expanded {
@@ -1104,44 +1208,71 @@
 	append ret _$modifier
     }
     return $ret
 }
 
+# helper function to find package namespace of stack-frame -2
+# There are 4 possibilities:
+# - called from a proc
+# - called within a class definition script
+# - called from an class defined oo object
+# - called from a classless oo object
+proc ::msgcat::PackageNamespaceGet {} {
+    uplevel 2 {
+	# Check self namespace to determine environment
+	switch -exact -- [namespace which self] {
+	    {::oo::define::self} {
+		# We are within a class definition
+		return [namespace qualifiers [self]]
+	    }
+	    {::oo::Helpers::self} {
+		# We are within an object
+		set Class [info object class [self]]
+		# Check for classless defined object
+		if {$Class eq {::oo::object}} {
+		    return [namespace qualifiers [self]]
+		}
+		# Class defined object
+		return [namespace qualifiers $Class]
+	    }
+	    default {
+		# Not in object environment
+		return [namespace current]
+	    }
+	}
+    }
+}
+  
 # Initialize the default locale
-proc msgcat::Init {} {
+proc msgcat::mcutil::getsystemlocale {} {
     global env
 
     #
     # set default locale, try to get from environment
     #
     foreach varName {LC_ALL LC_MESSAGES LANG} {
 	if {[info exists env($varName)] && ("" ne $env($varName))} {
-	    if {![catch {
-		mclocale [ConvertLocale $env($varName)]
-	    }]} {
-		return
+	    if {![catch { ConvertLocale $env($varName) } locale]} {
+		return $locale
 	    }
 	}
     }
     #
     # On Darwin, fallback to current CFLocale identifier if available.
     #
     if {[info exists ::tcl::mac::locale] && $::tcl::mac::locale ne ""} {
-	if {![catch {
-	    mclocale [ConvertLocale $::tcl::mac::locale]
-	}]} {
-	    return
+	if {![catch { ConvertLocale $::tcl::mac::locale } locale]} {
+	    return $locale
 	}
     }
     #
     # The rest of this routine is special processing for Windows or
     # Cygwin. All other platforms, get out now.
     #
     if {([info sharedlibextension] ne ".dll")
 	    || [catch {package require registry}]} {
-	mclocale C
-	return
+	return C
     }
     #
     # On Windows or Cygwin, try to set locale depending on registry
     # settings, or fall back on locale of "C".
     #
@@ -1168,22 +1299,21 @@
 	    }
 	    set modifierDict [dict create latn latin cyrl cyrillic]
 	    if {[dict exists $modifierDict $script]} {
 		append locale @ [dict get $modifierDict $script]
 	    }
-	    if {![catch {mclocale [ConvertLocale $locale]}]} {
-		return
+	    if {![catch {ConvertLocale $locale} locale]} {
+		return $locale
 	    }
 	}
     }
 
     # then check value locale which contains a numerical language ID
     if {[catch {
 	set locale [registry get $key "locale"]
     }]} {
-	mclocale C
-	return
+	return C
     }
     #
     # Keep trying to match against smaller and smaller suffixes
     # of the registry value, since the latter hexadigits appear
     # to determine general language and earlier hexadigits determine
@@ -1194,17 +1324,17 @@
     #
     variable WinRegToISO639
     set locale [string tolower $locale]
     while {[string length $locale]} {
 	if {![catch {
-	    mclocale [ConvertLocale [dict get $WinRegToISO639 $locale]]
-	}]} {
-	    return
+	    ConvertLocale [dict get $WinRegToISO639 $locale]
+	} localeOut]} {
+	    return $localeOut
 	}
 	set locale [string range $locale 1 end]
     }
     #
     # No translation known.  Fall back on "C" locale
     #
-    mclocale C
+    return C
 }
-msgcat::Init
+msgcat::mclocale [msgcat::mcutil getsystemlocale]

Index: library/msgcat/pkgIndex.tcl
==================================================================
--- library/msgcat/pkgIndex.tcl
+++ library/msgcat/pkgIndex.tcl
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
-if {![package vsatisfies [package provide Tcl] 8.5-]} {return}
-package ifneeded msgcat 1.6.1 [list source [file join $dir msgcat.tcl]]
+if {![package vsatisfies [package provide Tcl] 8.7-]} {return}
+package ifneeded msgcat 1.7.0 [list source [file join $dir msgcat.tcl]]

Index: library/safe.tcl
==================================================================
--- library/safe.tcl
+++ library/safe.tcl
@@ -111,11 +111,11 @@
 
 # This is even more complicated by the boolean flags with no values that
 # we had the bad idea to support for the sake of user simplicity in
 # create/init but which makes life hard in configure...
 # So this will be hopefully written and some integrated with opt1.0
-# (hopefully for tcl9.0 ?)
+# (hopefully for tcl8.1 ?)
 proc ::safe::interpConfigure {args} {
     switch [llength $args] {
 	1 {
 	    # If we have exactly 1 argument the semantic is to return all
 	    # the current configuration. We still call OptKeyParse though

Index: library/tzdata/Africa/Sao_Tome
==================================================================
--- library/tzdata/Africa/Sao_Tome
+++ library/tzdata/Africa/Sao_Tome
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 # created by tools/tclZIC.tcl - do not edit
-if {![info exists TZData(Africa/Abidjan)]} {
-    LoadTimeZoneFile Africa/Abidjan
+
+set TZData(:Africa/Sao_Tome) {
+    {-9223372036854775808 1616 0 LMT}
+    {-2713912016 -2205 0 LMT}
+    {-1830381795 0 0 GMT}
+    {1514768400 3600 0 WAT}
 }
-set TZData(:Africa/Sao_Tome) $TZData(:Africa/Abidjan)

Index: library/tzdata/America/Campo_Grande
==================================================================
--- library/tzdata/America/Campo_Grande
+++ library/tzdata/America/Campo_Grande
@@ -89,169 +89,169 @@
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 }

Index: library/tzdata/America/Cuiaba
==================================================================
--- library/tzdata/America/Cuiaba
+++ library/tzdata/America/Cuiaba
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Index: library/tzdata/America/La_Paz
==================================================================
--- library/tzdata/America/La_Paz
+++ library/tzdata/America/La_Paz
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 # created by tools/tclZIC.tcl - do not edit
 
 set TZData(:America/La_Paz) {
     {-9223372036854775808 -16356 0 LMT}
     {-2524505244 -16356 0 CMT}
-    {-1205954844 -12756 1 BOST}
+    {-1205954844 -12756 1 BST}
     {-1192307244 -14400 0 -04}
 }

Index: library/tzdata/America/Sao_Paulo
==================================================================
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 }

Index: library/tzdata/Asia/Tokyo
==================================================================
--- library/tzdata/Asia/Tokyo
+++ library/tzdata/Asia/Tokyo
@@ -1,14 +1,14 @@
 # created by tools/tclZIC.tcl - do not edit
 
 set TZData(:Asia/Tokyo) {
     {-9223372036854775808 33539 0 LMT}
     {-2587712400 32400 0 JST}
-    {-683794800 36000 1 JDT}
-    {-672393600 32400 0 JST}
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-    {-620290800 36000 1 JDT}
-    {-609494400 32400 0 JST}
-    {-588841200 36000 1 JDT}
-    {-578044800 32400 0 JST}
+    {-683802000 36000 1 JDT}
+    {-672314400 32400 0 JST}
+    {-654771600 36000 1 JDT}
+    {-640864800 32400 0 JST}
+    {-620298000 36000 1 JDT}
+    {-609415200 32400 0 JST}
+    {-588848400 36000 1 JDT}
+    {-577965600 32400 0 JST}
 }

Index: libtommath/README.md
==================================================================
--- libtommath/README.md
+++ libtommath/README.md
@@ -1,15 +1,23 @@
-[![Build Status - master](https://travis-ci.org/libtom/libtommath.png?branch=master)](https://travis-ci.org/libtom/libtommath)
+# libtommath
+
+This is the git repository for [LibTomMath](http://www.libtom.net/LibTomMath/), a free open source portable number theoretic multiple-precision integer (MPI) library written entirely in C.
+
+## Build Status
+
+master  - [![Build Status - master](https://travis-ci.org/libtom/libtommath.png?branch=master)](https://travis-ci.org/libtom/libtommath)
 
-[![Build Status - develop](https://travis-ci.org/libtom/libtommath.png?branch=develop)](https://travis-ci.org/libtom/libtommath)
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-This is the git repository for [LibTomMath](http://www.libtom.org/), a free open source portable number theoretic multiple-precision integer (MPI) library written entirely in C.
+## Summary
 
 The `develop` branch contains the in-development version. Stable releases are tagged.
 
 Documentation is built from the LaTeX file `bn.tex`. There is also limited documentation in `tommath.h`. There is also a document, `tommath.pdf`, which describes the goals of the project and many of the algorithms used.
 
 The project can be build by using `make`. Along with the usual `make`, `make clean` and `make install`, there are several other build targets, see the makefile for details. There are also makefiles for certain specific platforms.
+
+## Testing
 
 Tests are located in `demo/` and can be built in two flavors.
 * `make test` creates a test binary that is intended to be run against `mtest`. `mtest` can be built with `make mtest` and test execution is done like `./mtest/mtest | ./test`. `mtest` is creating test vectors using an alternative MPI library and `test` is consuming these vectors to verify correct behavior of ltm
 * `make test_standalone` creates a stand-alone test binary that executes several test routines.

Index: libtommath/bn_error.c
==================================================================
--- libtommath/bn_error.c
+++ libtommath/bn_error.c
@@ -25,14 +25,14 @@
 };
 
 /* return a char * string for a given code */
 const char *mp_error_to_string(int code)
 {
-   int x;
+   size_t x;
 
    /* scan the lookup table for the given message */
-   for (x = 0; x < (int)(sizeof(msgs) / sizeof(msgs[0])); x++) {
+   for (x = 0; x < (sizeof(msgs) / sizeof(msgs[0])); x++) {
       if (msgs[x].code == code) {
          return msgs[x].msg;
       }
    }
 

Index: libtommath/bn_fast_mp_invmod.c
==================================================================
--- libtommath/bn_fast_mp_invmod.c
+++ libtommath/bn_fast_mp_invmod.c
@@ -43,19 +43,25 @@
 
    /* we need y = |a| */
    if ((res = mp_mod(a, b, &y)) != MP_OKAY) {
       goto LBL_ERR;
    }
+
+   /* if one of x,y is zero return an error! */
+   if ((mp_iszero(&x) == MP_YES) || (mp_iszero(&y) == MP_YES)) {
+      res = MP_VAL;
+      goto LBL_ERR;
+   }
 
    /* 3. u=x, v=y, A=1, B=0, C=0,D=1 */
    if ((res = mp_copy(&x, &u)) != MP_OKAY) {
       goto LBL_ERR;
    }
    if ((res = mp_copy(&y, &v)) != MP_OKAY) {
       goto LBL_ERR;
    }
-   mp_set(&D, 1);
+   mp_set(&D, 1uL);
 
 top:
    /* 4.  while u is even do */
    while (mp_iseven(&u) == MP_YES) {
       /* 4.1 u = u/2 */
@@ -120,11 +126,11 @@
    }
 
    /* now a = C, b = D, gcd == g*v */
 
    /* if v != 1 then there is no inverse */
-   if (mp_cmp_d(&v, 1) != MP_EQ) {
+   if (mp_cmp_d(&v, 1uL) != MP_EQ) {
       res = MP_VAL;
       goto LBL_ERR;
    }
 
    /* b is now the inverse */

Index: libtommath/bn_fast_mp_montgomery_reduce.c
==================================================================
--- libtommath/bn_fast_mp_montgomery_reduce.c
+++ libtommath/bn_fast_mp_montgomery_reduce.c
@@ -25,10 +25,14 @@
 */
 int fast_mp_montgomery_reduce(mp_int *x, const mp_int *n, mp_digit rho)
 {
    int     ix, res, olduse;
    mp_word W[MP_WARRAY];
+
+   if (x->used > (int)MP_WARRAY) {
+      return MP_VAL;
+   }
 
    /* get old used count */
    olduse = x->used;
 
    /* grow a as required */
@@ -71,11 +75,11 @@
        * We avoid a double precision multiplication (which isn't required)
        * by casting the value down to a mp_digit.  Note this requires
        * that W[ix-1] have  the carry cleared (see after the inner loop)
        */
       mp_digit mu;
-      mu = (mp_digit)(((W[ix] & MP_MASK) * rho) & MP_MASK);
+      mu = ((W[ix] & MP_MASK) * rho) & MP_MASK;
 
       /* a = a + mu * m * b**i
        *
        * This is computed in place and on the fly.  The multiplication
        * by b**i is handled by offseting which columns the results
@@ -100,16 +104,16 @@
          /* Alias for the columns set by an offset of ix */
          _W = W + ix;
 
          /* inner loop */
          for (iy = 0; iy < n->used; iy++) {
-            *_W++ += ((mp_word)mu) * ((mp_word)*tmpn++);
+            *_W++ += (mp_word)mu * (mp_word)*tmpn++;
          }
       }
 
       /* now fix carry for next digit, W[ix+1] */
-      W[ix + 1] += W[ix] >> ((mp_word) DIGIT_BIT);
+      W[ix + 1] += W[ix] >> (mp_word)DIGIT_BIT;
    }
 
    /* now we have to propagate the carries and
     * shift the words downward [all those least
     * significant digits we zeroed].
@@ -125,11 +129,11 @@
 
       /* alias for next word, where the carry goes */
       _W = W + ++ix;
 
       for (; ix <= ((n->used * 2) + 1); ix++) {
-         *_W++ += *_W1++ >> ((mp_word) DIGIT_BIT);
+         *_W++ += *_W1++ >> (mp_word)DIGIT_BIT;
       }
 
       /* copy out, A = A/b**n
        *
        * The result is A/b**n but instead of converting from an
@@ -142,11 +146,11 @@
 
       /* alias for shifted double precision result */
       _W = W + n->used;
 
       for (ix = 0; ix < (n->used + 1); ix++) {
-         *tmpx++ = (mp_digit)(*_W++ & ((mp_word) MP_MASK));
+         *tmpx++ = *_W++ & (mp_word)MP_MASK;
       }
 
       /* zero oldused digits, if the input a was larger than
        * m->used+1 we'll have to clear the digits
        */

Index: libtommath/bn_fast_s_mp_mul_digs.c
==================================================================
--- libtommath/bn_fast_s_mp_mul_digs.c
+++ libtommath/bn_fast_s_mp_mul_digs.c
@@ -67,29 +67,29 @@
        */
       iy = MIN(a->used-tx, ty+1);
 
       /* execute loop */
       for (iz = 0; iz < iy; ++iz) {
-         _W += ((mp_word)*tmpx++)*((mp_word)*tmpy--);
+         _W += (mp_word)*tmpx++ * (mp_word)*tmpy--;
 
       }
 
       /* store term */
-      W[ix] = ((mp_digit)_W) & MP_MASK;
+      W[ix] = (mp_digit)_W & MP_MASK;
 
       /* make next carry */
-      _W = _W >> ((mp_word)DIGIT_BIT);
+      _W = _W >> (mp_word)DIGIT_BIT;
    }
 
    /* setup dest */
    olduse  = c->used;
    c->used = pa;
 
    {
       mp_digit *tmpc;
       tmpc = c->dp;
-      for (ix = 0; ix < (pa + 1); ix++) {
+      for (ix = 0; ix < pa; ix++) {
          /* now extract the previous digit [below the carry] */
          *tmpc++ = W[ix];
       }
 
       /* clear unused digits [that existed in the old copy of c] */

Index: libtommath/bn_fast_s_mp_mul_high_digs.c
==================================================================
--- libtommath/bn_fast_s_mp_mul_high_digs.c
+++ libtommath/bn_fast_s_mp_mul_high_digs.c
@@ -58,18 +58,18 @@
        */
       iy = MIN(a->used-tx, ty+1);
 
       /* execute loop */
       for (iz = 0; iz < iy; iz++) {
-         _W += ((mp_word)*tmpx++)*((mp_word)*tmpy--);
+         _W += (mp_word)*tmpx++ * (mp_word)*tmpy--;
       }
 
       /* store term */
-      W[ix] = ((mp_digit)_W) & MP_MASK;
+      W[ix] = (mp_digit)_W & MP_MASK;
 
       /* make next carry */
-      _W = _W >> ((mp_word)DIGIT_BIT);
+      _W = _W >> (mp_word)DIGIT_BIT;
    }
 
    /* setup dest */
    olduse  = c->used;
    c->used = pa;

Index: libtommath/bn_fast_s_mp_sqr.c
==================================================================
--- libtommath/bn_fast_s_mp_sqr.c
+++ libtommath/bn_fast_s_mp_sqr.c
@@ -68,26 +68,26 @@
        */
       iy = MIN(iy, ((ty-tx)+1)>>1);
 
       /* execute loop */
       for (iz = 0; iz < iy; iz++) {
-         _W += ((mp_word)*tmpx++)*((mp_word)*tmpy--);
+         _W += (mp_word)*tmpx++ * (mp_word)*tmpy--;
       }
 
       /* double the inner product and add carry */
       _W = _W + _W + W1;
 
       /* even columns have the square term in them */
-      if ((ix&1) == 0) {
-         _W += ((mp_word)a->dp[ix>>1])*((mp_word)a->dp[ix>>1]);
+      if (((unsigned)ix & 1u) == 0u) {
+         _W += (mp_word)a->dp[ix>>1] * (mp_word)a->dp[ix>>1];
       }
 
       /* store it */
-      W[ix] = (mp_digit)(_W & MP_MASK);
+      W[ix] = _W & MP_MASK;
 
       /* make next carry */
-      W1 = _W >> ((mp_word)DIGIT_BIT);
+      W1 = _W >> (mp_word)DIGIT_BIT;
    }
 
    /* setup dest */
    olduse  = b->used;
    b->used = a->used+a->used;

Index: libtommath/bn_mp_2expt.c
==================================================================
--- libtommath/bn_mp_2expt.c
+++ libtommath/bn_mp_2expt.c
@@ -34,11 +34,11 @@
 
    /* set the used count of where the bit will go */
    a->used = (b / DIGIT_BIT) + 1;
 
    /* put the single bit in its place */
-   a->dp[b / DIGIT_BIT] = ((mp_digit)1) << (b % DIGIT_BIT);
+   a->dp[b / DIGIT_BIT] = (mp_digit)1 << (mp_digit)(b % DIGIT_BIT);
 
    return MP_OKAY;
 }
 #endif
 

Index: libtommath/bn_mp_clamp.c
==================================================================
--- libtommath/bn_mp_clamp.c
+++ libtommath/bn_mp_clamp.c
@@ -25,11 +25,11 @@
 void mp_clamp(mp_int *a)
 {
    /* decrease used while the most significant digit is
     * zero.
     */
-   while ((a->used > 0) && (a->dp[a->used - 1] == 0)) {
+   while ((a->used > 0) && (a->dp[a->used - 1] == 0u)) {
       --(a->used);
    }
 
    /* reset the sign flag if used == 0 */
    if (a->used == 0) {

Index: libtommath/bn_mp_clear_multi.c
==================================================================
--- libtommath/bn_mp_clear_multi.c
+++ libtommath/bn_mp_clear_multi.c
@@ -12,10 +12,11 @@
  * The library is free for all purposes without any express
  * guarantee it works.
  *
  * Tom St Denis, tstdenis82@gmail.com, http://libtom.org
  */
+
 #include <stdarg.h>
 
 void mp_clear_multi(mp_int *mp, ...)
 {
    mp_int *next_mp = mp;

Index: libtommath/bn_mp_cnt_lsb.c
==================================================================
--- libtommath/bn_mp_cnt_lsb.c
+++ libtommath/bn_mp_cnt_lsb.c
@@ -29,21 +29,21 @@
    if (mp_iszero(a) == MP_YES) {
       return 0;
    }
 
    /* scan lower digits until non-zero */
-   for (x = 0; (x < a->used) && (a->dp[x] == 0); x++) {}
+   for (x = 0; (x < a->used) && (a->dp[x] == 0u); x++) {}
    q = a->dp[x];
    x *= DIGIT_BIT;
 
    /* now scan this digit until a 1 is found */
-   if ((q & 1) == 0) {
+   if ((q & 1u) == 0u) {
       do {
-         qq  = q & 15;
+         qq  = q & 15u;
          x  += lnz[qq];
          q >>= 4;
-      } while (qq == 0);
+      } while (qq == 0u);
    }
    return x;
 }
 
 #endif

Index: libtommath/bn_mp_count_bits.c
==================================================================
--- libtommath/bn_mp_count_bits.c
+++ libtommath/bn_mp_count_bits.c
@@ -29,13 +29,13 @@
    /* get number of digits and add that */
    r = (a->used - 1) * DIGIT_BIT;
 
    /* take the last digit and count the bits in it */
    q = a->dp[a->used - 1];
-   while (q > ((mp_digit) 0)) {
+   while (q > (mp_digit)0) {
       ++r;
-      q >>= ((mp_digit) 1);
+      q >>= (mp_digit)1;
    }
    return r;
 }
 #endif
 

Index: libtommath/bn_mp_div.c
==================================================================
--- libtommath/bn_mp_div.c
+++ libtommath/bn_mp_div.c
@@ -45,11 +45,11 @@
    if ((res = mp_init_multi(&ta, &tb, &tq, &q, NULL)) != MP_OKAY) {
       return res;
    }
 
 
-   mp_set(&tq, 1);
+   mp_set(&tq, 1uL);
    n = mp_count_bits(a) - mp_count_bits(b);
    if (((res = mp_abs(a, &ta)) != MP_OKAY) ||
        ((res = mp_abs(b, &tb)) != MP_OKAY) ||
        ((res = mp_mul_2d(&tb, n, &tb)) != MP_OKAY) ||
        ((res = mp_mul_2d(&tq, n, &tq)) != MP_OKAY)) {
@@ -148,12 +148,12 @@
    neg = (a->sign == b->sign) ? MP_ZPOS : MP_NEG;
    x.sign = y.sign = MP_ZPOS;
 
    /* normalize both x and y, ensure that y >= b/2, [b == 2**DIGIT_BIT] */
    norm = mp_count_bits(&y) % DIGIT_BIT;
-   if (norm < (int)(DIGIT_BIT-1)) {
-      norm = (DIGIT_BIT-1) - norm;
+   if (norm < (DIGIT_BIT - 1)) {
+      norm = (DIGIT_BIT - 1) - norm;
       if ((res = mp_mul_2d(&x, norm, &x)) != MP_OKAY) {
          goto LBL_Y;
       }
       if ((res = mp_mul_2d(&y, norm, &y)) != MP_OKAY) {
          goto LBL_Y;
@@ -188,43 +188,43 @@
       }
 
       /* step 3.1 if xi == yt then set q{i-t-1} to b-1,
        * otherwise set q{i-t-1} to (xi*b + x{i-1})/yt */
       if (x.dp[i] == y.dp[t]) {
-         q.dp[(i - t) - 1] = ((((mp_digit)1) << DIGIT_BIT) - 1);
+         q.dp[(i - t) - 1] = ((mp_digit)1 << (mp_digit)DIGIT_BIT) - (mp_digit)1;
       } else {
          mp_word tmp;
-         tmp = ((mp_word) x.dp[i]) << ((mp_word) DIGIT_BIT);
-         tmp |= ((mp_word) x.dp[i - 1]);
-         tmp /= ((mp_word) y.dp[t]);
-         if (tmp > (mp_word) MP_MASK) {
+         tmp = (mp_word)x.dp[i] << (mp_word)DIGIT_BIT;
+         tmp |= (mp_word)x.dp[i - 1];
+         tmp /= (mp_word)y.dp[t];
+         if (tmp > (mp_word)MP_MASK) {
             tmp = MP_MASK;
          }
-         q.dp[(i - t) - 1] = (mp_digit)(tmp & (mp_word)(MP_MASK));
+         q.dp[(i - t) - 1] = (mp_digit)(tmp & (mp_word)MP_MASK);
       }
 
       /* while (q{i-t-1} * (yt * b + y{t-1})) >
                xi * b**2 + xi-1 * b + xi-2
 
          do q{i-t-1} -= 1;
       */
-      q.dp[(i - t) - 1] = (q.dp[(i - t) - 1] + 1) & MP_MASK;
+      q.dp[(i - t) - 1] = (q.dp[(i - t) - 1] + 1uL) & (mp_digit)MP_MASK;
       do {
-         q.dp[(i - t) - 1] = (q.dp[(i - t) - 1] - 1) & MP_MASK;
+         q.dp[(i - t) - 1] = (q.dp[(i - t) - 1] - 1uL) & (mp_digit)MP_MASK;
 
          /* find left hand */
          mp_zero(&t1);
-         t1.dp[0] = ((t - 1) < 0) ? 0 : y.dp[t - 1];
+         t1.dp[0] = ((t - 1) < 0) ? 0u : y.dp[t - 1];
          t1.dp[1] = y.dp[t];
          t1.used = 2;
          if ((res = mp_mul_d(&t1, q.dp[(i - t) - 1], &t1)) != MP_OKAY) {
             goto LBL_Y;
          }
 
          /* find right hand */
-         t2.dp[0] = ((i - 2) < 0) ? 0 : x.dp[i - 2];
-         t2.dp[1] = ((i - 1) < 0) ? 0 : x.dp[i - 1];
+         t2.dp[0] = ((i - 2) < 0) ? 0u : x.dp[i - 2];
+         t2.dp[1] = ((i - 1) < 0) ? 0u : x.dp[i - 1];
          t2.dp[2] = x.dp[i];
          t2.used = 3;
       } while (mp_cmp_mag(&t1, &t2) == MP_GT);
 
       /* step 3.3 x = x - q{i-t-1} * y * b**{i-t-1} */
@@ -250,11 +250,11 @@
          }
          if ((res = mp_add(&x, &t1, &x)) != MP_OKAY) {
             goto LBL_Y;
          }
 
-         q.dp[(i - t) - 1] = (q.dp[(i - t) - 1] - 1UL) & MP_MASK;
+         q.dp[(i - t) - 1] = (q.dp[(i - t) - 1] - 1uL) & MP_MASK;
       }
    }
 
    /* now q is the quotient and x is the remainder
     * [which we have to normalize]

Index: libtommath/bn_mp_div_2.c
==================================================================
--- libtommath/bn_mp_div_2.c
+++ libtommath/bn_mp_div_2.c
@@ -40,11 +40,11 @@
 
       /* carry */
       r = 0;
       for (x = b->used - 1; x >= 0; x--) {
          /* get the carry for the next iteration */
-         rr = *tmpa & 1;
+         rr = *tmpa & 1u;
 
          /* shift the current digit, add in carry and store */
          *tmpb-- = (*tmpa-- >> 1) | (r << (DIGIT_BIT - 1));
 
          /* forward carry to next iteration */

Index: libtommath/bn_mp_div_2d.c
==================================================================
--- libtommath/bn_mp_div_2d.c
+++ libtommath/bn_mp_div_2d.c
@@ -42,24 +42,24 @@
          return res;
       }
    }
 
    /* shift by as many digits in the bit count */
-   if (b >= (int)DIGIT_BIT) {
+   if (b >= DIGIT_BIT) {
       mp_rshd(c, b / DIGIT_BIT);
    }
 
    /* shift any bit count < DIGIT_BIT */
    D = (mp_digit)(b % DIGIT_BIT);
-   if (D != 0) {
+   if (D != 0u) {
       mp_digit *tmpc, mask, shift;
 
       /* mask */
-      mask = (((mp_digit)1) << D) - 1;
+      mask = ((mp_digit)1 << D) - 1uL;
 
       /* shift for lsb */
-      shift = DIGIT_BIT - D;
+      shift = (mp_digit)DIGIT_BIT - D;
 
       /* alias */
       tmpc = c->dp + (c->used - 1);
 
       /* carry */

Index: libtommath/bn_mp_div_3.c
==================================================================
--- libtommath/bn_mp_div_3.c
+++ libtommath/bn_mp_div_3.c
@@ -22,35 +22,35 @@
    mp_word  w, t;
    mp_digit b;
    int      res, ix;
 
    /* b = 2**DIGIT_BIT / 3 */
-   b = (((mp_word)1) << ((mp_word)DIGIT_BIT)) / ((mp_word)3);
+   b = ((mp_word)1 << (mp_word)DIGIT_BIT) / (mp_word)3;
 
    if ((res = mp_init_size(&q, a->used)) != MP_OKAY) {
       return res;
    }
 
    q.used = a->used;
    q.sign = a->sign;
    w = 0;
    for (ix = a->used - 1; ix >= 0; ix--) {
-      w = (w << ((mp_word)DIGIT_BIT)) | ((mp_word)a->dp[ix]);
+      w = (w << (mp_word)DIGIT_BIT) | (mp_word)a->dp[ix];
 
-      if (w >= 3) {
+      if (w >= 3u) {
          /* multiply w by [1/3] */
-         t = (w * ((mp_word)b)) >> ((mp_word)DIGIT_BIT);
+         t = (w * (mp_word)b) >> (mp_word)DIGIT_BIT;
 
          /* now subtract 3 * [w/3] from w, to get the remainder */
          w -= t+t+t;
 
          /* fixup the remainder as required since
           * the optimization is not exact.
           */
-         while (w >= 3) {
-            t += 1;
-            w -= 3;
+         while (w >= 3u) {
+            t += 1u;
+            w -= 3u;
          }
       } else {
          t = 0;
       }
       q.dp[ix] = (mp_digit)t;

Index: libtommath/bn_mp_div_d.c
==================================================================
--- libtommath/bn_mp_div_d.c
+++ libtommath/bn_mp_div_d.c
@@ -22,16 +22,16 @@
    mp_word w;
    mp_digit t;
    int     res, ix;
 
    /* cannot divide by zero */
-   if (b == 0) {
+   if (b == 0u) {
       return MP_VAL;
    }
 
    /* quick outs */
-   if ((b == 1) || (mp_iszero(a) == MP_YES)) {
+   if ((b == 1u) || (mp_iszero(a) == MP_YES)) {
       if (d != NULL) {
          *d = 0;
       }
       if (c != NULL) {
          return mp_copy(a, c);
@@ -45,21 +45,21 @@
          if (b == (((mp_digit)1)<<ix)) {
             break;
          }
       }
       if (d != NULL) {
-         *d = a->dp[0] & ((((mp_digit)1)<<ix) - 1);
+         *d = a->dp[0] & (((mp_digit)1<<(mp_digit)ix) - 1uL);
       }
       if (c != NULL) {
          return mp_div_2d(a, ix, c, NULL);
       }
       return MP_OKAY;
    }
 
 #ifdef BN_MP_DIV_3_C
    /* three? */
-   if (b == 3) {
+   if (b == 3u) {
       return mp_div_3(a, c, d);
    }
 #endif
 
    /* no easy answer [c'est la vie].  Just division */
@@ -69,19 +69,19 @@
 
    q.used = a->used;
    q.sign = a->sign;
    w = 0;
    for (ix = a->used - 1; ix >= 0; ix--) {
-      w = (w << ((mp_word)DIGIT_BIT)) | ((mp_word)a->dp[ix]);
+      w = (w << (mp_word)DIGIT_BIT) | (mp_word)a->dp[ix];
 
       if (w >= b) {
          t = (mp_digit)(w / b);
-         w -= ((mp_word)t) * ((mp_word)b);
+         w -= (mp_word)t * (mp_word)b;
       } else {
          t = 0;
       }
-      q.dp[ix] = (mp_digit)t;
+      q.dp[ix] = t;
    }
 
    if (d != NULL) {
       *d = (mp_digit)w;
    }

Index: libtommath/bn_mp_dr_reduce.c
==================================================================
--- libtommath/bn_mp_dr_reduce.c
+++ libtommath/bn_mp_dr_reduce.c
@@ -59,11 +59,11 @@
    /* set carry to zero */
    mu = 0;
 
    /* compute (x mod B**m) + k * [x/B**m] inline and inplace */
    for (i = 0; i < m; i++) {
-      r         = (((mp_word)*tmpx2++) * (mp_word)k) + *tmpx1 + mu;
+      r         = ((mp_word)*tmpx2++ * (mp_word)k) + *tmpx1 + mu;
       *tmpx1++  = (mp_digit)(r & MP_MASK);
       mu        = (mp_digit)(r >> ((mp_word)DIGIT_BIT));
    }
 
    /* set final carry */

Index: libtommath/bn_mp_dr_setup.c
==================================================================
--- libtommath/bn_mp_dr_setup.c
+++ libtommath/bn_mp_dr_setup.c
@@ -19,11 +19,11 @@
 void mp_dr_setup(const mp_int *a, mp_digit *d)
 {
    /* the casts are required if DIGIT_BIT is one less than
     * the number of bits in a mp_digit [e.g. DIGIT_BIT==31]
     */
-   *d = (mp_digit)((((mp_word)1) << ((mp_word)DIGIT_BIT)) - ((mp_word)a->dp[0]));
+   *d = (mp_digit)(((mp_word)1 << (mp_word)DIGIT_BIT) - (mp_word)a->dp[0]);
 }
 
 #endif
 
 /* ref:         $Format:%D$ */

Index: libtommath/bn_mp_export.c
==================================================================
--- libtommath/bn_mp_export.c
+++ libtommath/bn_mp_export.c
@@ -36,37 +36,37 @@
          unsigned int i;
          char c[4];
       } lint;
       lint.i = 0x01020304;
 
-      endian = (lint.c[0] == 4) ? -1 : 1;
+      endian = (lint.c[0] == '\x04') ? -1 : 1;
    }
 
-   odd_nails = (nails % 8);
+   odd_nails = (nails % 8u);
    odd_nail_mask = 0xff;
    for (i = 0; i < odd_nails; ++i) {
-      odd_nail_mask ^= (1 << (7 - i));
+      odd_nail_mask ^= (unsigned char)(1u << (7u - i));
    }
-   nail_bytes = nails / 8;
+   nail_bytes = nails / 8u;
 
-   bits = mp_count_bits(&t);
-   count = (bits / ((size * 8) - nails)) + (((bits % ((size * 8) - nails)) != 0) ? 1 : 0);
+   bits = (size_t)mp_count_bits(&t);
+   count = (bits / ((size * 8u) - nails)) + (((bits % ((size * 8u) - nails)) != 0u) ? 1u : 0u);
 
    for (i = 0; i < count; ++i) {
       for (j = 0; j < size; ++j) {
          unsigned char *byte = (unsigned char *)rop +
-                               (((order == -1) ? i : ((count - 1) - i)) * size) +
-                               ((endian == -1) ? j : ((size - 1) - j));
+                               (((order == -1) ? i : ((count - 1u) - i)) * size) +
+                               ((endian == -1) ? j : ((size - 1u) - j));
 
          if (j >= (size - nail_bytes)) {
             *byte = 0;
             continue;
          }
 
-         *byte = (unsigned char)((j == ((size - nail_bytes) - 1)) ? (t.dp[0] & odd_nail_mask) : (t.dp[0] & 0xFF));
+         *byte = (unsigned char)((j == ((size - nail_bytes) - 1u)) ? (t.dp[0] & odd_nail_mask) : (t.dp[0] & 0xFFuL));
 
-         if ((result = mp_div_2d(&t, ((j == ((size - nail_bytes) - 1)) ? (8 - odd_nails) : 8), &t, NULL)) != MP_OKAY) {
+         if ((result = mp_div_2d(&t, (j == ((size - nail_bytes) - 1u)) ? (int)(8u - odd_nails) : 8, &t, NULL)) != MP_OKAY) {
             mp_clear(&t);
             return result;
          }
       }
    }

Index: libtommath/bn_mp_expt_d_ex.c
==================================================================
--- libtommath/bn_mp_expt_d_ex.c
+++ libtommath/bn_mp_expt_d_ex.c
@@ -26,24 +26,24 @@
    if ((res = mp_init_copy(&g, a)) != MP_OKAY) {
       return res;
    }
 
    /* set initial result */
-   mp_set(c, 1);
+   mp_set(c, 1uL);
 
    if (fast != 0) {
-      while (b > 0) {
+      while (b > 0u) {
          /* if the bit is set multiply */
-         if ((b & 1) != 0) {
+         if ((b & 1u) != 0u) {
             if ((res = mp_mul(c, &g, c)) != MP_OKAY) {
                mp_clear(&g);
                return res;
             }
          }
 
          /* square */
-         if (b > 1) {
+         if (b > 1u) {
             if ((res = mp_sqr(&g, &g)) != MP_OKAY) {
                mp_clear(&g);
                return res;
             }
          }
@@ -50,19 +50,19 @@
 
          /* shift to next bit */
          b >>= 1;
       }
    } else {
-      for (x = 0; x < DIGIT_BIT; x++) {
+      for (x = 0; x < (unsigned)DIGIT_BIT; x++) {
          /* square */
          if ((res = mp_sqr(c, c)) != MP_OKAY) {
             mp_clear(&g);
             return res;
          }
 
          /* if the bit is set multiply */
-         if ((b & (mp_digit)(((mp_digit)1) << (DIGIT_BIT - 1))) != 0) {
+         if ((b & ((mp_digit)1 << (DIGIT_BIT - 1))) != 0u) {
             if ((res = mp_mul(c, &g, c)) != MP_OKAY) {
                mp_clear(&g);
                return res;
             }
          }

Index: libtommath/bn_mp_exptmod_fast.c
==================================================================
--- libtommath/bn_mp_exptmod_fast.c
+++ libtommath/bn_mp_exptmod_fast.c
@@ -37,11 +37,11 @@
 
    /* use a pointer to the reduction algorithm.  This allows us to use
     * one of many reduction algorithms without modding the guts of
     * the code with if statements everywhere.
     */
-   int (*redux)(mp_int *,const mp_int *,mp_digit);
+   int (*redux)(mp_int *x, const mp_int *n, mp_digit rho);
 
    /* find window size */
    x = mp_count_bits(X);
    if (x <= 7) {
       winsize = 2;
@@ -94,11 +94,11 @@
       goto LBL_M;
 #endif
 
       /* automatically pick the comba one if available (saves quite a few calls/ifs) */
 #ifdef BN_FAST_MP_MONTGOMERY_REDUCE_C
-      if ((((P->used * 2) + 1) < MP_WARRAY) &&
+      if ((((P->used * 2) + 1) < (int)MP_WARRAY) &&
           (P->used < (1 << ((CHAR_BIT * sizeof(mp_word)) - (2 * DIGIT_BIT))))) {
          redux = fast_mp_montgomery_reduce;
       } else
 #endif
       {
@@ -158,11 +158,11 @@
 #else
       err = MP_VAL;
       goto LBL_RES;
 #endif
    } else {
-      mp_set(&res, 1);
+      mp_set(&res, 1uL);
       if ((err = mp_mod(G, P, &M[1])) != MP_OKAY) {
          goto LBL_RES;
       }
    }
 

Index: libtommath/bn_mp_exteuclid.c
==================================================================
--- libtommath/bn_mp_exteuclid.c
+++ libtommath/bn_mp_exteuclid.c
@@ -26,80 +26,80 @@
    if ((err = mp_init_multi(&u1, &u2, &u3, &v1, &v2, &v3, &t1, &t2, &t3, &q, &tmp, NULL)) != MP_OKAY) {
       return err;
    }
 
    /* initialize, (u1,u2,u3) = (1,0,a) */
-   mp_set(&u1, 1);
-   if ((err = mp_copy(a, &u3)) != MP_OKAY)                                        {
+   mp_set(&u1, 1uL);
+   if ((err = mp_copy(a, &u3)) != MP_OKAY) {
       goto LBL_ERR;
    }
 
    /* initialize, (v1,v2,v3) = (0,1,b) */
-   mp_set(&v2, 1);
-   if ((err = mp_copy(b, &v3)) != MP_OKAY)                                        {
+   mp_set(&v2, 1uL);
+   if ((err = mp_copy(b, &v3)) != MP_OKAY) {
       goto LBL_ERR;
    }
 
    /* loop while v3 != 0 */
    while (mp_iszero(&v3) == MP_NO) {
       /* q = u3/v3 */
-      if ((err = mp_div(&u3, &v3, &q, NULL)) != MP_OKAY)                         {
+      if ((err = mp_div(&u3, &v3, &q, NULL)) != MP_OKAY) {
          goto LBL_ERR;
       }
 
       /* (t1,t2,t3) = (u1,u2,u3) - (v1,v2,v3)q */
-      if ((err = mp_mul(&v1, &q, &tmp)) != MP_OKAY)                              {
-         goto LBL_ERR;
-      }
-      if ((err = mp_sub(&u1, &tmp, &t1)) != MP_OKAY)                             {
-         goto LBL_ERR;
-      }
-      if ((err = mp_mul(&v2, &q, &tmp)) != MP_OKAY)                              {
-         goto LBL_ERR;
-      }
-      if ((err = mp_sub(&u2, &tmp, &t2)) != MP_OKAY)                             {
-         goto LBL_ERR;
-      }
-      if ((err = mp_mul(&v3, &q, &tmp)) != MP_OKAY)                              {
-         goto LBL_ERR;
-      }
-      if ((err = mp_sub(&u3, &tmp, &t3)) != MP_OKAY)                             {
+      if ((err = mp_mul(&v1, &q, &tmp)) != MP_OKAY) {
+         goto LBL_ERR;
+      }
+      if ((err = mp_sub(&u1, &tmp, &t1)) != MP_OKAY) {
+         goto LBL_ERR;
+      }
+      if ((err = mp_mul(&v2, &q, &tmp)) != MP_OKAY) {
+         goto LBL_ERR;
+      }
+      if ((err = mp_sub(&u2, &tmp, &t2)) != MP_OKAY) {
+         goto LBL_ERR;
+      }
+      if ((err = mp_mul(&v3, &q, &tmp)) != MP_OKAY) {
+         goto LBL_ERR;
+      }
+      if ((err = mp_sub(&u3, &tmp, &t3)) != MP_OKAY) {
          goto LBL_ERR;
       }
 
       /* (u1,u2,u3) = (v1,v2,v3) */
-      if ((err = mp_copy(&v1, &u1)) != MP_OKAY)                                  {
+      if ((err = mp_copy(&v1, &u1)) != MP_OKAY) {
          goto LBL_ERR;
       }
-      if ((err = mp_copy(&v2, &u2)) != MP_OKAY)                                  {
+      if ((err = mp_copy(&v2, &u2)) != MP_OKAY) {
          goto LBL_ERR;
       }
-      if ((err = mp_copy(&v3, &u3)) != MP_OKAY)                                  {
+      if ((err = mp_copy(&v3, &u3)) != MP_OKAY) {
          goto LBL_ERR;
       }
 
       /* (v1,v2,v3) = (t1,t2,t3) */
-      if ((err = mp_copy(&t1, &v1)) != MP_OKAY)                                  {
+      if ((err = mp_copy(&t1, &v1)) != MP_OKAY) {
          goto LBL_ERR;
       }
-      if ((err = mp_copy(&t2, &v2)) != MP_OKAY)                                  {
+      if ((err = mp_copy(&t2, &v2)) != MP_OKAY) {
          goto LBL_ERR;
       }
-      if ((err = mp_copy(&t3, &v3)) != MP_OKAY)                                  {
+      if ((err = mp_copy(&t3, &v3)) != MP_OKAY) {
          goto LBL_ERR;
       }
    }
 
    /* make sure U3 >= 0 */
    if (u3.sign == MP_NEG) {
-      if ((err = mp_neg(&u1, &u1)) != MP_OKAY)                                   {
+      if ((err = mp_neg(&u1, &u1)) != MP_OKAY) {
          goto LBL_ERR;
       }
-      if ((err = mp_neg(&u2, &u2)) != MP_OKAY)                                   {
+      if ((err = mp_neg(&u2, &u2)) != MP_OKAY) {
          goto LBL_ERR;
       }
-      if ((err = mp_neg(&u3, &u3)) != MP_OKAY)                                   {
+      if ((err = mp_neg(&u3, &u3)) != MP_OKAY) {
          goto LBL_ERR;
       }
    }
 
    /* copy result out */

Index: libtommath/bn_mp_fread.c
==================================================================
--- libtommath/bn_mp_fread.c
+++ libtommath/bn_mp_fread.c
@@ -18,45 +18,47 @@
 #ifndef LTM_NO_FILE
 /* read a bigint from a file stream in ASCII */
 int mp_fread(mp_int *a, int radix, FILE *stream)
 {
    int err, ch, neg, y;
+   unsigned pos;
 
    /* clear a */
    mp_zero(a);
 
    /* if first digit is - then set negative */
    ch = fgetc(stream);
-   if (ch == '-') {
+   if (ch == (int)'-') {
       neg = MP_NEG;
       ch = fgetc(stream);
    } else {
       neg = MP_ZPOS;
    }
 
    for (;;) {
-      /* find y in the radix map */
-      for (y = 0; y < radix; y++) {
-         if (mp_s_rmap[y] == ch) {
-            break;
-         }
+      pos = (unsigned)(ch - (int)'(');
+      if (mp_s_rmap_reverse_sz < pos) {
+         break;
       }
-      if (y == radix) {
+
+      y = (int)mp_s_rmap_reverse[pos];
+
+      if ((y == 0xff) || (y >= radix)) {
          break;
       }
 
       /* shift up and add */
-      if ((err = mp_mul_d(a, radix, a)) != MP_OKAY) {
+      if ((err = mp_mul_d(a, (mp_digit)radix, a)) != MP_OKAY) {
          return err;
       }
-      if ((err = mp_add_d(a, y, a)) != MP_OKAY) {
+      if ((err = mp_add_d(a, (mp_digit)y, a)) != MP_OKAY) {
          return err;
       }
 
       ch = fgetc(stream);
    }
-   if (mp_cmp_d(a, 0) != MP_EQ) {
+   if (mp_cmp_d(a, 0uL) != MP_EQ) {
       a->sign = neg;
    }
 
    return MP_OKAY;
 }

Index: libtommath/bn_mp_fwrite.c
==================================================================
--- libtommath/bn_mp_fwrite.c
+++ libtommath/bn_mp_fwrite.c
@@ -23,11 +23,11 @@
 
    if ((err = mp_radix_size(a, radix, &len)) != MP_OKAY) {
       return err;
    }
 
-   buf = OPT_CAST(char) XMALLOC(len);
+   buf = OPT_CAST(char) XMALLOC((size_t)len);
    if (buf == NULL) {
       return MP_MEM;
    }
 
    if ((err = mp_toradix(a, buf, radix)) != MP_OKAY) {
@@ -34,11 +34,11 @@
       XFREE(buf);
       return err;
    }
 
    for (x = 0; x < len; x++) {
-      if (fputc(buf[x], stream) == EOF) {
+      if (fputc((int)buf[x], stream) == EOF) {
          XFREE(buf);
          return MP_VAL;
       }
    }
 

Index: libtommath/bn_mp_get_int.c
==================================================================
--- libtommath/bn_mp_get_int.c
+++ libtommath/bn_mp_get_int.c
@@ -24,11 +24,11 @@
    if (a->used == 0) {
       return 0;
    }
 
    /* get number of digits of the lsb we have to read */
-   i = MIN(a->used, (int)(((sizeof(unsigned long) * CHAR_BIT) + DIGIT_BIT - 1) / DIGIT_BIT)) - 1;
+   i = MIN(a->used, ((((int)sizeof(unsigned long) * CHAR_BIT) + DIGIT_BIT - 1) / DIGIT_BIT)) - 1;
 
    /* get most significant digit of result */
    res = DIGIT(a, i);
 
    while (--i >= 0) {

Index: libtommath/bn_mp_get_long.c
==================================================================
--- libtommath/bn_mp_get_long.c
+++ libtommath/bn_mp_get_long.c
@@ -24,11 +24,11 @@
    if (a->used == 0) {
       return 0;
    }
 
    /* get number of digits of the lsb we have to read */
-   i = MIN(a->used, (int)(((sizeof(unsigned long) * CHAR_BIT) + DIGIT_BIT - 1) / DIGIT_BIT)) - 1;
+   i = MIN(a->used, ((((int)sizeof(unsigned long) * CHAR_BIT) + DIGIT_BIT - 1) / DIGIT_BIT)) - 1;
 
    /* get most significant digit of result */
    res = DIGIT(a, i);
 
 #if (ULONG_MAX != 0xffffffffuL) || (DIGIT_BIT < 32)

Index: libtommath/bn_mp_get_long_long.c
==================================================================
--- libtommath/bn_mp_get_long_long.c
+++ libtommath/bn_mp_get_long_long.c
@@ -24,11 +24,11 @@
    if (a->used == 0) {
       return 0;
    }
 
    /* get number of digits of the lsb we have to read */
-   i = MIN(a->used, (int)(((sizeof(Tcl_WideUInt) * CHAR_BIT) + DIGIT_BIT - 1) / DIGIT_BIT)) - 1;
+   i = MIN(a->used, ((((int)sizeof(Tcl_WideUInt) * CHAR_BIT) + DIGIT_BIT - 1) / DIGIT_BIT)) - 1;
 
    /* get most significant digit of result */
    res = DIGIT(a, i);
 
 #if DIGIT_BIT < 64

Index: libtommath/bn_mp_grow.c
==================================================================
--- libtommath/bn_mp_grow.c
+++ libtommath/bn_mp_grow.c
@@ -30,11 +30,11 @@
        *
        * We store the return in a temporary variable
        * in case the operation failed we don't want
        * to overwrite the dp member of a.
        */
-      tmp = OPT_CAST(mp_digit) XREALLOC(a->dp, sizeof(mp_digit) * size);
+      tmp = OPT_CAST(mp_digit) XREALLOC(a->dp, sizeof(mp_digit) * (size_t)size);
       if (tmp == NULL) {
          /* reallocation failed but "a" is still valid [can be freed] */
          return MP_MEM;
       }
 

Index: libtommath/bn_mp_import.c
==================================================================
--- libtommath/bn_mp_import.c
+++ libtommath/bn_mp_import.c
@@ -32,31 +32,31 @@
          unsigned int i;
          char c[4];
       } lint;
       lint.i = 0x01020304;
 
-      endian = (lint.c[0] == 4) ? -1 : 1;
+      endian = (lint.c[0] == '\x04') ? -1 : 1;
    }
 
-   odd_nails = (nails % 8);
+   odd_nails = (nails % 8u);
    odd_nail_mask = 0xff;
    for (i = 0; i < odd_nails; ++i) {
-      odd_nail_mask ^= (1 << (7 - i));
+      odd_nail_mask ^= (unsigned char)(1u << (7u - i));
    }
-   nail_bytes = nails / 8;
+   nail_bytes = nails / 8u;
 
    for (i = 0; i < count; ++i) {
       for (j = 0; j < (size - nail_bytes); ++j) {
          unsigned char byte = *((unsigned char *)op +
-                                (((order == 1) ? i : ((count - 1) - i)) * size) +
-                                ((endian == 1) ? (j + nail_bytes) : (((size - 1) - j) - nail_bytes)));
+                                (((order == 1) ? i : ((count - 1u) - i)) * size) +
+                                ((endian == 1) ? (j + nail_bytes) : (((size - 1u) - j) - nail_bytes)));
 
-         if ((result = mp_mul_2d(rop, ((j == 0) ? (8 - odd_nails) : 8), rop)) != MP_OKAY) {
+         if ((result = mp_mul_2d(rop, (j == 0u) ? (int)(8u - odd_nails) : 8, rop)) != MP_OKAY) {
             return result;
          }
 
-         rop->dp[0] |= (j == 0) ? (byte & odd_nail_mask) : byte;
+         rop->dp[0] |= (j == 0u) ? (mp_digit)(byte & odd_nail_mask) : (mp_digit)byte;
          rop->used  += 1;
       }
    }
 
    mp_clamp(rop);

Index: libtommath/bn_mp_init.c
==================================================================
--- libtommath/bn_mp_init.c
+++ libtommath/bn_mp_init.c
@@ -19,11 +19,11 @@
 int mp_init(mp_int *a)
 {
    int i;
 
    /* allocate memory required and clear it */
-   a->dp = OPT_CAST(mp_digit) XMALLOC(sizeof(mp_digit) * MP_PREC);
+   a->dp = OPT_CAST(mp_digit) XMALLOC(sizeof(mp_digit) * (size_t)MP_PREC);
    if (a->dp == NULL) {
       return MP_MEM;
    }
 
    /* set the digits to zero */

Index: libtommath/bn_mp_init_multi.c
==================================================================
--- libtommath/bn_mp_init_multi.c
+++ libtommath/bn_mp_init_multi.c
@@ -12,10 +12,11 @@
  * The library is free for all purposes without any express
  * guarantee it works.
  *
  * Tom St Denis, tstdenis82@gmail.com, http://libtom.org
  */
+
 #include <stdarg.h>
 
 int mp_init_multi(mp_int *mp, ...)
 {
    mp_err res = MP_OKAY;      /* Assume ok until proven otherwise */

Index: libtommath/bn_mp_init_size.c
==================================================================
--- libtommath/bn_mp_init_size.c
+++ libtommath/bn_mp_init_size.c
@@ -22,11 +22,11 @@
 
    /* pad size so there are always extra digits */
    size += (MP_PREC * 2) - (size % MP_PREC);
 
    /* alloc mem */
-   a->dp = OPT_CAST(mp_digit) XMALLOC(sizeof(mp_digit) * size);
+   a->dp = OPT_CAST(mp_digit) XMALLOC(sizeof(mp_digit) * (size_t)size);
    if (a->dp == NULL) {
       return MP_MEM;
    }
 
    /* set the members */

Index: libtommath/bn_mp_invmod.c
==================================================================
--- libtommath/bn_mp_invmod.c
+++ libtommath/bn_mp_invmod.c
@@ -16,18 +16,18 @@
  */
 
 /* hac 14.61, pp608 */
 int mp_invmod(const mp_int *a, const mp_int *b, mp_int *c)
 {
-   /* b cannot be negative */
-   if ((b->sign == MP_NEG) || (mp_iszero(b) == MP_YES)) {
+   /* b cannot be negative and has to be >1 */
+   if ((b->sign == MP_NEG) || (mp_cmp_d(b, 1uL) != MP_GT)) {
       return MP_VAL;
    }
 
 #ifdef BN_FAST_MP_INVMOD_C
    /* if the modulus is odd we can use a faster routine instead */
-   if ((mp_isodd(b) == MP_YES) && (mp_cmp_d(b, 1) != MP_EQ)) {
+   if ((mp_isodd(b) == MP_YES)) {
       return fast_mp_invmod(a, b, c);
    }
 #endif
 
 #ifdef BN_MP_INVMOD_SLOW_C

Index: libtommath/bn_mp_invmod_slow.c
==================================================================
--- libtommath/bn_mp_invmod_slow.c
+++ libtommath/bn_mp_invmod_slow.c
@@ -51,12 +51,12 @@
       goto LBL_ERR;
    }
    if ((res = mp_copy(&y, &v)) != MP_OKAY) {
       goto LBL_ERR;
    }
-   mp_set(&A, 1);
-   mp_set(&D, 1);
+   mp_set(&A, 1uL);
+   mp_set(&D, 1uL);
 
 top:
    /* 4.  while u is even do */
    while (mp_iseven(&u) == MP_YES) {
       /* 4.1 u = u/2 */
@@ -141,17 +141,17 @@
       goto top;
 
    /* now a = C, b = D, gcd == g*v */
 
    /* if v != 1 then there is no inverse */
-   if (mp_cmp_d(&v, 1) != MP_EQ) {
+   if (mp_cmp_d(&v, 1uL) != MP_EQ) {
       res = MP_VAL;
       goto LBL_ERR;
    }
 
    /* if its too low */
-   while (mp_cmp_d(&C, 0) == MP_LT) {
+   while (mp_cmp_d(&C, 0uL) == MP_LT) {
       if ((res = mp_add(&C, b, &C)) != MP_OKAY) {
          goto LBL_ERR;
       }
    }
 

Index: libtommath/bn_mp_is_square.c
==================================================================
--- libtommath/bn_mp_is_square.c
+++ libtommath/bn_mp_is_square.c
@@ -56,19 +56,19 @@
    if (arg->used == 0) {
       return MP_OKAY;
    }
 
    /* First check mod 128 (suppose that DIGIT_BIT is at least 7) */
-   if (rem_128[127 & DIGIT(arg, 0)] == 1) {
+   if (rem_128[127u & DIGIT(arg, 0)] == (char)1) {
       return MP_OKAY;
    }
 
    /* Next check mod 105 (3*5*7) */
-   if ((res = mp_mod_d(arg, 105, &c)) != MP_OKAY) {
+   if ((res = mp_mod_d(arg, 105uL, &c)) != MP_OKAY) {
       return res;
    }
-   if (rem_105[c] == 1) {
+   if (rem_105[c] == (char)1) {
       return MP_OKAY;
    }
 
 
    if ((res = mp_init_set_int(&t, 11L*13L*17L*19L*23L*29L*31L)) != MP_OKAY) {
@@ -80,17 +80,17 @@
    r = mp_get_int(&t);
    /* Check for other prime modules, note it's not an ERROR but we must
     * free "t" so the easiest way is to goto ERR.  We know that res
     * is already equal to MP_OKAY from the mp_mod call
     */
-   if (((1L<<(r%11)) & 0x5C4L) != 0L)       goto ERR;
-   if (((1L<<(r%13)) & 0x9E4L) != 0L)       goto ERR;
-   if (((1L<<(r%17)) & 0x5CE8L) != 0L)      goto ERR;
-   if (((1L<<(r%19)) & 0x4F50CL) != 0L)     goto ERR;
-   if (((1L<<(r%23)) & 0x7ACCA0L) != 0L)    goto ERR;
-   if (((1L<<(r%29)) & 0xC2EDD0CL) != 0L)   goto ERR;
-   if (((1L<<(r%31)) & 0x6DE2B848L) != 0L)  goto ERR;
+   if (((1uL<<(r%11uL)) & 0x5C4uL) != 0uL)         goto ERR;
+   if (((1uL<<(r%13uL)) & 0x9E4uL) != 0uL)         goto ERR;
+   if (((1uL<<(r%17uL)) & 0x5CE8uL) != 0uL)        goto ERR;
+   if (((1uL<<(r%19uL)) & 0x4F50CuL) != 0uL)       goto ERR;
+   if (((1uL<<(r%23uL)) & 0x7ACCA0uL) != 0uL)      goto ERR;
+   if (((1uL<<(r%29uL)) & 0xC2EDD0CuL) != 0uL)     goto ERR;
+   if (((1uL<<(r%31uL)) & 0x6DE2B848uL) != 0uL)    goto ERR;
 
    /* Final check - is sqr(sqrt(arg)) == arg ? */
    if ((res = mp_sqrt(arg, &t)) != MP_OKAY) {
       goto ERR;
    }

Index: libtommath/bn_mp_jacobi.c
==================================================================
--- libtommath/bn_mp_jacobi.c
+++ libtommath/bn_mp_jacobi.c
@@ -30,27 +30,27 @@
    if (mp_isneg(a) == MP_YES) {
       return MP_VAL;
    }
 
    /* if n <= 0 return MP_VAL */
-   if (mp_cmp_d(n, 0) != MP_GT) {
+   if (mp_cmp_d(n, 0uL) != MP_GT) {
       return MP_VAL;
    }
 
    /* step 1. handle case of a == 0 */
    if (mp_iszero(a) == MP_YES) {
       /* special case of a == 0 and n == 1 */
-      if (mp_cmp_d(n, 1) == MP_EQ) {
+      if (mp_cmp_d(n, 1uL) == MP_EQ) {
          *c = 1;
       } else {
          *c = 0;
       }
       return MP_OKAY;
    }
 
    /* step 2.  if a == 1, return 1 */
-   if (mp_cmp_d(a, 1) == MP_EQ) {
+   if (mp_cmp_d(a, 1uL) == MP_EQ) {
       *c = 1;
       return MP_OKAY;
    }
 
    /* default */
@@ -70,30 +70,30 @@
    if ((res = mp_div_2d(&a1, k, &a1, NULL)) != MP_OKAY) {
       goto LBL_P1;
    }
 
    /* step 4.  if e is even set s=1 */
-   if ((k & 1) == 0) {
+   if (((unsigned)k & 1u) == 0u) {
       s = 1;
    } else {
       /* else set s=1 if p = 1/7 (mod 8) or s=-1 if p = 3/5 (mod 8) */
-      residue = n->dp[0] & 7;
+      residue = n->dp[0] & 7u;
 
-      if ((residue == 1) || (residue == 7)) {
+      if ((residue == 1u) || (residue == 7u)) {
          s = 1;
-      } else if ((residue == 3) || (residue == 5)) {
+      } else if ((residue == 3u) || (residue == 5u)) {
          s = -1;
       }
    }
 
    /* step 5.  if p == 3 (mod 4) *and* a1 == 3 (mod 4) then s = -s */
-   if (((n->dp[0] & 3) == 3) && ((a1.dp[0] & 3) == 3)) {
+   if (((n->dp[0] & 3u) == 3u) && ((a1.dp[0] & 3u) == 3u)) {
       s = -s;
    }
 
    /* if a1 == 1 we're done */
-   if (mp_cmp_d(&a1, 1) == MP_EQ) {
+   if (mp_cmp_d(&a1, 1uL) == MP_EQ) {
       *c = s;
    } else {
       /* n1 = n mod a1 */
       if ((res = mp_mod(n, &a1, &p1)) != MP_OKAY) {
          goto LBL_P1;

Index: libtommath/bn_mp_lshd.c
==================================================================
--- libtommath/bn_mp_lshd.c
+++ libtommath/bn_mp_lshd.c
@@ -21,10 +21,14 @@
    int     x, res;
 
    /* if its less than zero return */
    if (b <= 0) {
       return MP_OKAY;
+   }
+   /* no need to shift 0 around */
+   if (mp_iszero(a) == MP_YES) {
+      return MP_OKAY;
    }
 
    /* grow to fit the new digits */
    if (a->alloc < (a->used + b)) {
       if ((res = mp_grow(a, a->used + b)) != MP_OKAY) {

Index: libtommath/bn_mp_mod_2d.c
==================================================================
--- libtommath/bn_mp_mod_2d.c
+++ libtommath/bn_mp_mod_2d.c
@@ -25,11 +25,11 @@
       mp_zero(c);
       return MP_OKAY;
    }
 
    /* if the modulus is larger than the value than return */
-   if (b >= (int)(a->used * DIGIT_BIT)) {
+   if (b >= (a->used * DIGIT_BIT)) {
       res = mp_copy(a, c);
       return res;
    }
 
    /* copy */
@@ -41,14 +41,14 @@
    for (x = (b / DIGIT_BIT) + (((b % DIGIT_BIT) == 0) ? 0 : 1); x < c->used; x++) {
       c->dp[x] = 0;
    }
    /* clear the digit that is not completely outside/inside the modulus */
    c->dp[b / DIGIT_BIT] &=
-      (mp_digit)((((mp_digit) 1) << (((mp_digit) b) % DIGIT_BIT)) - ((mp_digit) 1));
+      ((mp_digit)1 << (mp_digit)(b % DIGIT_BIT)) - (mp_digit)1;
    mp_clamp(c);
    return MP_OKAY;
 }
 #endif
 
 /* ref:         $Format:%D$ */
 /* git commit:  $Format:%H$ */
 /* commit time: $Format:%ai$ */

Index: libtommath/bn_mp_montgomery_calc_normalization.c
==================================================================
--- libtommath/bn_mp_montgomery_calc_normalization.c
+++ libtommath/bn_mp_montgomery_calc_normalization.c
@@ -31,11 +31,11 @@
    if (b->used > 1) {
       if ((res = mp_2expt(a, ((b->used - 1) * DIGIT_BIT) + bits - 1)) != MP_OKAY) {
          return res;
       }
    } else {
-      mp_set(a, 1);
+      mp_set(a, 1uL);
       bits = 1;
    }
 
 
    /* now compute C = A * B mod b */

Index: libtommath/bn_mp_montgomery_reduce.c
==================================================================
--- libtommath/bn_mp_montgomery_reduce.c
+++ libtommath/bn_mp_montgomery_reduce.c
@@ -26,13 +26,14 @@
     * Note that unlike in mul you're safely allowed *less*
     * than the available columns [255 per default] since carries
     * are fixed up in the inner loop.
     */
    digs = (n->used * 2) + 1;
-   if ((digs < MP_WARRAY) &&
+   if ((digs < (int)MP_WARRAY) &&
+       (x->used <= (int)MP_WARRAY) &&
        (n->used <
-        (1 << ((CHAR_BIT * sizeof(mp_word)) - (2 * DIGIT_BIT))))) {
+        (int)(1u << (((size_t)CHAR_BIT * sizeof(mp_word)) - (2u * (size_t)DIGIT_BIT))))) {
       return fast_mp_montgomery_reduce(x, n, rho);
    }
 
    /* grow the input as required */
    if (x->alloc < digs) {
@@ -70,23 +71,23 @@
 
          /* Multiply and add in place */
          for (iy = 0; iy < n->used; iy++) {
             /* compute product and sum */
             r       = ((mp_word)mu * (mp_word)*tmpn++) +
-                      (mp_word) u + (mp_word) *tmpx;
+                      (mp_word)u + (mp_word)*tmpx;
 
             /* get carry */
-            u       = (mp_digit)(r >> ((mp_word) DIGIT_BIT));
+            u       = (mp_digit)(r >> (mp_word)DIGIT_BIT);
 
             /* fix digit */
-            *tmpx++ = (mp_digit)(r & ((mp_word) MP_MASK));
+            *tmpx++ = (mp_digit)(r & (mp_word)MP_MASK);
          }
          /* At this point the ix'th digit of x should be zero */
 
 
          /* propagate carries upwards as required*/
-         while (u != 0) {
+         while (u != 0u) {
             *tmpx   += u;
             u        = *tmpx >> DIGIT_BIT;
             *tmpx++ &= MP_MASK;
          }
       }

Index: libtommath/bn_mp_montgomery_setup.c
==================================================================
--- libtommath/bn_mp_montgomery_setup.c
+++ libtommath/bn_mp_montgomery_setup.c
@@ -28,28 +28,28 @@
     *                    =>  2*X*A - X*X*A*A = 1
     *                    =>  2*(1) - (1)     = 1
     */
    b = n->dp[0];
 
-   if ((b & 1) == 0) {
+   if ((b & 1u) == 0u) {
       return MP_VAL;
    }
 
-   x = (((b + 2) & 4) << 1) + b; /* here x*a==1 mod 2**4 */
-   x *= 2 - (b * x);             /* here x*a==1 mod 2**8 */
+   x = (((b + 2u) & 4u) << 1) + b; /* here x*a==1 mod 2**4 */
+   x *= 2u - (b * x);              /* here x*a==1 mod 2**8 */
 #if !defined(MP_8BIT)
-   x *= 2 - (b * x);             /* here x*a==1 mod 2**16 */
+   x *= 2u - (b * x);              /* here x*a==1 mod 2**16 */
 #endif
 #if defined(MP_64BIT) || !(defined(MP_8BIT) || defined(MP_16BIT))
-   x *= 2 - (b * x);             /* here x*a==1 mod 2**32 */
+   x *= 2u - (b * x);              /* here x*a==1 mod 2**32 */
 #endif
 #ifdef MP_64BIT
-   x *= 2 - (b * x);             /* here x*a==1 mod 2**64 */
+   x *= 2u - (b * x);              /* here x*a==1 mod 2**64 */
 #endif
 
    /* rho = -1/m mod b */
-   *rho = (mp_digit)(((mp_word)1 << ((mp_word) DIGIT_BIT)) - x) & MP_MASK;
+   *rho = (mp_digit)(((mp_word)1 << (mp_word)DIGIT_BIT) - x) & MP_MASK;
 
    return MP_OKAY;
 }
 #endif
 

Index: libtommath/bn_mp_mul.c
==================================================================
--- libtommath/bn_mp_mul.c
+++ libtommath/bn_mp_mul.c
@@ -41,13 +41,13 @@
           * digits won't affect carry propagation
           */
          int     digs = a->used + b->used + 1;
 
 #ifdef BN_FAST_S_MP_MUL_DIGS_C
-         if ((digs < MP_WARRAY) &&
+         if ((digs < (int)MP_WARRAY) &&
              (MIN(a->used, b->used) <=
-              (1 << ((CHAR_BIT * sizeof(mp_word)) - (2 * DIGIT_BIT))))) {
+              (int)(1u << (((size_t)CHAR_BIT * sizeof(mp_word)) - (2u * (size_t)DIGIT_BIT))))) {
             res = fast_s_mp_mul_digs(a, b, c, digs);
          } else
 #endif
          {
 #ifdef BN_S_MP_MUL_DIGS_C

Index: libtommath/bn_mp_mul_2.c
==================================================================
--- libtommath/bn_mp_mul_2.c
+++ libtommath/bn_mp_mul_2.c
@@ -44,23 +44,23 @@
       for (x = 0; x < a->used; x++) {
 
          /* get what will be the *next* carry bit from the
           * MSB of the current digit
           */
-         rr = *tmpa >> ((mp_digit)(DIGIT_BIT - 1));
+         rr = *tmpa >> (mp_digit)(DIGIT_BIT - 1);
 
          /* now shift up this digit, add in the carry [from the previous] */
-         *tmpb++ = ((*tmpa++ << ((mp_digit)1)) | r) & MP_MASK;
+         *tmpb++ = ((*tmpa++ << 1uL) | r) & MP_MASK;
 
          /* copy the carry that would be from the source
           * digit into the next iteration
           */
          r = rr;
       }
 
       /* new leading digit? */
-      if (r != 0) {
+      if (r != 0u) {
          /* add a MSB which is always 1 at this point */
          *tmpb = 1;
          ++(b->used);
       }
 

Index: libtommath/bn_mp_mul_2d.c
==================================================================
--- libtommath/bn_mp_mul_2d.c
+++ libtommath/bn_mp_mul_2d.c
@@ -26,34 +26,34 @@
       if ((res = mp_copy(a, c)) != MP_OKAY) {
          return res;
       }
    }
 
-   if (c->alloc < (int)(c->used + (b / DIGIT_BIT) + 1)) {
+   if (c->alloc < (c->used + (b / DIGIT_BIT) + 1)) {
       if ((res = mp_grow(c, c->used + (b / DIGIT_BIT) + 1)) != MP_OKAY) {
          return res;
       }
    }
 
    /* shift by as many digits in the bit count */
-   if (b >= (int)DIGIT_BIT) {
+   if (b >= DIGIT_BIT) {
       if ((res = mp_lshd(c, b / DIGIT_BIT)) != MP_OKAY) {
          return res;
       }
    }
 
    /* shift any bit count < DIGIT_BIT */
    d = (mp_digit)(b % DIGIT_BIT);
-   if (d != 0) {
+   if (d != 0u) {
       mp_digit *tmpc, shift, mask, r, rr;
       int x;
 
       /* bitmask for carries */
-      mask = (((mp_digit)1) << d) - 1;
+      mask = ((mp_digit)1 << d) - (mp_digit)1;
 
       /* shift for msbs */
-      shift = DIGIT_BIT - d;
+      shift = (mp_digit)DIGIT_BIT - d;
 
       /* alias */
       tmpc = c->dp;
 
       /* carry */
@@ -69,11 +69,11 @@
          /* set the carry to the carry bits of the current word */
          r = rr;
       }
 
       /* set final carry */
-      if (r != 0) {
+      if (r != 0u) {
          c->dp[(c->used)++] = r;
       }
    }
    mp_clamp(c);
    return MP_OKAY;

Index: libtommath/bn_mp_mul_d.c
==================================================================
--- libtommath/bn_mp_mul_d.c
+++ libtommath/bn_mp_mul_d.c
@@ -48,14 +48,14 @@
    for (ix = 0; ix < a->used; ix++) {
       /* compute product and carry sum for this term */
       r       = (mp_word)u + ((mp_word)*tmpa++ * (mp_word)b);
 
       /* mask off higher bits to get a single digit */
-      *tmpc++ = (mp_digit)(r & ((mp_word)MP_MASK));
+      *tmpc++ = (mp_digit)(r & (mp_word)MP_MASK);
 
       /* send carry into next iteration */
-      u       = (mp_digit)(r >> ((mp_word)DIGIT_BIT));
+      u       = (mp_digit)(r >> (mp_word)DIGIT_BIT);
    }
 
    /* store final carry [if any] and increment ix offset  */
    *tmpc++ = u;
    ++ix;

Index: libtommath/bn_mp_n_root_ex.c
==================================================================
--- libtommath/bn_mp_n_root_ex.c
+++ libtommath/bn_mp_n_root_ex.c
@@ -29,11 +29,11 @@
 {
    mp_int  t1, t2, t3, a_;
    int     res;
 
    /* input must be positive if b is even */
-   if (((b & 1) == 0) && (a->sign == MP_NEG)) {
+   if (((b & 1u) == 0u) && (a->sign == MP_NEG)) {
       return MP_VAL;
    }
 
    if ((res = mp_init(&t1)) != MP_OKAY) {
       return res;
@@ -50,11 +50,11 @@
    /* if a is negative fudge the sign but keep track */
    a_ = *a;
    a_.sign = MP_ZPOS;
 
    /* t2 = 2 */
-   mp_set(&t2, 2);
+   mp_set(&t2, 2uL);
 
    do {
       /* t1 = t2 */
       if ((res = mp_copy(&t2, &t1)) != MP_OKAY) {
          goto LBL_T3;
@@ -61,11 +61,11 @@
       }
 
       /* t2 = t1 - ((t1**b - a) / (b * t1**(b-1))) */
 
       /* t3 = t1**(b-1) */
-      if ((res = mp_expt_d_ex(&t1, b - 1, &t3, fast)) != MP_OKAY) {
+      if ((res = mp_expt_d_ex(&t1, b - 1u, &t3, fast)) != MP_OKAY) {
          goto LBL_T3;
       }
 
       /* numerator */
       /* t2 = t1**b */
@@ -99,11 +99,11 @@
       if ((res = mp_expt_d_ex(&t1, b, &t2, fast)) != MP_OKAY) {
          goto LBL_T3;
       }
 
       if (mp_cmp(&t2, &a_) == MP_GT) {
-         if ((res = mp_sub_d(&t1, 1, &t1)) != MP_OKAY) {
+         if ((res = mp_sub_d(&t1, 1uL, &t1)) != MP_OKAY) {
             goto LBL_T3;
          }
       } else {
          break;
       }

Index: libtommath/bn_mp_prime_fermat.c
==================================================================
--- libtommath/bn_mp_prime_fermat.c
+++ libtommath/bn_mp_prime_fermat.c
@@ -30,11 +30,11 @@
 
    /* default to composite  */
    *result = MP_NO;
 
    /* ensure b > 1 */
-   if (mp_cmp_d(b, 1) != MP_GT) {
+   if (mp_cmp_d(b, 1uL) != MP_GT) {
       return MP_VAL;
    }
 
    /* init t */
    if ((err = mp_init(&t)) != MP_OKAY) {

Index: libtommath/bn_mp_prime_is_divisible.c
==================================================================
--- libtommath/bn_mp_prime_is_divisible.c
+++ libtommath/bn_mp_prime_is_divisible.c
@@ -33,11 +33,11 @@
       if ((err = mp_mod_d(a, ltm_prime_tab[ix], &res)) != MP_OKAY) {
          return err;
       }
 
       /* is the residue zero? */
-      if (res == 0) {
+      if (res == 0u) {
          *result = MP_YES;
          return MP_OKAY;
       }
    }
 

Index: libtommath/bn_mp_prime_miller_rabin.c
==================================================================
--- libtommath/bn_mp_prime_miller_rabin.c
+++ libtommath/bn_mp_prime_miller_rabin.c
@@ -29,19 +29,19 @@
 
    /* default */
    *result = MP_NO;
 
    /* ensure b > 1 */
-   if (mp_cmp_d(b, 1) != MP_GT) {
+   if (mp_cmp_d(b, 1uL) != MP_GT) {
       return MP_VAL;
    }
 
    /* get n1 = a - 1 */
    if ((err = mp_init_copy(&n1, a)) != MP_OKAY) {
       return err;
    }
-   if ((err = mp_sub_d(&n1, 1, &n1)) != MP_OKAY) {
+   if ((err = mp_sub_d(&n1, 1uL, &n1)) != MP_OKAY) {
       goto LBL_N1;
    }
 
    /* set 2**s * r = n1 */
    if ((err = mp_init_copy(&r, &n1)) != MP_OKAY) {
@@ -65,20 +65,20 @@
    if ((err = mp_exptmod(b, &r, a, &y)) != MP_OKAY) {
       goto LBL_Y;
    }
 
    /* if y != 1 and y != n1 do */
-   if ((mp_cmp_d(&y, 1) != MP_EQ) && (mp_cmp(&y, &n1) != MP_EQ)) {
+   if ((mp_cmp_d(&y, 1uL) != MP_EQ) && (mp_cmp(&y, &n1) != MP_EQ)) {
       j = 1;
       /* while j <= s-1 and y != n1 */
       while ((j <= (s - 1)) && (mp_cmp(&y, &n1) != MP_EQ)) {
          if ((err = mp_sqrmod(&y, a, &y)) != MP_OKAY) {
             goto LBL_Y;
          }
 
          /* if y == 1 then composite */
-         if (mp_cmp_d(&y, 1) == MP_EQ) {
+         if (mp_cmp_d(&y, 1uL) == MP_EQ) {
             goto LBL_Y;
          }
 
          ++j;
       }

Index: libtommath/bn_mp_prime_next_prime.c
==================================================================
--- libtommath/bn_mp_prime_next_prime.c
+++ libtommath/bn_mp_prime_next_prime.c
@@ -44,14 +44,14 @@
                 * equal [so the next is larger]
                 *
                 * however, the prime must be
                 * congruent to 3 mod 4
                 */
-               if ((ltm_prime_tab[x + 1] & 3) != 3) {
+               if ((ltm_prime_tab[x + 1] & 3u) != 3u) {
                   /* scan upwards for a prime congruent to 3 mod 4 */
                   for (y = x + 1; y < PRIME_SIZE; y++) {
-                     if ((ltm_prime_tab[y] & 3) == 3) {
+                     if ((ltm_prime_tab[y] & 3u) == 3u) {
                         mp_set(a, ltm_prime_tab[y]);
                         return MP_OKAY;
                      }
                   }
                }
@@ -60,12 +60,12 @@
                return MP_OKAY;
             }
          }
       }
       /* at this point a maybe 1 */
-      if (mp_cmp_d(a, 1) == MP_EQ) {
-         mp_set(a, 2);
+      if (mp_cmp_d(a, 1uL) == MP_EQ) {
+         mp_set(a, 2uL);
          return MP_OKAY;
       }
       /* fall through to the sieve */
    }
 
@@ -78,19 +78,19 @@
 
    /* at this point we will use a combination of a sieve and Miller-Rabin */
 
    if (bbs_style == 1) {
       /* if a mod 4 != 3 subtract the correct value to make it so */
-      if ((a->dp[0] & 3) != 3) {
-         if ((err = mp_sub_d(a, (a->dp[0] & 3) + 1, a)) != MP_OKAY) {
+      if ((a->dp[0] & 3u) != 3u) {
+         if ((err = mp_sub_d(a, (a->dp[0] & 3u) + 1u, a)) != MP_OKAY) {
             return err;
          };
       }
    } else {
       if (mp_iseven(a) == MP_YES) {
          /* force odd */
-         if ((err = mp_sub_d(a, 1, a)) != MP_OKAY) {
+         if ((err = mp_sub_d(a, 1uL, a)) != MP_OKAY) {
             return err;
          }
       }
    }
 
@@ -125,23 +125,23 @@
             if (res_tab[x] >= ltm_prime_tab[x]) {
                res_tab[x]  -= ltm_prime_tab[x];
             }
 
             /* set flag if zero */
-            if (res_tab[x] == 0) {
+            if (res_tab[x] == 0u) {
                y = 1;
             }
          }
-      } while ((y == 1) && (step < ((((mp_digit)1) << DIGIT_BIT) - kstep)));
+      } while ((y == 1) && (step < (((mp_digit)1 << DIGIT_BIT) - kstep)));
 
       /* add the step */
       if ((err = mp_add_d(a, step, a)) != MP_OKAY) {
          goto LBL_ERR;
       }
 
       /* if didn't pass sieve and step == MAX then skip test */
-      if ((y == 1) && (step >= ((((mp_digit)1) << DIGIT_BIT) - kstep))) {
+      if ((y == 1) && (step >= (((mp_digit)1 << DIGIT_BIT) - kstep))) {
          continue;
       }
 
       /* is this prime? */
       for (x = 0; x < t; x++) {

Index: libtommath/bn_mp_prime_random_ex.c
==================================================================
--- libtommath/bn_mp_prime_random_ex.c
+++ libtommath/bn_mp_prime_random_ex.c
@@ -47,11 +47,11 @@
 
    /* calc the byte size */
    bsize = (size>>3) + ((size&7)?1:0);
 
    /* we need a buffer of bsize bytes */
-   tmp = OPT_CAST(unsigned char) XMALLOC(bsize);
+   tmp = OPT_CAST(unsigned char) XMALLOC((size_t)bsize);
    if (tmp == NULL) {
       return MP_MEM;
    }
 
    /* calc the maskAND value for the MSbyte*/
@@ -84,44 +84,44 @@
       /* mix in the maskORs */
       tmp[maskOR_msb_offset]   |= maskOR_msb;
       tmp[bsize-1]             |= maskOR_lsb;
 
       /* read it in */
-      if ((err = mp_read_unsigned_bin(a, tmp, bsize)) != MP_OKAY)     {
+      if ((err = mp_read_unsigned_bin(a, tmp, bsize)) != MP_OKAY) {
          goto error;
       }
 
       /* is it prime? */
-      if ((err = mp_prime_is_prime(a, t, &res)) != MP_OKAY)           {
+      if ((err = mp_prime_is_prime(a, t, &res)) != MP_OKAY) {
          goto error;
       }
       if (res == MP_NO) {
          continue;
       }
 
       if ((flags & LTM_PRIME_SAFE) != 0) {
          /* see if (a-1)/2 is prime */
-         if ((err = mp_sub_d(a, 1, a)) != MP_OKAY)                    {
+         if ((err = mp_sub_d(a, 1uL, a)) != MP_OKAY) {
             goto error;
          }
-         if ((err = mp_div_2(a, a)) != MP_OKAY)                       {
+         if ((err = mp_div_2(a, a)) != MP_OKAY) {
             goto error;
          }
 
          /* is it prime? */
-         if ((err = mp_prime_is_prime(a, t, &res)) != MP_OKAY)        {
+         if ((err = mp_prime_is_prime(a, t, &res)) != MP_OKAY) {
             goto error;
          }
       }
    } while (res == MP_NO);
 
    if ((flags & LTM_PRIME_SAFE) != 0) {
       /* restore a to the original value */
-      if ((err = mp_mul_2(a, a)) != MP_OKAY)                          {
+      if ((err = mp_mul_2(a, a)) != MP_OKAY) {
          goto error;
       }
-      if ((err = mp_add_d(a, 1, a)) != MP_OKAY)                       {
+      if ((err = mp_add_d(a, 1uL, a)) != MP_OKAY) {
          goto error;
       }
    }
 
    err = MP_OKAY;

Index: libtommath/bn_mp_radix_smap.c
==================================================================
--- libtommath/bn_mp_radix_smap.c
+++ libtommath/bn_mp_radix_smap.c
@@ -15,10 +15,24 @@
  * Tom St Denis, tstdenis82@gmail.com, http://libtom.org
  */
 
 /* chars used in radix conversions */
 const char *mp_s_rmap = "0123456789ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZabcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz+/";
+const unsigned char mp_s_rmap_reverse[] = {
+      0xff, 0xff, 0xff, 0x3e, 0xff, 0xff, 0xff, 0x3f, /* ()*+,-./ */
+      0x00, 0x01, 0x02, 0x03, 0x04, 0x05, 0x06, 0x07, /* 01234567 */
+      0x08, 0x09, 0xff, 0xff, 0xff, 0xff, 0xff, 0xff, /* 89:;<=>? */
+      0xff, 0x0a, 0x0b, 0x0c, 0x0d, 0x0e, 0x0f, 0x10, /* @ABCDEFG */
+      0x11, 0x12, 0x13, 0x14, 0x15, 0x16, 0x17, 0x18, /* HIJKLMNO */
+      0x19, 0x1a, 0x1b, 0x1c, 0x1d, 0x1e, 0x1f, 0x20, /* PQRSTUVW */
+      0x21, 0x22, 0x23, 0xff, 0xff, 0xff, 0xff, 0xff, /* XYZ[\]^_ */
+      0xff, 0x24, 0x25, 0x26, 0x27, 0x28, 0x29, 0x2a, /* `abcdefg */
+      0x2b, 0x2c, 0x2d, 0x2e, 0x2f, 0x30, 0x31, 0x32, /* hijklmno */
+      0x33, 0x34, 0x35, 0x36, 0x37, 0x38, 0x39, 0x3a, /* pqrstuvw */
+      0x3b, 0x3c, 0x3d, 0xff, 0xff, 0xff, 0xff, 0xff, /* xyz{|}~. */
+};
+const size_t mp_s_rmap_reverse_sz = sizeof(mp_s_rmap_reverse);
 #endif
 
 /* ref:         $Format:%D$ */
 /* git commit:  $Format:%H$ */
 /* commit time: $Format:%ai$ */

Index: libtommath/bn_mp_rand.c
==================================================================
--- libtommath/bn_mp_rand.c
+++ libtommath/bn_mp_rand.c
@@ -13,20 +13,24 @@
  * guarantee it works.
  *
  * Tom St Denis, tstdenis82@gmail.com, http://libtom.org
  */
 
-#if MP_GEN_RANDOM_MAX == 0xffffffff
+#if defined(MP_8BIT) || defined(MP_16BIT)
+#define MP_GEN_RANDOM_SHIFT  DIGIT_BIT
+#else
+#if MP_GEN_RANDOM_MAX == 0xffffffffu
 #define MP_GEN_RANDOM_SHIFT  32
 #elif MP_GEN_RANDOM_MAX == 32767
 /* SHRT_MAX */
 #define MP_GEN_RANDOM_SHIFT  15
 #elif MP_GEN_RANDOM_MAX == 2147483647
 /* INT_MAX */
 #define MP_GEN_RANDOM_SHIFT  31
 #elif !defined(MP_GEN_RANDOM_SHIFT)
 #error Thou shalt define their own valid MP_GEN_RANDOM_SHIFT
+#endif
 #endif
 
 /* makes a pseudo-random int of a given size */
 static mp_digit s_gen_random(void)
 {
@@ -52,11 +56,11 @@
    }
 
    /* first place a random non-zero digit */
    do {
       d = s_gen_random();
-   } while (d == 0);
+   } while (d == 0u);
 
    if ((res = mp_add_d(a, d, a)) != MP_OKAY) {
       return res;
    }
 

Index: libtommath/bn_mp_read_radix.c
==================================================================
--- libtommath/bn_mp_read_radix.c
+++ libtommath/bn_mp_read_radix.c
@@ -17,10 +17,11 @@
 
 /* read a string [ASCII] in a given radix */
 int mp_read_radix(mp_int *a, const char *str, int radix)
 {
    int     y, res, neg;
+   unsigned pos;
    char    ch;
 
    /* zero the digit bignum */
    mp_zero(a);
 
@@ -47,35 +48,34 @@
       /* if the radix <= 36 the conversion is case insensitive
        * this allows numbers like 1AB and 1ab to represent the same  value
        * [e.g. in hex]
        */
       ch = (radix <= 36) ? (char)toupper((int)*str) : *str;
-      for (y = 0; y < 64; y++) {
-         if (ch == mp_s_rmap[y]) {
-            break;
-         }
+      pos = (unsigned)(ch - '(');
+      if (mp_s_rmap_reverse_sz < pos) {
+         break;
       }
+      y = (int)mp_s_rmap_reverse[pos];
 
       /* if the char was found in the map
        * and is less than the given radix add it
        * to the number, otherwise exit the loop.
        */
-      if (y < radix) {
-         if ((res = mp_mul_d(a, (mp_digit)radix, a)) != MP_OKAY) {
-            return res;
-         }
-         if ((res = mp_add_d(a, (mp_digit)y, a)) != MP_OKAY) {
-            return res;
-         }
-      } else {
+      if ((y == 0xff) || (y >= radix)) {
          break;
+      }
+      if ((res = mp_mul_d(a, (mp_digit)radix, a)) != MP_OKAY) {
+         return res;
+      }
+      if ((res = mp_add_d(a, (mp_digit)y, a)) != MP_OKAY) {
+         return res;
       }
       ++str;
    }
 
    /* if an illegal character was found, fail. */
-   if (!(*str == '\0' || *str == '\r' || *str == '\n')) {
+   if (!((*str == '\0') || (*str == '\r') || (*str == '\n'))) {
       mp_zero(a);
       return MP_VAL;
    }
 
    /* set the sign only if a != 0 */

Index: libtommath/bn_mp_read_signed_bin.c
==================================================================
--- libtommath/bn_mp_read_signed_bin.c
+++ libtommath/bn_mp_read_signed_bin.c
@@ -24,11 +24,11 @@
    if ((res = mp_read_unsigned_bin(a, b + 1, c - 1)) != MP_OKAY) {
       return res;
    }
 
    /* first byte is 0 for positive, non-zero for negative */
-   if (b[0] == 0) {
+   if (b[0] == (unsigned char)0) {
       a->sign = MP_ZPOS;
    } else {
       a->sign = MP_NEG;
    }
 

Index: libtommath/bn_mp_read_unsigned_bin.c
==================================================================
--- libtommath/bn_mp_read_unsigned_bin.c
+++ libtommath/bn_mp_read_unsigned_bin.c
@@ -39,11 +39,11 @@
 #ifndef MP_8BIT
       a->dp[0] |= *b++;
       a->used += 1;
 #else
       a->dp[0] = (*b & MP_MASK);
-      a->dp[1] |= ((*b++ >> 7U) & 1);
+      a->dp[1] |= ((*b++ >> 7) & 1u);
       a->used += 2;
 #endif
    }
    mp_clamp(a);
    return MP_OKAY;

Index: libtommath/bn_mp_reduce.c
==================================================================
--- libtommath/bn_mp_reduce.c
+++ libtommath/bn_mp_reduce.c
@@ -31,11 +31,11 @@
 
    /* q1 = x / b**(k-1)  */
    mp_rshd(&q, um - 1);
 
    /* according to HAC this optimization is ok */
-   if (((mp_digit) um) > (((mp_digit)1) << (DIGIT_BIT - 1))) {
+   if ((mp_digit)um > ((mp_digit)1 << (DIGIT_BIT - 1))) {
       if ((res = mp_mul(&q, mu, &q)) != MP_OKAY) {
          goto CLEANUP;
       }
    } else {
 #ifdef BN_S_MP_MUL_HIGH_DIGS_C
@@ -71,12 +71,12 @@
    if ((res = mp_sub(x, &q, x)) != MP_OKAY) {
       goto CLEANUP;
    }
 
    /* If x < 0, add b**(k+1) to it */
-   if (mp_cmp_d(x, 0) == MP_LT) {
-      mp_set(&q, 1);
+   if (mp_cmp_d(x, 0uL) == MP_LT) {
+      mp_set(&q, 1uL);
       if ((res = mp_lshd(&q, um + 1)) != MP_OKAY)
          goto CLEANUP;
       if ((res = mp_add(x, &q, x)) != MP_OKAY)
          goto CLEANUP;
    }

Index: libtommath/bn_mp_reduce_2k.c
==================================================================
--- libtommath/bn_mp_reduce_2k.c
+++ libtommath/bn_mp_reduce_2k.c
@@ -30,11 +30,11 @@
    /* q = a/2**p, a = a mod 2**p */
    if ((res = mp_div_2d(a, p, &q, a)) != MP_OKAY) {
       goto ERR;
    }
 
-   if (d != 1) {
+   if (d != 1u) {
       /* q = q * d */
       if ((res = mp_mul_d(&q, d, &q)) != MP_OKAY) {
          goto ERR;
       }
    }

Index: libtommath/bn_mp_reduce_is_2k.c
==================================================================
--- libtommath/bn_mp_reduce_is_2k.c
+++ libtommath/bn_mp_reduce_is_2k.c
@@ -30,11 +30,11 @@
       iz = 1;
       iw = 1;
 
       /* Test every bit from the second digit up, must be 1 */
       for (ix = DIGIT_BIT; ix < iy; ix++) {
-         if ((a->dp[iw] & iz) == 0) {
+         if ((a->dp[iw] & iz) == 0u) {
             return MP_NO;
          }
          iz <<= 1;
          if (iz > (mp_digit)MP_MASK) {
             ++iw;

Index: libtommath/bn_mp_set.c
==================================================================
--- libtommath/bn_mp_set.c
+++ libtommath/bn_mp_set.c
@@ -18,11 +18,11 @@
 /* set to a digit */
 void mp_set(mp_int *a, mp_digit b)
 {
    mp_zero(a);
    a->dp[0] = b & MP_MASK;
-   a->used  = (a->dp[0] != 0) ? 1 : 0;
+   a->used  = (a->dp[0] != 0u) ? 1 : 0;
 }
 #endif
 
 /* ref:         $Format:%D$ */
 /* git commit:  $Format:%H$ */

Index: libtommath/bn_mp_set_int.c
==================================================================
--- libtommath/bn_mp_set_int.c
+++ libtommath/bn_mp_set_int.c
@@ -28,11 +28,11 @@
       if ((res = mp_mul_2d(a, 4, a)) != MP_OKAY) {
          return res;
       }
 
       /* OR in the top four bits of the source */
-      a->dp[0] |= (b >> 28) & 15;
+      a->dp[0] |= (mp_digit)(b >> 28) & 15uL;
 
       /* shift the source up to the next four bits */
       b <<= 4;
 
       /* ensure that digits are not clamped off */

Index: libtommath/bn_mp_shrink.c
==================================================================
--- libtommath/bn_mp_shrink.c
+++ libtommath/bn_mp_shrink.c
@@ -24,11 +24,11 @@
    if (a->used > 0) {
       used = a->used;
    }
 
    if (a->alloc != used) {
-      if ((tmp = OPT_CAST(mp_digit) XREALLOC(a->dp, sizeof(mp_digit) * used)) == NULL) {
+      if ((tmp = OPT_CAST(mp_digit) XREALLOC(a->dp, sizeof(mp_digit) * (size_t)used)) == NULL) {
          return MP_MEM;
       }
       a->dp    = tmp;
       a->alloc = used;
    }

Index: libtommath/bn_mp_sqr.c
==================================================================
--- libtommath/bn_mp_sqr.c
+++ libtommath/bn_mp_sqr.c
@@ -33,13 +33,13 @@
       } else
 #endif
       {
 #ifdef BN_FAST_S_MP_SQR_C
          /* can we use the fast comba multiplier? */
-         if ((((a->used * 2) + 1) < MP_WARRAY) &&
+         if ((((a->used * 2) + 1) < (int)MP_WARRAY) &&
              (a->used <
-              (1 << (((sizeof(mp_word) * CHAR_BIT) - (2 * DIGIT_BIT)) - 1)))) {
+              (int)(1u << (((sizeof(mp_word) * (size_t)CHAR_BIT) - (2u * (size_t)DIGIT_BIT)) - 1u)))) {
             res = fast_s_mp_sqr(a, b);
          } else
 #endif
          {
 #ifdef BN_S_MP_SQR_C

Index: libtommath/bn_mp_sqrtmod_prime.c
==================================================================
--- libtommath/bn_mp_sqrtmod_prime.c
+++ libtommath/bn_mp_sqrtmod_prime.c
@@ -20,15 +20,15 @@
    int res, legendre;
    mp_int t1, C, Q, S, Z, M, T, R, two;
    mp_digit i;
 
    /* first handle the simple cases */
-   if (mp_cmp_d(n, 0) == MP_EQ) {
+   if (mp_cmp_d(n, 0uL) == MP_EQ) {
       mp_zero(ret);
       return MP_OKAY;
    }
-   if (mp_cmp_d(prime, 2) == MP_EQ)                              return MP_VAL; /* prime must be odd */
+   if (mp_cmp_d(prime, 2uL) == MP_EQ)                            return MP_VAL; /* prime must be odd */
    if ((res = mp_jacobi(n, prime, &legendre)) != MP_OKAY)        return res;
    if (legendre == -1)                                           return MP_VAL; /* quadratic non-residue mod prime */
 
    if ((res = mp_init_multi(&t1, &C, &Q, &S, &Z, &M, &T, &R, &two, NULL)) != MP_OKAY) {
       return res;
@@ -36,13 +36,13 @@
 
    /* SPECIAL CASE: if prime mod 4 == 3
     * compute directly: res = n^(prime+1)/4 mod prime
     * Handbook of Applied Cryptography algorithm 3.36
     */
-   if ((res = mp_mod_d(prime, 4, &i)) != MP_OKAY)                goto cleanup;
-   if (i == 3) {
-      if ((res = mp_add_d(prime, 1, &t1)) != MP_OKAY)             goto cleanup;
+   if ((res = mp_mod_d(prime, 4uL, &i)) != MP_OKAY)               goto cleanup;
+   if (i == 3u) {
+      if ((res = mp_add_d(prime, 1uL, &t1)) != MP_OKAY)           goto cleanup;
       if ((res = mp_div_2(&t1, &t1)) != MP_OKAY)                  goto cleanup;
       if ((res = mp_div_2(&t1, &t1)) != MP_OKAY)                  goto cleanup;
       if ((res = mp_exptmod(n, &t1, prime, ret)) != MP_OKAY)      goto cleanup;
       res = MP_OKAY;
       goto cleanup;
@@ -50,60 +50,60 @@
 
    /* NOW: Tonelli-Shanks algorithm */
 
    /* factor out powers of 2 from prime-1, defining Q and S as: prime-1 = Q*2^S */
    if ((res = mp_copy(prime, &Q)) != MP_OKAY)                    goto cleanup;
-   if ((res = mp_sub_d(&Q, 1, &Q)) != MP_OKAY)                   goto cleanup;
+   if ((res = mp_sub_d(&Q, 1uL, &Q)) != MP_OKAY)                 goto cleanup;
    /* Q = prime - 1 */
    mp_zero(&S);
    /* S = 0 */
    while (mp_iseven(&Q) != MP_NO) {
       if ((res = mp_div_2(&Q, &Q)) != MP_OKAY)                    goto cleanup;
       /* Q = Q / 2 */
-      if ((res = mp_add_d(&S, 1, &S)) != MP_OKAY)                 goto cleanup;
+      if ((res = mp_add_d(&S, 1uL, &S)) != MP_OKAY)               goto cleanup;
       /* S = S + 1 */
    }
 
    /* find a Z such that the Legendre symbol (Z|prime) == -1 */
-   if ((res = mp_set_int(&Z, 2)) != MP_OKAY)                     goto cleanup;
+   if ((res = mp_set_int(&Z, 2uL)) != MP_OKAY)                    goto cleanup;
    /* Z = 2 */
    while (1) {
       if ((res = mp_jacobi(&Z, prime, &legendre)) != MP_OKAY)     goto cleanup;
       if (legendre == -1) break;
-      if ((res = mp_add_d(&Z, 1, &Z)) != MP_OKAY)                 goto cleanup;
+      if ((res = mp_add_d(&Z, 1uL, &Z)) != MP_OKAY)               goto cleanup;
       /* Z = Z + 1 */
    }
 
    if ((res = mp_exptmod(&Z, &Q, prime, &C)) != MP_OKAY)         goto cleanup;
    /* C = Z ^ Q mod prime */
-   if ((res = mp_add_d(&Q, 1, &t1)) != MP_OKAY)                  goto cleanup;
+   if ((res = mp_add_d(&Q, 1uL, &t1)) != MP_OKAY)                goto cleanup;
    if ((res = mp_div_2(&t1, &t1)) != MP_OKAY)                    goto cleanup;
    /* t1 = (Q + 1) / 2 */
    if ((res = mp_exptmod(n, &t1, prime, &R)) != MP_OKAY)         goto cleanup;
    /* R = n ^ ((Q + 1) / 2) mod prime */
    if ((res = mp_exptmod(n, &Q, prime, &T)) != MP_OKAY)          goto cleanup;
    /* T = n ^ Q mod prime */
    if ((res = mp_copy(&S, &M)) != MP_OKAY)                       goto cleanup;
    /* M = S */
-   if ((res = mp_set_int(&two, 2)) != MP_OKAY)                   goto cleanup;
+   if ((res = mp_set_int(&two, 2uL)) != MP_OKAY)                 goto cleanup;
 
    res = MP_VAL;
    while (1) {
       if ((res = mp_copy(&T, &t1)) != MP_OKAY)                    goto cleanup;
       i = 0;
       while (1) {
-         if (mp_cmp_d(&t1, 1) == MP_EQ) break;
+         if (mp_cmp_d(&t1, 1uL) == MP_EQ) break;
          if ((res = mp_exptmod(&t1, &two, prime, &t1)) != MP_OKAY) goto cleanup;
          i++;
       }
-      if (i == 0) {
+      if (i == 0u) {
          if ((res = mp_copy(&R, ret)) != MP_OKAY)                  goto cleanup;
          res = MP_OKAY;
          goto cleanup;
       }
       if ((res = mp_sub_d(&M, i, &t1)) != MP_OKAY)                goto cleanup;
-      if ((res = mp_sub_d(&t1, 1, &t1)) != MP_OKAY)               goto cleanup;
+      if ((res = mp_sub_d(&t1, 1uL, &t1)) != MP_OKAY)             goto cleanup;
       if ((res = mp_exptmod(&two, &t1, prime, &t1)) != MP_OKAY)   goto cleanup;
       /* t1 = 2 ^ (M - i - 1) */
       if ((res = mp_exptmod(&C, &t1, prime, &t1)) != MP_OKAY)     goto cleanup;
       /* t1 = C ^ (2 ^ (M - i - 1)) mod prime */
       if ((res = mp_sqrmod(&t1, prime, &C)) != MP_OKAY)           goto cleanup;

Index: libtommath/bn_mp_sub_d.c
==================================================================
--- libtommath/bn_mp_sub_d.c
+++ libtommath/bn_mp_sub_d.c
@@ -65,17 +65,17 @@
       c->sign = MP_ZPOS;
       c->used = a->used;
 
       /* subtract first digit */
       *tmpc    = *tmpa++ - b;
-      mu       = *tmpc >> ((sizeof(mp_digit) * CHAR_BIT) - 1);
+      mu       = *tmpc >> ((sizeof(mp_digit) * (size_t)CHAR_BIT) - 1u);
       *tmpc++ &= MP_MASK;
 
       /* handle rest of the digits */
       for (ix = 1; ix < a->used; ix++) {
          *tmpc    = *tmpa++ - mu;
-         mu       = *tmpc >> ((sizeof(mp_digit) * CHAR_BIT) - 1);
+         mu       = *tmpc >> ((sizeof(mp_digit) * (size_t)CHAR_BIT) - 1u);
          *tmpc++ &= MP_MASK;
       }
    }
 
    /* zero excess digits */

Index: libtommath/bn_mp_to_signed_bin_n.c
==================================================================
--- libtommath/bn_mp_to_signed_bin_n.c
+++ libtommath/bn_mp_to_signed_bin_n.c
@@ -19,11 +19,11 @@
 int mp_to_signed_bin_n(const mp_int *a, unsigned char *b, unsigned long *outlen)
 {
    if (*outlen < (unsigned long)mp_signed_bin_size(a)) {
       return MP_VAL;
    }
-   *outlen = mp_signed_bin_size(a);
+   *outlen = (unsigned long)mp_signed_bin_size(a);
    return mp_to_signed_bin(a, b);
 }
 #endif
 
 /* ref:         $Format:%D$ */

Index: libtommath/bn_mp_to_unsigned_bin.c
==================================================================
--- libtommath/bn_mp_to_unsigned_bin.c
+++ libtommath/bn_mp_to_unsigned_bin.c
@@ -26,13 +26,13 @@
    }
 
    x = 0;
    while (mp_iszero(&t) == MP_NO) {
 #ifndef MP_8BIT
-      b[x++] = (unsigned char)(t.dp[0] & 255);
+      b[x++] = (unsigned char)(t.dp[0] & 255u);
 #else
-      b[x++] = (unsigned char)(t.dp[0] | ((t.dp[1] & 0x01) << 7));
+      b[x++] = (unsigned char)(t.dp[0] | ((t.dp[1] & 1u) << 7));
 #endif
       if ((res = mp_div_2d(&t, 8, &t, NULL)) != MP_OKAY) {
          mp_clear(&t);
          return res;
       }

Index: libtommath/bn_mp_to_unsigned_bin_n.c
==================================================================
--- libtommath/bn_mp_to_unsigned_bin_n.c
+++ libtommath/bn_mp_to_unsigned_bin_n.c
@@ -19,11 +19,11 @@
 int mp_to_unsigned_bin_n(const mp_int *a, unsigned char *b, unsigned long *outlen)
 {
    if (*outlen < (unsigned long)mp_unsigned_bin_size(a)) {
       return MP_VAL;
    }
-   *outlen = mp_unsigned_bin_size(a);
+   *outlen = (unsigned long)mp_unsigned_bin_size(a);
    return mp_to_unsigned_bin(a, b);
 }
 #endif
 
 /* ref:         $Format:%D$ */

Index: libtommath/bn_mp_toom_mul.c
==================================================================
--- libtommath/bn_mp_toom_mul.c
+++ libtommath/bn_mp_toom_mul.c
@@ -217,11 +217,11 @@
    }
    if ((res = mp_sub(&w3, &tmp1, &w3)) != MP_OKAY) {
       goto ERR;
    }
    /* 3r2 - r1 - r3 */
-   if ((res = mp_mul_d(&w2, 3, &w2)) != MP_OKAY) {
+   if ((res = mp_mul_d(&w2, 3uL, &w2)) != MP_OKAY) {
       goto ERR;
    }
    if ((res = mp_sub(&w2, &w1, &w2)) != MP_OKAY) {
       goto ERR;
    }

Index: libtommath/bn_mp_toom_sqr.c
==================================================================
--- libtommath/bn_mp_toom_sqr.c
+++ libtommath/bn_mp_toom_sqr.c
@@ -160,11 +160,11 @@
    }
    if ((res = mp_sub(&w3, &tmp1, &w3)) != MP_OKAY) {
       goto ERR;
    }
    /* 3r2 - r1 - r3 */
-   if ((res = mp_mul_d(&w2, 3, &w2)) != MP_OKAY) {
+   if ((res = mp_mul_d(&w2, 3uL, &w2)) != MP_OKAY) {
       goto ERR;
    }
    if ((res = mp_sub(&w2, &w1, &w2)) != MP_OKAY) {
       goto ERR;
    }

Index: libtommath/bn_mp_unsigned_bin_size.c
==================================================================
--- libtommath/bn_mp_unsigned_bin_size.c
+++ libtommath/bn_mp_unsigned_bin_size.c
@@ -17,11 +17,11 @@
 
 /* get the size for an unsigned equivalent */
 int mp_unsigned_bin_size(const mp_int *a)
 {
    int     size = mp_count_bits(a);
-   return (size / 8) + (((size & 7) != 0) ? 1 : 0);
+   return (size / 8) + ((((unsigned)size & 7u) != 0u) ? 1 : 0);
 }
 #endif
 
 /* ref:         $Format:%D$ */
 /* git commit:  $Format:%H$ */

Index: libtommath/bn_prime_tab.c
==================================================================
--- libtommath/bn_prime_tab.c
+++ libtommath/bn_prime_tab.c
@@ -12,10 +12,11 @@
  * The library is free for all purposes without any express
  * guarantee it works.
  *
  * Tom St Denis, tstdenis82@gmail.com, http://libtom.org
  */
+
 const mp_digit ltm_prime_tab[] = {
    0x0002, 0x0003, 0x0005, 0x0007, 0x000B, 0x000D, 0x0011, 0x0013,
    0x0017, 0x001D, 0x001F, 0x0025, 0x0029, 0x002B, 0x002F, 0x0035,
    0x003B, 0x003D, 0x0043, 0x0047, 0x0049, 0x004F, 0x0053, 0x0059,
    0x0061, 0x0065, 0x0067, 0x006B, 0x006D, 0x0071, 0x007F,

Index: libtommath/bn_s_mp_add.c
==================================================================
--- libtommath/bn_s_mp_add.c
+++ libtommath/bn_s_mp_add.c
@@ -65,11 +65,11 @@
       for (i = 0; i < min; i++) {
          /* Compute the sum at one digit, T[i] = A[i] + B[i] + U */
          *tmpc = *tmpa++ + *tmpb++ + u;
 
          /* U = carry bit of T[i] */
-         u = *tmpc >> ((mp_digit)DIGIT_BIT);
+         u = *tmpc >> (mp_digit)DIGIT_BIT;
 
          /* take away carry bit from T[i] */
          *tmpc++ &= MP_MASK;
       }
 
@@ -80,11 +80,11 @@
          for (; i < max; i++) {
             /* T[i] = X[i] + U */
             *tmpc = x->dp[i] + u;
 
             /* U = carry bit of T[i] */
-            u = *tmpc >> ((mp_digit)DIGIT_BIT);
+            u = *tmpc >> (mp_digit)DIGIT_BIT;
 
             /* take away carry bit from T[i] */
             *tmpc++ &= MP_MASK;
          }
       }

Index: libtommath/bn_s_mp_exptmod.c
==================================================================
--- libtommath/bn_s_mp_exptmod.c
+++ libtommath/bn_s_mp_exptmod.c
@@ -12,10 +12,11 @@
  * The library is free for all purposes without any express
  * guarantee it works.
  *
  * Tom St Denis, tstdenis82@gmail.com, http://libtom.org
  */
+
 #ifdef MP_LOW_MEM
 #   define TAB_SIZE 32
 #else
 #   define TAB_SIZE 256
 #endif
@@ -23,11 +24,11 @@
 int s_mp_exptmod(const mp_int *G, const mp_int *X, const mp_int *P, mp_int *Y, int redmode)
 {
    mp_int  M[TAB_SIZE], res, mu;
    mp_digit buf;
    int     err, bitbuf, bitcpy, bitcnt, mode, digidx, x, y, winsize;
-   int (*redux)(mp_int *, const mp_int *, const mp_int *);
+   int (*redux)(mp_int *x, const mp_int *m, const mp_int *mu);
 
    /* find window size */
    x = mp_count_bits(X);
    if (x <= 7) {
       winsize = 2;
@@ -131,11 +132,11 @@
 
    /* setup result */
    if ((err = mp_init(&res)) != MP_OKAY) {
       goto LBL_MU;
    }
-   mp_set(&res, 1);
+   mp_set(&res, 1uL);
 
    /* set initial mode and bit cnt */
    mode   = 0;
    bitcnt = 1;
    buf    = 0;

Index: libtommath/bn_s_mp_mul_digs.c
==================================================================
--- libtommath/bn_s_mp_mul_digs.c
+++ libtommath/bn_s_mp_mul_digs.c
@@ -26,13 +26,13 @@
    mp_digit u;
    mp_word r;
    mp_digit tmpx, *tmpt, *tmpy;
 
    /* can we use the fast multiplier? */
-   if (((digs) < MP_WARRAY) &&
+   if ((digs < (int)MP_WARRAY) &&
        (MIN(a->used, b->used) <
-        (1 << ((CHAR_BIT * sizeof(mp_word)) - (2 * DIGIT_BIT))))) {
+        (int)(1u << (((size_t)CHAR_BIT * sizeof(mp_word)) - (2u * (size_t)DIGIT_BIT))))) {
       return fast_s_mp_mul_digs(a, b, c, digs);
    }
 
    if ((res = mp_init_size(&t, digs)) != MP_OKAY) {
       return res;
@@ -64,14 +64,14 @@
          r       = (mp_word)*tmpt +
                    ((mp_word)tmpx * (mp_word)*tmpy++) +
                    (mp_word)u;
 
          /* the new column is the lower part of the result */
-         *tmpt++ = (mp_digit)(r & ((mp_word) MP_MASK));
+         *tmpt++ = (mp_digit)(r & (mp_word)MP_MASK);
 
          /* get the carry word from the result */
-         u       = (mp_digit)(r >> ((mp_word) DIGIT_BIT));
+         u       = (mp_digit)(r >> (mp_word)DIGIT_BIT);
       }
       /* set carry if it is placed below digs */
       if ((ix + iy) < digs) {
          *tmpt = u;
       }

Index: libtommath/bn_s_mp_mul_high_digs.c
==================================================================
--- libtommath/bn_s_mp_mul_high_digs.c
+++ libtommath/bn_s_mp_mul_high_digs.c
@@ -26,12 +26,12 @@
    mp_word r;
    mp_digit tmpx, *tmpt, *tmpy;
 
    /* can we use the fast multiplier? */
 #ifdef BN_FAST_S_MP_MUL_HIGH_DIGS_C
-   if (((a->used + b->used + 1) < MP_WARRAY)
-       && (MIN(a->used, b->used) < (1 << ((CHAR_BIT * sizeof(mp_word)) - (2 * DIGIT_BIT))))) {
+   if (((a->used + b->used + 1) < (int)MP_WARRAY)
+       && (MIN(a->used, b->used) < (int)(1u << (((size_t)CHAR_BIT * sizeof(mp_word)) - (2u * (size_t)DIGIT_BIT))))) {
       return fast_s_mp_mul_high_digs(a, b, c, digs);
    }
 #endif
 
    if ((res = mp_init_size(&t, a->used + b->used + 1)) != MP_OKAY) {
@@ -59,14 +59,14 @@
          r       = (mp_word)*tmpt +
                    ((mp_word)tmpx * (mp_word)*tmpy++) +
                    (mp_word)u;
 
          /* get the lower part */
-         *tmpt++ = (mp_digit)(r & ((mp_word) MP_MASK));
+         *tmpt++ = (mp_digit)(r & (mp_word)MP_MASK);
 
          /* carry the carry */
-         u       = (mp_digit)(r >> ((mp_word) DIGIT_BIT));
+         u       = (mp_digit)(r >> (mp_word)DIGIT_BIT);
       }
       *tmpt = u;
    }
    mp_clamp(&t);
    mp_exch(&t, c);

Index: libtommath/bn_s_mp_sqr.c
==================================================================
--- libtommath/bn_s_mp_sqr.c
+++ libtommath/bn_s_mp_sqr.c
@@ -36,41 +36,41 @@
       /* calculate double precision result */
       r = (mp_word)t.dp[2*ix] +
           ((mp_word)a->dp[ix] * (mp_word)a->dp[ix]);
 
       /* store lower part in result */
-      t.dp[ix+ix] = (mp_digit)(r & ((mp_word)MP_MASK));
+      t.dp[ix+ix] = (mp_digit)(r & (mp_word)MP_MASK);
 
       /* get the carry */
-      u           = (mp_digit)(r >> ((mp_word)DIGIT_BIT));
+      u           = (mp_digit)(r >> (mp_word)DIGIT_BIT);
 
       /* left hand side of A[ix] * A[iy] */
       tmpx        = a->dp[ix];
 
       /* alias for where to store the results */
       tmpt        = t.dp + ((2 * ix) + 1);
 
       for (iy = ix + 1; iy < pa; iy++) {
          /* first calculate the product */
-         r       = ((mp_word)tmpx) * ((mp_word)a->dp[iy]);
+         r       = (mp_word)tmpx * (mp_word)a->dp[iy];
 
          /* now calculate the double precision result, note we use
           * addition instead of *2 since it's easier to optimize
           */
-         r       = ((mp_word) *tmpt) + r + r + ((mp_word) u);
+         r       = (mp_word)*tmpt + r + r + (mp_word)u;
 
          /* store lower part */
-         *tmpt++ = (mp_digit)(r & ((mp_word) MP_MASK));
+         *tmpt++ = (mp_digit)(r & (mp_word)MP_MASK);
 
          /* get carry */
-         u       = (mp_digit)(r >> ((mp_word) DIGIT_BIT));
+         u       = (mp_digit)(r >> (mp_word)DIGIT_BIT);
       }
       /* propagate upwards */
-      while (u != ((mp_digit) 0)) {
-         r       = ((mp_word) *tmpt) + ((mp_word) u);
-         *tmpt++ = (mp_digit)(r & ((mp_word) MP_MASK));
-         u       = (mp_digit)(r >> ((mp_word) DIGIT_BIT));
+      while (u != 0uL) {
+         r       = (mp_word)*tmpt + (mp_word)u;
+         *tmpt++ = (mp_digit)(r & (mp_word)MP_MASK);
+         u       = (mp_digit)(r >> (mp_word)DIGIT_BIT);
       }
    }
 
    mp_clamp(&t);
    mp_exch(&t, b);

Index: libtommath/bn_s_mp_sub.c
==================================================================
--- libtommath/bn_s_mp_sub.c
+++ libtommath/bn_s_mp_sub.c
@@ -51,11 +51,11 @@
          /* U = carry bit of T[i]
           * Note this saves performing an AND operation since
           * if a carry does occur it will propagate all the way to the
           * MSB.  As a result a single shift is enough to get the carry
           */
-         u = *tmpc >> ((mp_digit)((CHAR_BIT * sizeof(mp_digit)) - 1));
+         u = *tmpc >> (((size_t)CHAR_BIT * sizeof(mp_digit)) - 1u);
 
          /* Clear carry from T[i] */
          *tmpc++ &= MP_MASK;
       }
 
@@ -63,11 +63,11 @@
       for (; i < max; i++) {
          /* T[i] = A[i] - U */
          *tmpc = *tmpa++ - u;
 
          /* U = carry bit of T[i] */
-         u = *tmpc >> ((mp_digit)((CHAR_BIT * sizeof(mp_digit)) - 1));
+         u = *tmpc >> (((size_t)CHAR_BIT * sizeof(mp_digit)) - 1u);
 
          /* Clear carry from T[i] */
          *tmpc++ &= MP_MASK;
       }
 

Index: libtommath/makefile
==================================================================
--- libtommath/makefile
+++ libtommath/makefile
@@ -100,14 +100,10 @@
 
 .PHONY: mtest
 mtest:
 	cd mtest ; $(CC) $(CFLAGS) -O0 mtest.c $(LFLAGS) -o mtest
 
-travis_mtest: test mtest
-	@ for i in `seq 1 10` ; do sleep 500 && echo alive; done &
-	./mtest/mtest 666666 | ./test > test.log
-
 timing: $(LIBNAME)
 	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) -DTIMER demo/timing.c $(LIBNAME) $(LFLAGS) -o ltmtest
 
 # You have to create a file .coveralls.yml with the content "repo_token: <the token>"
 # in the base folder to be able to submit to coveralls
@@ -146,9 +142,9 @@
 new_file:
 	bash updatemakes.sh
 	perl dep.pl
 
 perlcritic:
-	perlcritic *.pl
+	perlcritic *.pl doc/*.pl
 
 astyle:
-	astyle --options=astylerc $(OBJECTS:.o=.c)
+	astyle --options=astylerc $(OBJECTS:.o=.c) tommath*.h demo/*.c etc/*.c mtest/mtest.c

Index: libtommath/makefile_include.mk
==================================================================
--- libtommath/makefile_include.mk
+++ libtommath/makefile_include.mk
@@ -57,10 +57,13 @@
 endif # COMPILE_SIZE
 endif # COMPILE_DEBUG
 
 ifneq ($(findstring clang,$(CC)),)
 CFLAGS += -Wno-typedef-redefinition -Wno-tautological-compare -Wno-builtin-requires-header
+endif
+ifneq ($(findstring mingw,$(CC)),)
+CFLAGS += -Wno-shadow
 endif
 ifeq ($(PLATFORM), Darwin)
 CFLAGS += -Wno-nullability-completeness
 endif
 

Index: libtommath/tommath.h
==================================================================
--- libtommath/tommath.h
+++ libtommath/tommath.h
@@ -23,10 +23,15 @@
 #include <tommath_class.h>
 
 #ifdef __cplusplus
 extern "C" {
 #endif
+
+/* MS Visual C++ doesn't have a 128bit type for words, so fall back to 32bit MPI's (where words are 64bit) */
+#if defined(_MSC_VER) || defined(__LLP64__)
+#   define MP_32BIT
+#endif
 
 /* detect 64-bit mode if possible */
 #if defined(__x86_64__) || defined(_M_X64) || defined(_M_AMD64) || \
     defined(__powerpc64__) || defined(__ppc64__) || defined(__PPC64__) || \
     defined(__s390x__) || defined(__arch64__) || defined(__aarch64__) || \
@@ -63,13 +68,11 @@
 #      error You must not define DIGIT_BIT when using MP_16BIT
 #   endif
 #elif defined(MP_64BIT)
 /* for GCC only on supported platforms */
 typedef uint64_t mp_digit;
-#   if defined(_WIN32)
-typedef unsigned __int128    mp_word;
-#   elif defined(__GNUC__)
+#   if defined(__GNUC__)
 typedef unsigned long        mp_word __attribute__((mode(TI)));
 #   else
 /* it seems you have a problem
  * but we assume you can somewhere define your own uint128_t */
 typedef uint128_t            mp_word;
@@ -102,11 +105,11 @@
 #endif
 
 /* use arc4random on platforms that support it */
 #if defined(__FreeBSD__) || defined(__OpenBSD__) || defined(__NetBSD__) || defined(__DragonFly__)
 #   define MP_GEN_RANDOM()    arc4random()
-#   define MP_GEN_RANDOM_MAX  0xffffffff
+#   define MP_GEN_RANDOM_MAX  0xffffffffu
 #endif
 
 /* use rand() as fall-back if there's no better rand function */
 #ifndef MP_GEN_RANDOM
 #   define MP_GEN_RANDOM()    rand()
@@ -157,11 +160,11 @@
 #      define MP_PREC 8         /* default digits of precision */
 #   endif
 #endif
 
 /* size of comba arrays, should be at least 2 * 2**(BITS_PER_WORD - BITS_PER_DIGIT*2) */
-#define MP_WARRAY               (1 << (((sizeof(mp_word) * CHAR_BIT) - (2 * DIGIT_BIT)) + 1))
+#define MP_WARRAY               (1u << (((sizeof(mp_word) * CHAR_BIT) - (2 * DIGIT_BIT)) + 1))
 
 /* the infamous mp_int structure */
 typedef struct  {
    int used, alloc, sign;
    mp_digit *dp;
@@ -392,11 +395,11 @@
 
 /* special sqrt algo */
 int mp_sqrt(const mp_int *arg, mp_int *ret);
 
 /* special sqrt (mod prime) */
-int mp_sqrtmod_prime(const mp_int *arg, const mp_int *prime, mp_int *ret);
+int mp_sqrtmod_prime(const mp_int *n, const mp_int *prime, mp_int *ret);
 
 /* is number a square? */
 int mp_is_square(const mp_int *arg, int *ret);
 
 /* computes the jacobi c = (a | n) (or Legendre if b is prime)  */
@@ -405,34 +408,34 @@
 /* used to setup the Barrett reduction for a given modulus b */
 int mp_reduce_setup(mp_int *a, const mp_int *b);
 
 /* Barrett Reduction, computes a (mod b) with a precomputed value c
  *
- * Assumes that 0 < a <= b*b, note if 0 > a > -(b*b) then you can merely
- * compute the reduction as -1 * mp_reduce(mp_abs(a)) [pseudo code].
+ * Assumes that 0 < x <= m*m, note if 0 > x > -(m*m) then you can merely
+ * compute the reduction as -1 * mp_reduce(mp_abs(x)) [pseudo code].
  */
-int mp_reduce(mp_int *a, const mp_int *b, const mp_int *c);
+int mp_reduce(mp_int *x, const mp_int *m, const mp_int *mu);
 
 /* setups the montgomery reduction */
-int mp_montgomery_setup(const mp_int *a, mp_digit *mp);
+int mp_montgomery_setup(const mp_int *n, mp_digit *rho);
 
 /* computes a = B**n mod b without division or multiplication useful for
  * normalizing numbers in a Montgomery system.
  */
 int mp_montgomery_calc_normalization(mp_int *a, const mp_int *b);
 
 /* computes x/R == x (mod N) via Montgomery Reduction */
-int mp_montgomery_reduce(mp_int *a, const mp_int *m, mp_digit mp);
+int mp_montgomery_reduce(mp_int *x, const mp_int *n, mp_digit rho);
 
 /* returns 1 if a is a valid DR modulus */
 int mp_dr_is_modulus(const mp_int *a);
 
 /* sets the value of "d" required for mp_dr_reduce */
 void mp_dr_setup(const mp_int *a, mp_digit *d);
 
-/* reduces a modulo b using the Diminished Radix method */
-int mp_dr_reduce(mp_int *a, const mp_int *b, mp_digit mp);
+/* reduces a modulo n using the Diminished Radix method */
+int mp_dr_reduce(mp_int *x, const mp_int *n, mp_digit k);
 
 /* returns true if a can be reduced with mp_reduce_2k */
 int mp_reduce_is_2k(const mp_int *a);
 
 /* determines k value for 2k reduction */
@@ -448,12 +451,12 @@
 int mp_reduce_2k_setup_l(const mp_int *a, mp_int *d);
 
 /* reduces a modulo b where b is of the form 2**p - k [0 <= a] */
 int mp_reduce_2k_l(mp_int *a, const mp_int *n, const mp_int *d);
 
-/* d = a**b (mod c) */
-int mp_exptmod(const mp_int *a, const mp_int *b, const mp_int *c, mp_int *d);
+/* Y = G**X (mod P) */
+int mp_exptmod(const mp_int *G, const mp_int *X, const mp_int *P, mp_int *Y);
 
 /* ---> Primes <--- */
 
 /* number of primes */
 #ifdef MP_8BIT

Index: libtommath/tommath_private.h
==================================================================
--- libtommath/tommath_private.h
+++ libtommath/tommath_private.h
@@ -74,10 +74,12 @@
 int mp_exptmod_fast(const mp_int *G, const mp_int *X, const mp_int *P, mp_int *Y, int redmode);
 int s_mp_exptmod(const mp_int *G, const mp_int *X, const mp_int *P, mp_int *Y, int redmode);
 void bn_reverse(unsigned char *s, int len);
 
 extern const char *mp_s_rmap;
+extern const unsigned char mp_s_rmap_reverse[];
+extern const size_t mp_s_rmap_reverse_sz;
 
 /* Fancy macro to set an MPI from another type.
  * There are several things assumed:
  *  x is the counter and unsigned
  *  a is the pointer to the MPI
@@ -97,11 +99,11 @@
     if ((res = mp_mul_2d (a, 4, a)) != MP_OKAY) {        \
       return res;                                        \
     }                                                    \
                                                          \
     /* OR in the top four bits of the source */          \
-    a->dp[0] |= (b >> ((sizeof(type) * 8u) - 4u)) & 15u; \
+    a->dp[0] |= (mp_digit)(b >> ((sizeof(type) * 8u) - 4u)) & 15uL;\
                                                          \
     /* shift the source up to the next four bits */      \
     b <<= 4;                                             \
                                                          \
     /* ensure that digits are not clamped off */         \

Index: macosx/README
==================================================================
--- macosx/README
+++ macosx/README
@@ -111,11 +111,11 @@
 	Note that the non-SDK configurations have their deployment target set to
 	10.5 (Tcl.xcode) resp. 10.6 (Tcl.xcodeproj).
 The Xcode projects refer to the toplevel tcl source directory via the
 TCL_SRCROOT user build setting, by default this is set to the project-relative
 path '../../tcl', if your tcl source directory is named differently, e.g.
-'../../tcl9.0', you need to manually change the TCL_SRCROOT setting by editing
+'../../tcl8.7', you need to manually change the TCL_SRCROOT setting by editing
 your ${USER}.pbxuser file (located inside the Tcl.xcodeproj bundle directory)
 with a text editor.
 
 - To build universal binaries outside of the Xcode IDE, set CFLAGS as follows:
 	export CFLAGS="-arch i386 -arch x86_64 -arch ppc"
@@ -139,13 +139,13 @@
 ----------------------------------------------------------
 
 - Unpack the Tcl source release archive.
 
 - The following instructions assume the Tcl source tree is named "tcl${ver}",
-(where ${ver} is a shell variable containing the Tcl version number e.g. '9.0').
+(where ${ver} is a shell variable containing the Tcl version number e.g. '8.7').
 Setup this shell variable as follows:
-	ver="9.0"
+	ver="8.7"
 If you are building from CVS, omit this step (CVS source tree names usually do
 not contain a version number).
 
 - Setup environment variables as desired, e.g. for a universal build on 10.5:
 	CFLAGS="-arch i386 -arch x86_64 -arch ppc -mmacosx-version-min=10.5"

Index: macosx/Tcl-Common.xcconfig
==================================================================
--- macosx/Tcl-Common.xcconfig
+++ macosx/Tcl-Common.xcconfig
@@ -32,6 +32,6 @@
 PREFIX = /usr/local
 TCL_CONFIGURE_ARGS = --enable-threads --enable-dtrace
 TCL_LIBRARY = $(LIBDIR)/tcl$(VERSION)
 TCL_PACKAGE_PATH = "$(LIBDIR)"
 TCL_DEFS = HAVE_TCL_CONFIG_H
-VERSION = 9.0
+VERSION = 8.7

Index: tests/assemble.test
==================================================================
--- tests/assemble.test
+++ tests/assemble.test
@@ -779,11 +779,11 @@
 	assemble {
 	    push NaN; uplus
 	}
     }
     -returnCodes error
-    -result {can't use non-numeric floating-point value "NaN" as operand of "+"}
+    -result {can't use non-numeric floating-point value as operand of "+"}
 }
 test assemble-7.43.1 {tryCvtToNumeric} {
     -body {
 	assemble {
 	    push NaN; tryCvtToNumeric
@@ -1582,10 +1582,16 @@
     -body {
 	assemble {push {a b c}; listIndexImm end}
     }
     -result c
 }
+test assemble-15.8 {listIndexImm} {
+    assemble {push {a b c}; listIndexImm end+2}
+} {}
+test assemble-15.9 {listIndexImm} {
+    assemble {push {a b c}; listIndexImm -1-1}
+} {}
 
 # assemble-16 - invokeStk
 
 test assemble-16.1 {invokeStk - wrong # args} {
     -body {

Index: tests/basic.test
==================================================================
--- tests/basic.test
+++ tests/basic.test
@@ -891,25 +891,21 @@
 	unset end i tmp
 	rename getbytes {}
 	rename stress {}
 } -result 0
 
-test basic-48.17.$noComp {expansion: object safety} -setup {
-        set old_precision $::tcl_precision
-        set ::tcl_precision 4
-    } -constraints $constraints -body {
+test basic-48.17.$noComp {expansion: object safety} -constraints $constraints -body {
             set third [expr {1.0/3.0}]
             set l [list $third $third]
             set x [run {list $third {*}$l $third}]
-	    set res [list]
+            set res [list]
             foreach t $x {
                 lappend res [expr {$t * 3.0}]
             }
             set res
     } -cleanup {
-        set ::tcl_precision $old_precision
-        unset old_precision res t l x third
+        unset res t l x third
 } -result {1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0}
 
 test basic-48.18.$noComp {expansion: list semantics} -constraints $constraints -body {
         set badcmd {
             list a b
@@ -981,10 +977,20 @@
 	testevalex {set ::context $x} global
     }
     namespace delete ns
     set ::context
 } {global}
+
+test basic-50.1 {[586e71dce4] EvalObjv level #0 exception handling} -setup {
+    interp create slave
+    interp alias {} foo slave return
+} -body {
+    list [catch foo m] $m
+} -cleanup {
+    unset -nocomplain m
+    interp delete slave
+} -result {0 {}}
 
 # Clean up after expand tests
 unset noComp l1 l2 constraints
 rename l3 {}
 rename run {}

Index: tests/chanio.test
==================================================================
--- tests/chanio.test
+++ tests/chanio.test
@@ -5343,19 +5343,19 @@
     chan close $f
     set f [open $path(test3) r]
     lappend x [chan gets $f]
 } -cleanup {
     chan close $f
-} -result {0600 {line 1}}
+} -result {0o600 {line 1}}
 test chan-io-40.3 {POSIX open access modes: CREAT} -setup {
     file delete $path(test3)
 } -constraints {unix umask} -body {
     # This test only works if your umask is 2, like ouster's.
     chan close [open $path(test3) {WRONLY CREAT}]
     file stat $path(test3) stats
     format "%#o" [expr $stats(mode)&0o777]
-} -result [format %#4o [expr {0o666 & ~ $umaskValue}]]
+} -result [format %#5o [expr {0o666 & ~ $umaskValue}]]
 test chan-io-40.4 {POSIX open access modes: CREAT} -setup {
     file delete $path(test3)
 } -body {
     set f [open $path(test3) w]
     chan configure $f -eofchar {}
@@ -5864,10 +5864,12 @@
     list [testfevent cmd "chan event $f readable"] [chan event $f readable]
 } -constraints {testfevent fileevent} -cleanup {
     testfevent delete
     chan close $f
 } -result {{script 1} {}}
+unset path(foo)
+removeFile foo
 
 set path(bar) [makeFile {} bar]
 
 test chan-io-48.1 {testing readability conditions} {fileevent} {
     set f [open $path(bar) w]
@@ -5959,10 +5961,13 @@
     vwait [namespace which -variable x]
     list $x $l
 } -cleanup {
     chan close $f
 } -result {done {0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0}}
+unset path(bar)
+removeFile bar 
+
 test chan-io-48.4 {lf write, testing readability, ^Z termination, auto read mode} -setup {
     file delete $path(test1)
     set c 0
     set l ""
 } -constraints {fileevent} -body {
@@ -6788,12 +6793,10 @@
     chan configure $out -encoding koi8-r -translation lf
     chan copy $in $out
     chan close $in
     chan close $out
     file size $path(kyrillic.txt)
-} -cleanup {
-    file delete $path(utf8-fcopy.txt)
 } -result 3
 
 test chan-io-53.1 {CopyData} -setup {
     file delete $path(test1)
 } -constraints {fcopy} -body {

Index: tests/cmdIL.test
==================================================================
--- tests/cmdIL.test
+++ tests/cmdIL.test
@@ -17,10 +17,11 @@
 catch [list package require -exact Tcltest [info patchlevel]]
 
 # Used for constraining memory leak tests
 testConstraint memory [llength [info commands memory]]
 testConstraint testobj [llength [info commands testobj]]
+testConstraint fullutf [expr {[format %c 0x010000] != "\ufffd"}]
 
 test cmdIL-1.1 {Tcl_LsortObjCmd procedure} -returnCodes error -body {
     lsort
 } -result {wrong # args: should be "lsort ?-option value ...? list"}
 test cmdIL-1.2 {Tcl_LsortObjCmd procedure} -returnCodes error -body {
@@ -145,10 +146,28 @@
     lsort -stride 2 -index {0 1} {
 	{{c o d e} 54321} {{b l a h} 94729}
 	{{b i g} 12345} {{d e m o} 34512}
     }
 } {{{b i g} 12345} {{d e m o} 34512} {{c o d e} 54321} {{b l a h} 94729}}
+test cmdIL-1.37 {Tcl_LsortObjCmd procedure, Bug 8e1e31eac0fd6b6c} {
+    lsort -ascii [list \0 \x7f \x80 \uffff]
+} [list \0 \x7f \x80 \uffff]
+test cmdIL-1.38 {Tcl_LsortObjCmd procedure, Bug 8e1e31eac0fd6b6c} {
+    lsort -ascii -nocase [list \0 \x7f \x80 \uffff]
+} [list \0 \x7f \x80 \uffff]
+test cmdIL-1.39 {Tcl_LsortObjCmd procedure, Bug 8e1e31eac0fd6b6c} fullutf {
+    lsort -ascii [list \0 \x7f \x80 \U01ffff \uffff]
+} [list \0 \x7f \x80 \uffff \U01ffff]
+test cmdIL-1.40 {Tcl_LsortObjCmd procedure, Bug 8e1e31eac0fd6b6c} fullutf {
+    lsort -ascii -nocase [list \0 \x7f \x80 \U01ffff \uffff]
+} [list \0 \x7f \x80 \uffff \U01ffff]
+test cmdIL-1.41 {lsort -stride and -index} -body {
+    lsort -stride 2 -index -2 {a 2 b 1}
+} -returnCodes error -result {index "-2" cannot select an element from any list}
+test cmdIL-1.42 {lsort -stride and-index} -body {
+    lsort -stride 2 -index -1-1 {a 2 b 1}
+} -returnCodes error -result {index "-1-1" cannot select an element from any list}
 
 # Can't think of any good tests for the MergeSort and MergeLists procedures,
 # except a bunch of random lists to sort.
 
 test cmdIL-2.1 {MergeSort and MergeLists procedures} -setup {
@@ -201,10 +220,37 @@
     lsort -integer -index 2 "{1 2 3} \\\{"
 } -returnCodes error -result {unmatched open brace in list}
 test cmdIL-3.5 {SortCompare procedure, -index option} -body {
     lsort -integer -index 2 {{20 10 13} {15}}
 } -returnCodes error -result {element 2 missing from sublist "15"}
+test cmdIL-3.5.1 {SortCompare procedure, -index option (out of range, calculated index)} -body {
+    lsort -index 1+3 {{1 . c} {2 . b} {3 . a}}
+} -returnCodes error -result {element 4 missing from sublist "1 . c"}
+test cmdIL-3.5.2 {SortCompare procedure, -index option (out of range, calculated index)} -body {
+    lsort -index -1-1 {{1 . c} {2 . b} {3 . a}}
+} -returnCodes error -result {index "-1-1" cannot select an element from any list}
+test cmdIL-3.5.3 {SortCompare procedure, -index option (out of range, calculated index)} -body {
+    lsort -index -2 {{1 . c} {2 . b} {3 . a}}
+} -returnCodes error -result {index "-2" cannot select an element from any list}
+test cmdIL-3.5.4 {SortCompare procedure, -index option (out of range, calculated index)} -body {
+    lsort -index end-4 {{1 . c} {2 . b} {3 . a}}
+} -returnCodes error -result {element -2 missing from sublist "1 . c"}
+test cmdIL-3.5.5 {SortCompare procedure, -index option} {
+    lsort -index {} {a b}
+} {a b}
+test cmdIL-3.5.6 {SortCompare procedure, -index option} {
+    lsort -index {} [list a \{]
+} {a \{}
+test cmdIL-3.5.7 {SortCompare procedure, -index option (out of range, calculated index)} -body {
+    lsort -index end--1 {{1 . c} {2 . b} {3 . a}}
+} -returnCodes error -result {index "end--1" cannot select an element from any list}
+test cmdIL-3.5.8 {SortCompare procedure, -index option (out of range, calculated index)} -body {
+    lsort -index end+1 {{1 . c} {2 . b} {3 . a}}
+} -returnCodes error -result {index "end+1" cannot select an element from any list}
+test cmdIL-3.5.9 {SortCompare procedure, -index option (out of range, calculated index)} -body {
+    lsort -index end+2 {{1 . c} {2 . b} {3 . a}}
+} -returnCodes error -result {index "end+2" cannot select an element from any list}
 test cmdIL-3.6 {SortCompare procedure, -index option} {
     lsort -integer -index 2 {{1 15 30} {2 5 25} {3 25 20}}
 } {{3 25 20} {2 5 25} {1 15 30}}
 test cmdIL-3.7 {SortCompare procedure, -ascii option} {
     lsort -ascii {d e c b a d35 d300 100 20}

Index: tests/compExpr-old.test
==================================================================
--- tests/compExpr-old.test
+++ tests/compExpr-old.test
@@ -18,16 +18,10 @@
 }
 
 ::tcltest::loadTestedCommands
 catch [list package require -exact Tcltest [info patchlevel]]
 
-if {[catch {expr T1()} msg] && $msg eq {invalid command name "tcl::mathfunc::T1"}} {
-    testConstraint testmathfunctions 0
-} else {
-    testConstraint testmathfunctions 1
-}
-
 # Big test for correct ordering of data in [expr]
 
 proc testIEEE {} {
     variable ieeeValues
     binary scan [binary format dd -1.0 1.0] c* c
@@ -283,14 +277,14 @@
 test compExpr-old-6.8 {CompileBitXorExpr: error compiling bitxor arm} -body {
     expr 2^x
 } -returnCodes error -match glob -result *
 test compExpr-old-6.9 {CompileBitXorExpr: runtime error in bitxor arm} {
     list [catch {expr {24.0^3}} msg] $msg
-} {1 {can't use floating-point value "24.0" as operand of "^"}}
+} {1 {can't use floating-point value as operand of "^"}}
 test compExpr-old-6.10 {CompileBitXorExpr: runtime error in bitxor arm} {
     list [catch {expr {"a"^"b"}} msg] $msg
-} {1 {can't use non-numeric string "a" as operand of "^"}}
+} {1 {can't use non-numeric string as operand of "^"}}
 
 test compExpr-old-7.1 {CompileBitAndExpr: just equality expr} {expr 3==2} 0
 test compExpr-old-7.2 {CompileBitAndExpr: just equality expr} {expr 2.0==2} 1
 test compExpr-old-7.3 {CompileBitAndExpr: just equality expr} {expr 3.2!=2.2} 1
 test compExpr-old-7.4 {CompileBitAndExpr: just equality expr} {expr {"abc" == "abd"}} 0
@@ -307,14 +301,14 @@
 test compExpr-old-7.11 {CompileBitAndExpr: error compiling bitand arm} -body {
     expr 2&x
 } -returnCodes error -match glob -result *
 test compExpr-old-7.12 {CompileBitAndExpr: runtime error in bitand arm} {
     list [catch {expr {24.0&3}} msg] $msg
-} {1 {can't use floating-point value "24.0" as operand of "&"}}
+} {1 {can't use floating-point value as operand of "&"}}
 test compExpr-old-7.13 {CompileBitAndExpr: runtime error in bitand arm} {
     list [catch {expr {"a"&"b"}} msg] $msg
-} {1 {can't use non-numeric string "a" as operand of "&"}}
+} {1 {can't use non-numeric string as operand of "&"}}
 
 test compExpr-old-8.1 {CompileEqualityExpr: just relational expr} {expr 3>=2} 1
 test compExpr-old-8.2 {CompileEqualityExpr: just relational expr} {expr 2<=2.1} 1
 test compExpr-old-8.3 {CompileEqualityExpr: just relational expr} {expr 3.2>"2.2"} 1
 test compExpr-old-8.4 {CompileEqualityExpr: just relational expr} {expr {"0y"<"0x12"}} 0
@@ -375,14 +369,14 @@
 test compExpr-old-10.9 {CompileShiftExpr: error compiling shift arm} -body {
     expr 2<<x
 } -returnCodes error -match glob -result *
 test compExpr-old-10.10 {CompileShiftExpr: runtime error} {
     list [catch {expr {24.0>>43}} msg] $msg
-} {1 {can't use floating-point value "24.0" as operand of ">>"}}
+} {1 {can't use floating-point value as operand of ">>"}}
 test compExpr-old-10.11 {CompileShiftExpr: runtime error} {
     list [catch {expr {"a"<<"b"}} msg] $msg
-} {1 {can't use non-numeric string "a" as operand of "<<"}}
+} {1 {can't use non-numeric string as operand of "<<"}}
 
 test compExpr-old-11.1 {CompileAddExpr: just multiply expr} {expr 4*-2} -8
 test compExpr-old-11.2 {CompileAddExpr: just multiply expr} {expr 0xff%2} 1
 test compExpr-old-11.3 {CompileAddExpr: just multiply expr} {expr -1/2} -1
 test compExpr-old-11.4 {CompileAddExpr: just multiply expr} {expr 7891%0o123} 6
@@ -397,14 +391,14 @@
 test compExpr-old-11.9 {CompileAddExpr: error compiling add arm} -body {
     expr 2-x
 } -returnCodes error -match glob -result *
 test compExpr-old-11.10 {CompileAddExpr: runtime error} {
     list [catch {expr {24.0+"xx"}} msg] $msg
-} {1 {can't use non-numeric string "xx" as operand of "+"}}
+} {1 {can't use non-numeric string as operand of "+"}}
 test compExpr-old-11.11 {CompileAddExpr: runtime error} {
     list [catch {expr {"a"-"b"}} msg] $msg
-} {1 {can't use non-numeric string "a" as operand of "-"}}
+} {1 {can't use non-numeric string as operand of "-"}}
 test compExpr-old-11.12 {CompileAddExpr: runtime error} {
     list [catch {expr {3/0}} msg] $msg
 } {1 {divide by zero}}
 test compExpr-old-11.13a {CompileAddExpr: runtime error} ieeeFloatingPoint {
     list [catch {expr {2.3/0.0}} msg] $msg
@@ -428,14 +422,14 @@
 test compExpr-old-12.9 {CompileMultiplyExpr: error compiling multiply arm} -body {
     expr 2*x
 } -returnCodes error -match glob -result *
 test compExpr-old-12.10 {CompileMultiplyExpr: runtime error} {
     list [catch {expr {24.0*"xx"}} msg] $msg
-} {1 {can't use non-numeric string "xx" as operand of "*"}}
+} {1 {can't use non-numeric string as operand of "*"}}
 test compExpr-old-12.11 {CompileMultiplyExpr: runtime error} {
     list [catch {expr {"a"/"b"}} msg] $msg
-} {1 {can't use non-numeric string "a" as operand of "/"}}
+} {1 {can't use non-numeric string as operand of "/"}}
 
 test compExpr-old-13.1 {CompileUnaryExpr: unary exprs} {expr -0xff} -255
 test compExpr-old-13.2 {CompileUnaryExpr: unary exprs} {expr +0o00123} 83
 test compExpr-old-13.3 {CompileUnaryExpr: unary exprs} {expr +--++36} 36
 test compExpr-old-13.4 {CompileUnaryExpr: unary exprs} {expr !2} 0
@@ -449,14 +443,14 @@
     expr !1.x
     set msg
 } -returnCodes error -match glob -result *
 test compExpr-old-13.10 {CompileUnaryExpr: runtime error} {
     list [catch {expr {~"xx"}} msg] $msg
-} {1 {can't use non-numeric string "xx" as operand of "~"}}
+} {1 {can't use non-numeric string as operand of "~"}}
 test compExpr-old-13.11 {CompileUnaryExpr: runtime error} {
     list [catch {expr ~4.0} msg] $msg
-} {1 {can't use floating-point value "4.0" as operand of "~"}}
+} {1 {can't use floating-point value as operand of "~"}}
 test compExpr-old-13.12 {CompileUnaryExpr: just primary expr} {expr 0x123} 291
 test compExpr-old-13.13 {CompileUnaryExpr: just primary expr} {
     set a 27
     expr $a
 } 27
@@ -600,26 +594,10 @@
     while *ing
 "expr pow(1)"}
 test compExpr-old-15.6 {CompileMathFuncCall: missing ')'} -body {
     expr sin(1
 } -returnCodes error -match glob -result *
-test compExpr-old-15.7 {CompileMathFuncCall: call registered math function} testmathfunctions {
-    expr 2*T1()
-} 246
-test compExpr-old-15.8 {CompileMathFuncCall: call registered math function} testmathfunctions {
-    expr T2()*3
-} 1035
-test compExpr-old-15.9 {CompileMathFuncCall: call registered math function} testmathfunctions {
-    expr T3(21, 37)
-} 37
-test compExpr-old-15.10 {CompileMathFuncCall: call registered math function} testmathfunctions {
-    expr T3(21.2, 37)
-} 37.0
-test compExpr-old-15.11 {CompileMathFuncCall: call registered math function} testmathfunctions {
-    expr T3(-21.2, -17.5)
-} -17.5
-
 test compExpr-old-16.1 {GetToken: checks whether integer token starting with "0x" (e.g., "0x$") is invalid} {
     catch {unset a}
     set a(VALUE) ff15
     set i 123
     if {[expr 0x$a(VALUE)] & 16} {

Index: tests/compExpr.test
==================================================================
--- tests/compExpr.test
+++ tests/compExpr.test
@@ -14,16 +14,10 @@
 }
 
 ::tcltest::loadTestedCommands
 catch [list package require -exact Tcltest [info patchlevel]]
 
-if {[catch {expr T1()} msg] && $msg eq {invalid command name "tcl::mathfunc::T1"}} {
-    testConstraint testmathfunctions 0
-} else {
-    testConstraint testmathfunctions 1
-}
-
 # Constrain memory leak tests
 testConstraint memory [llength [info commands memory]]
 
 catch {unset a}
 
@@ -317,16 +311,10 @@
     format %.6g [expr atan2(1.0, 2.0)]
 } 0.463648
 test compExpr-5.2 {CompileMathFuncCall procedure, math function not found} -body {
     expr {do_it()}
 } -returnCodes error -match glob -result {* "*do_it"}
-test compExpr-5.3 {CompileMathFuncCall: call registered math function} testmathfunctions {
-    expr 3*T1()-1
-} 368
-test compExpr-5.4 {CompileMathFuncCall: call registered math function} testmathfunctions {
-    expr T2()*3
-} 1035
 test compExpr-5.5 {CompileMathFuncCall procedure, too few arguments} -body {
     expr {atan2(1.0)}
 } -returnCodes error -match glob -result {too few arguments for math function*}
 test compExpr-5.6 {CompileMathFuncCall procedure, complex argument} {
     format %.6g [expr pow(2.1, 27.5-(24.4*(5%2)))]

Index: tests/compile.test
==================================================================
--- tests/compile.test
+++ tests/compile.test
@@ -321,11 +321,11 @@
 test compile-11.2 {Tcl_Append*: ensure Tcl_ResetResult is used properly} -body {
     apply {{} { set r [list foobar] ; string index a bogus }}
 } -returnCodes error -result {bad index "bogus": must be integer?[+-]integer? or end?[+-]integer?}
 test compile-11.3 {Tcl_Append*: ensure Tcl_ResetResult is used properly} -body {
     apply {{} { set r [list foobar] ; string index a 0o9 }}
-} -returnCodes error -match glob -result {*}
+} -returnCodes error -match glob -result {*invalid octal number*}
 test compile-11.4 {Tcl_Append*: ensure Tcl_ResetResult is used properly} -body {
     apply {{} { set r [list foobar] ; array set var {one two many} }}
 } -returnCodes error -result {list must have an even number of elements}
 test compile-11.5 {Tcl_Append*: ensure Tcl_ResetResult is used properly} -body {
     apply {{} { set r [list foobar] ; incr foo bar baz}}

Index: tests/coroutine.test
==================================================================
--- tests/coroutine.test
+++ tests/coroutine.test
@@ -737,10 +737,12 @@
 	cc ; # coro created at level 2
 	C  ; # and called at level 1
     }
     boom   ; # does not crash: the coro floor is a good insulator
     list
+} -cleanup {
+    rename boom {}; rename cc {}; rename c {}
 } -result {}
 
 test coroutine-8.0.0 {coro inject executed} -body {
     coroutine demo apply {{} { foreach i {1 2} yield }}
     demo

Index: tests/exec.test
==================================================================
--- tests/exec.test
+++ tests/exec.test
@@ -298,11 +298,10 @@
 } "second msg\nfoo bar"
 
 # I/O redirection: combinations.
 
 set path(gorp.file2) [makeFile {} gorp.file2]
-file delete $path(gorp.file2)
 
 test exec-7.1 {multiple I/O redirections} {exec} {
     exec << "command input" > $path(gorp.file2) [interpreter] $path(cat) < $path(gorp.file)
     exec [interpreter] $path(cat) $path(gorp.file2)
 } {Just a few thoughts}

Index: tests/execute.test
==================================================================
--- tests/execute.test
+++ tests/execute.test
@@ -172,11 +172,11 @@
     expr {$x + 1}
 } 2.0
 test execute-3.6 {TclExecuteByteCode, INST_ADD, op1 is non-numeric} {testobj} {
     set x [teststringobj set 0 foo]
     list [catch {expr {$x + 1}} msg] $msg
-} {1 {can't use non-numeric string "foo" as operand of "+"}}
+} {1 {can't use non-numeric string as operand of "+"}}
 test execute-3.7 {TclExecuteByteCode, INST_ADD, op2 is int} {testobj} {
     set x [testintobj set 0 1]
     expr {1 + $x}
 } 2
 test execute-3.8 {TclExecuteByteCode, INST_ADD, op2 is double} {testobj} {
@@ -197,11 +197,11 @@
     expr {1 + $x}
 } 2.0
 test execute-3.12 {TclExecuteByteCode, INST_ADD, op2 is non-numeric} {testobj} {
     set x [teststringobj set 0 foo]
     list [catch {expr {1 + $x}} msg] $msg
-} {1 {can't use non-numeric string "foo" as operand of "+"}}
+} {1 {can't use non-numeric string as operand of "+"}}
 
 # INST_SUB is partially tested:
 test execute-3.13 {TclExecuteByteCode, INST_SUB, op1 is int} {testobj} {
     set x [testintobj set 0 1]
     expr {$x - 1}
@@ -224,11 +224,11 @@
     expr {$x - 1}
 } 0.0
 test execute-3.18 {TclExecuteByteCode, INST_SUB, op1 is non-numeric} {testobj} {
     set x [teststringobj set 0 foo]
     list [catch {expr {$x - 1}} msg] $msg
-} {1 {can't use non-numeric string "foo" as operand of "-"}}
+} {1 {can't use non-numeric string as operand of "-"}}
 test execute-3.19 {TclExecuteByteCode, INST_SUB, op2 is int} {testobj} {
     set x [testintobj set 0 1]
     expr {1 - $x}
 } 0
 test execute-3.20 {TclExecuteByteCode, INST_SUB, op2 is double} {testobj} {
@@ -249,11 +249,11 @@
     expr {1 - $x}
 } 0.0
 test execute-3.24 {TclExecuteByteCode, INST_SUB, op2 is non-numeric} {testobj} {
     set x [teststringobj set 0 foo]
     list [catch {expr {1 - $x}} msg] $msg
-} {1 {can't use non-numeric string "foo" as operand of "-"}}
+} {1 {can't use non-numeric string as operand of "-"}}
 
 # INST_MULT is partially tested:
 test execute-3.25 {TclExecuteByteCode, INST_MULT, op1 is int} {testobj} {
     set x [testintobj set 1 1]
     expr {$x * 1}
@@ -276,11 +276,11 @@
     expr {$x * 1}
 } 1.0
 test execute-3.30 {TclExecuteByteCode, INST_MULT, op1 is non-numeric} {testobj} {
     set x [teststringobj set 1 foo]
     list [catch {expr {$x * 1}} msg] $msg
-} {1 {can't use non-numeric string "foo" as operand of "*"}}
+} {1 {can't use non-numeric string as operand of "*"}}
 test execute-3.31 {TclExecuteByteCode, INST_MULT, op2 is int} {testobj} {
     set x [testintobj set 1 1]
     expr {1 * $x}
 } 1
 test execute-3.32 {TclExecuteByteCode, INST_MULT, op2 is double} {testobj} {
@@ -301,11 +301,11 @@
     expr {1 * $x}
 } 1.0
 test execute-3.36 {TclExecuteByteCode, INST_MULT, op2 is non-numeric} {testobj} {
     set x [teststringobj set 1 foo]
     list [catch {expr {1 * $x}} msg] $msg
-} {1 {can't use non-numeric string "foo" as operand of "*"}}
+} {1 {can't use non-numeric string as operand of "*"}}
 
 # INST_DIV is partially tested:
 test execute-3.37 {TclExecuteByteCode, INST_DIV, op1 is int} {testobj} {
     set x [testintobj set 1 1]
     expr {$x / 1}
@@ -328,11 +328,11 @@
     expr {$x / 1}
 } 1.0
 test execute-3.42 {TclExecuteByteCode, INST_DIV, op1 is non-numeric} {testobj} {
     set x [teststringobj set 1 foo]
     list [catch {expr {$x / 1}} msg] $msg
-} {1 {can't use non-numeric string "foo" as operand of "/"}}
+} {1 {can't use non-numeric string as operand of "/"}}
 test execute-3.43 {TclExecuteByteCode, INST_DIV, op2 is int} {testobj} {
     set x [testintobj set 1 1]
     expr {2 / $x}
 } 2
 test execute-3.44 {TclExecuteByteCode, INST_DIV, op2 is double} {testobj} {
@@ -353,11 +353,11 @@
     expr {2 / $x}
 } 2.0
 test execute-3.48 {TclExecuteByteCode, INST_DIV, op2 is non-numeric} {testobj} {
     set x [teststringobj set 1 foo]
     list [catch {expr {1 / $x}} msg] $msg
-} {1 {can't use non-numeric string "foo" as operand of "/"}}
+} {1 {can't use non-numeric string as operand of "/"}}
 
 # INST_UPLUS is partially tested:
 test execute-3.49 {TclExecuteByteCode, INST_UPLUS, op is int} {testobj} {
     set x [testintobj set 1 1]
     expr {+ $x}
@@ -380,11 +380,11 @@
     expr {+ $x}
 } 1.0
 test execute-3.54 {TclExecuteByteCode, INST_UPLUS, op is non-numeric} {testobj} {
     set x [teststringobj set 1 foo]
     list [catch {expr {+ $x}} msg] $msg
-} {1 {can't use non-numeric string "foo" as operand of "+"}}
+} {1 {can't use non-numeric string as operand of "+"}}
 
 # INST_UMINUS is partially tested:
 test execute-3.55 {TclExecuteByteCode, INST_UMINUS, op is int} {testobj} {
     set x [testintobj set 1 1]
     expr {- $x}
@@ -407,11 +407,11 @@
     expr {- $x}
 } -1.0
 test execute-3.60 {TclExecuteByteCode, INST_UMINUS, op is non-numeric} {testobj} {
     set x [teststringobj set 1 foo]
     list [catch {expr {- $x}} msg] $msg
-} {1 {can't use non-numeric string "foo" as operand of "-"}}
+} {1 {can't use non-numeric string as operand of "-"}}
 
 # INST_LNOT is partially tested:
 test execute-3.61 {TclExecuteByteCode, INST_LNOT, op is int} {testobj} {
     set x [testintobj set 1 2]
     expr {! $x}
@@ -455,11 +455,11 @@
     expr {! $x}
 } 1
 test execute-3.71 {TclExecuteByteCode, INST_LNOT, op is non-numeric} {testobj} {
     set x [teststringobj set 1 foo]
     list [catch {expr {! $x}} msg] $msg
-} {1 {can't use non-numeric string "foo" as operand of "!"}}
+} {1 {can't use non-numeric string as operand of "!"}}
 
 # INST_BITNOT not tested
 # INST_CALL_BUILTIN_FUNC1 not tested
 # INST_CALL_FUNC1 not tested
 

Index: tests/expr-old.test
==================================================================
--- tests/expr-old.test
+++ tests/expr-old.test
@@ -22,16 +22,10 @@
 testConstraint testexprlong   [llength [info commands testexprlong]]
 testConstraint testexprdouble [llength [info commands testexprdouble]]
 testConstraint testexprstring [llength [info commands testexprstring]]
 testConstraint longIs32bit    [expr {int(0x80000000) < 0}]
 
-if {[catch {expr T1()} msg] && $msg eq {invalid command name "tcl::mathfunc::T1"}} {
-    testConstraint testmathfunctions 0
-} else {
-    testConstraint testmathfunctions 1
-}
-
 # Big test for correct ordering of data in [expr]
 
 proc testIEEE {} {
     variable ieeeValues
     binary scan [binary format dd -1.0 1.0] c* c
@@ -195,38 +189,38 @@
 
 # Operators that aren't legal on floating-point numbers
 
 test expr-old-3.1 {illegal floating-point operations} {
     list [catch {expr ~4.0} msg] $msg
-} {1 {can't use floating-point value "4.0" as operand of "~"}}
+} {1 {can't use floating-point value as operand of "~"}}
 test expr-old-3.2 {illegal floating-point operations} {
     list [catch {expr 27%4.0} msg] $msg
-} {1 {can't use floating-point value "4.0" as operand of "%"}}
+} {1 {can't use floating-point value as operand of "%"}}
 test expr-old-3.3 {illegal floating-point operations} {
     list [catch {expr 27.0%4} msg] $msg
-} {1 {can't use floating-point value "27.0" as operand of "%"}}
+} {1 {can't use floating-point value as operand of "%"}}
 test expr-old-3.4 {illegal floating-point operations} {
     list [catch {expr 1.0<<3} msg] $msg
-} {1 {can't use floating-point value "1.0" as operand of "<<"}}
+} {1 {can't use floating-point value as operand of "<<"}}
 test expr-old-3.5 {illegal floating-point operations} {
     list [catch {expr 3<<1.0} msg] $msg
-} {1 {can't use floating-point value "1.0" as operand of "<<"}}
+} {1 {can't use floating-point value as operand of "<<"}}
 test expr-old-3.6 {illegal floating-point operations} {
     list [catch {expr 24.0>>3} msg] $msg
-} {1 {can't use floating-point value "24.0" as operand of ">>"}}
+} {1 {can't use floating-point value as operand of ">>"}}
 test expr-old-3.7 {illegal floating-point operations} {
     list [catch {expr 24>>3.0} msg] $msg
-} {1 {can't use floating-point value "3.0" as operand of ">>"}}
+} {1 {can't use floating-point value as operand of ">>"}}
 test expr-old-3.8 {illegal floating-point operations} {
     list [catch {expr 24&3.0} msg] $msg
-} {1 {can't use floating-point value "3.0" as operand of "&"}}
+} {1 {can't use floating-point value as operand of "&"}}
 test expr-old-3.9 {illegal floating-point operations} {
     list [catch {expr 24.0|3} msg] $msg
-} {1 {can't use floating-point value "24.0" as operand of "|"}}
+} {1 {can't use floating-point value as operand of "|"}}
 test expr-old-3.10 {illegal floating-point operations} {
     list [catch {expr 24.0^3} msg] $msg
-} {1 {can't use floating-point value "24.0" as operand of "^"}}
+} {1 {can't use floating-point value as operand of "^"}}
 
 # Check the string operators individually.
 
 test expr-old-4.1 {string operators} {expr {"abc" > "def"}} 0
 test expr-old-4.2 {string operators} {expr {"def" > "def"}} 0
@@ -263,50 +257,50 @@
 
 # Operators that aren't legal on string operands.
 
 test expr-old-5.1 {illegal string operations} {
     list [catch {expr {-"a"}} msg] $msg
-} {1 {can't use non-numeric string "a" as operand of "-"}}
+} {1 {can't use non-numeric string as operand of "-"}}
 test expr-old-5.2 {illegal string operations} {
     list [catch {expr {+"a"}} msg] $msg
-} {1 {can't use non-numeric string "a" as operand of "+"}}
+} {1 {can't use non-numeric string as operand of "+"}}
 test expr-old-5.3 {illegal string operations} {
     list [catch {expr {~"a"}} msg] $msg
-} {1 {can't use non-numeric string "a" as operand of "~"}}
+} {1 {can't use non-numeric string as operand of "~"}}
 test expr-old-5.4 {illegal string operations} {
     list [catch {expr {!"a"}} msg] $msg
-} {1 {can't use non-numeric string "a" as operand of "!"}}
+} {1 {can't use non-numeric string as operand of "!"}}
 test expr-old-5.5 {illegal string operations} {
     list [catch {expr {"a"*"b"}} msg] $msg
-} {1 {can't use non-numeric string "a" as operand of "*"}}
+} {1 {can't use non-numeric string as operand of "*"}}
 test expr-old-5.6 {illegal string operations} {
     list [catch {expr {"a"/"b"}} msg] $msg
-} {1 {can't use non-numeric string "a" as operand of "/"}}
+} {1 {can't use non-numeric string as operand of "/"}}
 test expr-old-5.7 {illegal string operations} {
     list [catch {expr {"a"%"b"}} msg] $msg
-} {1 {can't use non-numeric string "a" as operand of "%"}}
+} {1 {can't use non-numeric string as operand of "%"}}
 test expr-old-5.8 {illegal string operations} {
     list [catch {expr {"a"+"b"}} msg] $msg
-} {1 {can't use non-numeric string "a" as operand of "+"}}
+} {1 {can't use non-numeric string as operand of "+"}}
 test expr-old-5.9 {illegal string operations} {
     list [catch {expr {"a"-"b"}} msg] $msg
-} {1 {can't use non-numeric string "a" as operand of "-"}}
+} {1 {can't use non-numeric string as operand of "-"}}
 test expr-old-5.10 {illegal string operations} {
     list [catch {expr {"a"<<"b"}} msg] $msg
-} {1 {can't use non-numeric string "a" as operand of "<<"}}
+} {1 {can't use non-numeric string as operand of "<<"}}
 test expr-old-5.11 {illegal string operations} {
     list [catch {expr {"a">>"b"}} msg] $msg
-} {1 {can't use non-numeric string "a" as operand of ">>"}}
+} {1 {can't use non-numeric string as operand of ">>"}}
 test expr-old-5.12 {illegal string operations} {
     list [catch {expr {"a"&"b"}} msg] $msg
-} {1 {can't use non-numeric string "a" as operand of "&"}}
+} {1 {can't use non-numeric string as operand of "&"}}
 test expr-old-5.13 {illegal string operations} {
     list [catch {expr {"a"^"b"}} msg] $msg
-} {1 {can't use non-numeric string "a" as operand of "^"}}
+} {1 {can't use non-numeric string as operand of "^"}}
 test expr-old-5.14 {illegal string operations} {
     list [catch {expr {"a"|"b"}} msg] $msg
-} {1 {can't use non-numeric string "a" as operand of "|"}}
+} {1 {can't use non-numeric string as operand of "|"}}
 test expr-old-5.15 {illegal string operations} {
     list [catch {expr {"a"&&"b"}} msg] $msg
 } {1 {expected boolean value but got "a"}}
 test expr-old-5.16 {illegal string operations} {
     list [catch {expr {"a"||"b"}} msg] $msg
@@ -491,11 +485,11 @@
 
 # Various error conditions.
 
 test expr-old-26.1 {error conditions} {
     list [catch {expr 2+"a"} msg] $msg
-} {1 {can't use non-numeric string "a" as operand of "+"}}
+} {1 {can't use non-numeric string as operand of "+"}}
 test expr-old-26.2 {error conditions} -body {
     expr 2+4*
 } -returnCodes error -match glob -result *
 test expr-old-26.3 {error conditions} -body {
     expr 2+4*(
@@ -505,14 +499,14 @@
     list [catch {expr 2+$_non_existent_} msg] $msg
 } {1 {can't read "_non_existent_": no such variable}}
 set a xx
 test expr-old-26.5 {error conditions} {
     list [catch {expr {2+$a}} msg] $msg
-} {1 {can't use non-numeric string "xx" as operand of "+"}}
+} {1 {can't use non-numeric string as operand of "+"}}
 test expr-old-26.6 {error conditions} {
     list [catch {expr {2+[set a]}} msg] $msg
-} {1 {can't use non-numeric string "xx" as operand of "+"}}
+} {1 {can't use non-numeric string as operand of "+"}}
 test expr-old-26.7 {error conditions} -body {
     expr {2+(4}
 } -returnCodes error -match glob -result *
 test expr-old-26.8 {error conditions} {
     list [catch {expr 2/0} msg] $msg $errorCode
@@ -532,11 +526,11 @@
 test expr-old-26.12 {error conditions} -body {
     expr a.b
 } -returnCodes error -match glob -result *
 test expr-old-26.13 {error conditions} {
     list [catch {expr {"a"/"b"}} msg] $msg
-} {1 {can't use non-numeric string "a" as operand of "/"}}
+} {1 {can't use non-numeric string as operand of "/"}}
 test expr-old-26.14 {error conditions} -body {
     expr 2:3
 } -returnCodes error -match glob -result *
 test expr-old-26.15 {error conditions} -body {
     expr a@b
@@ -845,16 +839,10 @@
     list [catch {expr pow(1.0 + 3.0 - 2, .8 * 5)} msg] $msg
 } {0 16.0}
 test expr-old-32.42 {math functions in expressions} {
     list [catch {expr hypot(5*.8,3)} msg] $msg
 } {0 5.0}
-test expr-old-32.43 {math functions in expressions} testmathfunctions {
-    expr 2*T1()
-} 246
-test expr-old-32.44 {math functions in expressions} testmathfunctions {
-    expr T2()*3
-} 1035
 test expr-old-32.45 {math functions in expressions} {
     expr (0 <= rand()) && (rand() < 1)
 } {1}
 test expr-old-32.46 {math functions in expressions} -body {
     list [catch {expr rand(24)} msg] $msg
@@ -950,22 +938,17 @@
     expr round(1.0e30)
 } 1000000000000000019884624838656
 test expr-old-34.16 {errors in math functions} {
     expr round(-1.0e30)
 } -1000000000000000019884624838656
-test expr-old-34.17 {errors in math functions} -constraints testmathfunctions \
-    -body {
-        list [catch {expr T1(4)} msg] $msg
-    } -match glob -result {1 {too many arguments for math function*}}
-
 test expr-old-36.1 {ExprLooksLikeInt procedure} -body {
     expr 0o289
 } -returnCodes error -match glob -result {*invalid octal number*}
 test expr-old-36.2 {ExprLooksLikeInt procedure} {
     set x 0o289
     list [catch {expr {$x+1}} msg] $msg
-} {1 {can't use non-numeric string "0o289" as operand of "+"}}
+} {1 {can't use invalid octal number as operand of "+"}}
 test expr-old-36.3 {ExprLooksLikeInt procedure} {
     list [catch {expr 0289.1} msg] $msg
 } {0 289.1}
 test expr-old-36.4 {ExprLooksLikeInt procedure} {
     set x 0289.1
@@ -1001,23 +984,23 @@
 
 # tests for [Bug #587140]
 test expr-old-36.12 {ExprLooksLikeInt procedure} {
     set x "10;"
     list [catch {expr {$x+1}} msg] $msg
-} {1 {can't use non-numeric string "10;" as operand of "+"}}
+} {1 {can't use non-numeric string as operand of "+"}}
 test expr-old-36.13 {ExprLooksLikeInt procedure} {
     set x " +"
     list [catch {expr {$x+1}} msg] $msg
-} {1 {can't use non-numeric string " +" as operand of "+"}}
+} {1 {can't use non-numeric string as operand of "+"}}
 test expr-old-36.14 {ExprLooksLikeInt procedure} {
     set x "123456789012345678901234567890 "
     expr {$x+1}
 } 123456789012345678901234567891
 test expr-old-36.15 {ExprLooksLikeInt procedure} {
     set x "0o99 "
     list [catch {expr {$x+1}} msg] $msg
-} {1 {can't use non-numeric string "0o99 " as operand of "+"}}
+} {1 {can't use invalid octal number as operand of "+"}}
 test expr-old-36.16 {ExprLooksLikeInt procedure} {
     set x " 0xffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffff  "
     expr {$x+1}
 } [expr 0x100000000000000000000000000000000000000]
 
@@ -1157,40 +1140,52 @@
 } -result 0
 test expr-old-40.2 {min math function} -body {
     expr {min(0.0)}
 } -result 0.0
 test expr-old-40.3 {min math function} -body {
-    list [catch {expr {min()}} msg] $msg
-} -result {1 {too few arguments to math function "min"}}
+    expr {min()}
+} -returnCodes error -result {too few arguments for math function "min"}
 test expr-old-40.4 {min math function} -body {
     expr {min(wide(-1) << 30, 4.5, -10)}
 } -result [expr {wide(-1) << 30}]
 test expr-old-40.5 {min math function} -body {
     expr {min("a", 0)}
 } -returnCodes error -match glob -result *
 test expr-old-40.6 {min math function} -body {
     expr {min(300, "0xFF")}
 } -result 255
+test expr-old-40.7 {min math function} -body {
+    expr min(1[string repeat 0 10000], 1e300)
+} -result 1e+300
+test expr-old-40.8 {min math function} -body {
+    expr {min(0, "a")}
+} -returnCodes error -match glob -result *
 
 test expr-old-41.1 {max math function} -body {
     expr {max(0)}
 } -result 0
 test expr-old-41.2 {max math function} -body {
     expr {max(0.0)}
 } -result 0.0
 test expr-old-41.3 {max math function} -body {
-    list [catch {expr {max()}} msg] $msg
-} -result {1 {too few arguments to math function "max"}}
+    expr {max()}
+} -returnCodes error -result {too few arguments for math function "max"}
 test expr-old-41.4 {max math function} -body {
     expr {max(wide(1) << 30, 4.5, -10)}
 } -result [expr {wide(1) << 30}]
 test expr-old-41.5 {max math function} -body {
     expr {max("a", 0)}
 } -returnCodes error -match glob -result *
 test expr-old-41.6 {max math function} -body {
     expr {max(200, "0xFF")}
 } -result 255
+test expr-old-41.7 {max math function} -body {
+    expr max(1[string repeat 0 10000], 1e300)
+} -result 1[string repeat 0 10000]
+test expr-old-41.8 {max math function} -body {
+    expr {max(0, "a")}
+} -returnCodes error -match glob -result *
 
 # Special test for Pentium arithmetic bug of 1994:
 
 if {(4195835.0 - (4195835.0/3145727.0)*3145727.0) == 256.0} {
     puts "Warning: this machine contains a defective Pentium processor"

Index: tests/expr.test
==================================================================
--- tests/expr.test
+++ tests/expr.test
@@ -16,14 +16,10 @@
 }
 
 ::tcltest::loadTestedCommands
 catch [list package require -exact Tcltest [info patchlevel]]
 
-testConstraint testmathfunctions [expr {
-    ([catch {expr T1()} msg] != 1) || ($msg ne {invalid command name "tcl::mathfunc::T1"})
-}]
-
 # Determine if "long int" type is a 32 bit number and if the wide
 # type is a 64 bit number on this machine.
 
 testConstraint longIs32bit [expr {int(0x80000000) < 0}]
 testConstraint longIs64bit [expr {int(0x8000000000000000) < 0}]
@@ -255,11 +251,11 @@
     set i 7
     expr {[string compare [format %c $i] [string index $a $i]]&&[string compare [format %c $i] [string index $a $i]]&&[string compare [format %c $i] [string index $a $i]]&&[string compare [format %c $i] [string index $a $i]]&&[string compare [format %c $i] [string index $a $i]]&&[string compare [format %c $i] [string index $a $i]]&&[string compare [format %c $i] [string index $a $i]]&&[string compare [format %c $i] [string index $a $i]]&&[string compare [format %c $i] [string index $a $i]]&&[string compare [format %c $i] [string index $a $i]]&&[string compare [format %c $i] [string index $a $i]]&&[string compare [format %c $i] [string index $a $i]]&&[string compare [format %c $i] [string index $a $i]]&&[string compare [format %c $i] [string index $a $i]]&&[string compare [format %c $i] [string index $a $i]]&&[string compare [format %c $i] [string index $a $i]]&&[string compare [format %c $i] [string index $a $i]]&&[string compare [format %c $i] [string index $a $i]] || [string compare [format %c $i] [string index $a $i]]&&[string compare [format %c $i] [string index $a $i]]&&[string compare [format %c $i] [string index $a $i]]&&[string compare [format %c $i] [string index $a $i]]&&[string compare [format %c $i] [string index $a $i]]&&[string compare [format %c $i] [string index $a $i]]&&[string compare [format %c $i] [string index $a $i]]&&[string compare [format %c $i] [string index $a $i]]&&[string compare [format %c $i] [string index $a $i]]&&[string compare [format %c $i] [string index $a $i]]&&[string compare [format %c $i] [string index $a $i]]&&[string compare [format %c $i] [string index $a $i]]&&[string compare [format %c $i] [string index $a $i]]&&[string compare [format %c $i] [string index $a $i]]&&[string compare [format %c $i] [string index $a $i]]&&[string compare [format %c $i] [string index $a $i]]&&[string compare [format %c $i] [string index $a $i]]&&[string compare [format %c $i] [string index $a $i]] || [string compare [format %c $i] [string index $a $i]]&&[string compare [format %c $i] [string index $a $i]]&&[string compare [format %c $i] [string index $a $i]]&&[string compare [format %c $i] [string index $a $i]]&&[string compare [format %c $i] [string index $a $i]]&&[string compare [format %c $i] [string index $a $i]]&&[string compare [format %c $i] [string index $a $i]]&&[string compare [format %c $i] [string index $a $i]]&&[string compare [format %c $i] [string index $a $i]]&&[string compare [format %c $i] [string index $a $i]]&&[string compare [format %c $i] [string index $a $i]]&&[string compare [format %c $i] [string index $a $i]]&&[string compare [format %c $i] [string index $a $i]]&&[string compare [format %c $i] [string index $a $i]]&&[string compare [format %c $i] [string index $a $i]]&&[string compare [format %c $i] [string index $a $i]]&&[string compare [format %c $i] [string index $a $i]]&&[string compare [format %c $i] [string index $a $i]] || [string compare [format %c $i] [string index $a $i]]&&[string compare [format %c $i] [string index $a $i]]&&[string compare [format %c $i] [string index $a $i]]&&[string compare [format %c $i] [string index $a $i]]&&[string compare [format %c $i] [string index $a $i]]&&[string compare [format %c $i] [string index $a $i]]&&[string compare [format %c $i] [string index $a $i]]&&[string compare [format %c $i] [string index $a $i]]&&[string compare [format %c $i] [string index $a $i]]&&[string compare [format %c $i] [string index $a $i]]&&[string compare [format %c $i] [string index $a $i]]&&[string compare [format %c $i] [string index $a $i]]&&[string compare [format %c $i] [string index $a $i]]&&[string compare [format %c $i] [string index $a $i]]&&[string compare [format %c $i] [string index $a $i]]&&[string compare [format %c $i] [string index $a $i]]&&[string compare [format %c $i] [string index $a $i]]&&[string compare [format %c $i] [string index $a $i]]}
 } 1
 test expr-4.10 {CompileLorExpr: error compiling ! operand} {
     list [catch {expr {!"a"}} msg] $msg
-} {1 {can't use non-numeric string "a" as operand of "!"}}
+} {1 {can't use non-numeric string as operand of "!"}}
 test expr-4.11 {CompileLorExpr: error compiling land arms} {
     list [catch {expr {"a"||0}} msg] $msg
 } {1 {expected boolean value but got "a"}}
 test expr-4.12 {CompileLorExpr: error compiling land arms} {
     list [catch {expr {0||"a"}} msg] $msg
@@ -302,14 +298,14 @@
 test expr-6.8 {CompileBitXorExpr: error compiling bitxor arm} -body {
     expr 2^x
 } -returnCodes error -match glob -result *
 test expr-6.9 {CompileBitXorExpr: runtime error in bitxor arm} {
     list [catch {expr {24.0^3}} msg] $msg
-} {1 {can't use floating-point value "24.0" as operand of "^"}}
+} {1 {can't use floating-point value as operand of "^"}}
 test expr-6.10 {CompileBitXorExpr: runtime error in bitxor arm} {
     list [catch {expr {"a"^"b"}} msg] $msg
-} {1 {can't use non-numeric string "a" as operand of "^"}}
+} {1 {can't use non-numeric string as operand of "^"}}
 
 test expr-7.1 {CompileBitAndExpr: just equality expr} {expr 3==2} 0
 test expr-7.2 {CompileBitAndExpr: just equality expr} {expr 2.0==2} 1
 test expr-7.3 {CompileBitAndExpr: just equality expr} {expr 3.2!=2.2} 1
 test expr-7.4 {CompileBitAndExpr: just equality expr} {expr {"abc" == "abd"}} 0
@@ -326,14 +322,14 @@
 test expr-7.11 {CompileBitAndExpr: error compiling bitand arm} -body {
     expr 2&x
 } -returnCodes error -match glob -result *
 test expr-7.12 {CompileBitAndExpr: runtime error in bitand arm} {
     list [catch {expr {24.0&3}} msg] $msg
-} {1 {can't use floating-point value "24.0" as operand of "&"}}
+} {1 {can't use floating-point value as operand of "&"}}
 test expr-7.13 {CompileBitAndExpr: runtime error in bitand arm} {
     list [catch {expr {"a"&"b"}} msg] $msg
-} {1 {can't use non-numeric string "a" as operand of "&"}}
+} {1 {can't use non-numeric string as operand of "&"}}
 test expr-7.14 {CompileBitAndExpr: equality expr} {expr 3eq2} 0
 test expr-7.18 {CompileBitAndExpr: equality expr} {expr {"abc" eq "abd"}} 0
 test expr-7.20 {CompileBitAndExpr: error in equality expr} -body {
     expr xne3
 } -returnCodes error -match glob -result *
@@ -454,14 +450,14 @@
 test expr-10.9 {CompileShiftExpr: error compiling shift arm} -body {
     expr 2<<x
 } -returnCodes error -match glob -result *
 test expr-10.10 {CompileShiftExpr: runtime error} {
     list [catch {expr {24.0>>43}} msg] $msg
-} {1 {can't use floating-point value "24.0" as operand of ">>"}}
+} {1 {can't use floating-point value as operand of ">>"}}
 test expr-10.11 {CompileShiftExpr: runtime error} {
     list [catch {expr {"a"<<"b"}} msg] $msg
-} {1 {can't use non-numeric string "a" as operand of "<<"}}
+} {1 {can't use non-numeric string as operand of "<<"}}
 
 test expr-11.1 {CompileAddExpr: just multiply expr} {expr 4*-2} -8
 test expr-11.2 {CompileAddExpr: just multiply expr} {expr 0xff%2} 1
 test expr-11.3 {CompileAddExpr: just multiply expr} {expr -1/2} -1
 test expr-11.4 {CompileAddExpr: just multiply expr} {expr 7891%0o123} 6
@@ -476,14 +472,14 @@
 test expr-11.9 {CompileAddExpr: error compiling add arm} -body {
     expr 2-x
 } -returnCodes error -match glob -result *
 test expr-11.10 {CompileAddExpr: runtime error} {
     list [catch {expr {24.0+"xx"}} msg] $msg
-} {1 {can't use non-numeric string "xx" as operand of "+"}}
+} {1 {can't use non-numeric string as operand of "+"}}
 test expr-11.11 {CompileAddExpr: runtime error} {
     list [catch {expr {"a"-"b"}} msg] $msg
-} {1 {can't use non-numeric string "a" as operand of "-"}}
+} {1 {can't use non-numeric string as operand of "-"}}
 test expr-11.12 {CompileAddExpr: runtime error} {
     list [catch {expr {3/0}} msg] $msg
 } {1 {divide by zero}}
 test expr-11.13a {CompileAddExpr: runtime error} !ieeeFloatingPoint {
     list [catch {expr {2.3/0.0}} msg] $msg
@@ -507,14 +503,14 @@
 test expr-12.9 {CompileMultiplyExpr: error compiling multiply arm} -body {
     expr 2*x
 } -returnCodes error -match glob -result *
 test expr-12.10 {CompileMultiplyExpr: runtime error} {
     list [catch {expr {24.0*"xx"}} msg] $msg
-} {1 {can't use non-numeric string "xx" as operand of "*"}}
+} {1 {can't use non-numeric string as operand of "*"}}
 test expr-12.11 {CompileMultiplyExpr: runtime error} {
     list [catch {expr {"a"/"b"}} msg] $msg
-} {1 {can't use non-numeric string "a" as operand of "/"}}
+} {1 {can't use non-numeric string as operand of "/"}}
 
 test expr-13.1 {CompileUnaryExpr: unary exprs} {expr -0xff} -255
 test expr-13.2 {CompileUnaryExpr: unary exprs} {expr +0o00123} 83
 test expr-13.3 {CompileUnaryExpr: unary exprs} {expr +--++36} 36
 test expr-13.4 {CompileUnaryExpr: unary exprs} {expr !2} 0
@@ -527,14 +523,14 @@
 test expr-13.9 {CompileUnaryExpr: error compiling unary expr} -body {
     expr !1.x
 } -returnCodes error -match glob -result *
 test expr-13.10 {CompileUnaryExpr: runtime error} {
     list [catch {expr {~"xx"}} msg] $msg
-} {1 {can't use non-numeric string "xx" as operand of "~"}}
+} {1 {can't use non-numeric string as operand of "~"}}
 test expr-13.11 {CompileUnaryExpr: runtime error} {
     list [catch {expr ~4.0} msg] $msg
-} {1 {can't use floating-point value "4.0" as operand of "~"}}
+} {1 {can't use floating-point value as operand of "~"}}
 test expr-13.12 {CompileUnaryExpr: just primary expr} {expr 0x123} 291
 test expr-13.13 {CompileUnaryExpr: just primary expr} {
     set a 27
     expr $a
 } 27
@@ -683,45 +679,10 @@
     while *ing
 "expr pow(1)"}
 test expr-15.6 {CompileMathFuncCall: missing ')'} -body {
     expr sin(1
 } -returnCodes error -match glob -result *
-test expr-15.7 {CompileMathFuncCall: call registered math function} {testmathfunctions} {
-    expr 2*T1()
-} 246
-test expr-15.8 {CompileMathFuncCall: call registered math function} {testmathfunctions} {
-    expr T2()*3
-} 1035
-test expr-15.9 {CompileMathFuncCall: call registered math function} {testmathfunctions} {
-    expr T3(21, 37)
-} 37
-test expr-15.10 {CompileMathFuncCall: call registered math function} {testmathfunctions} {
-    expr T3(21.2, 37)
-} 37.0
-test expr-15.11 {CompileMathFuncCall: call registered math function} {testmathfunctions} {
-    expr T3(-21.2, -17.5)
-} -17.5
-test expr-15.12 {ExprCallMathFunc: call registered math function} {testmathfunctions} {
-    expr T3(21, wide(37))
-} 37
-test expr=15.13 {ExprCallMathFunc: call registered math function} {testmathfunctions} {
-    expr T3(wide(21), 37)
-} 37
-test expr=15.14 {ExprCallMathFunc: call registered math function} {testmathfunctions} {
-    expr T3(wide(21), wide(37))
-} 37
-test expr-15.15 {ExprCallMathFunc: call registered math function} {testmathfunctions} {
-    expr T3(21.0, wide(37))
-} 37.0
-test expr-15.16 {ExprCallMathFunc: call registered math function} {testmathfunctions} {
-    expr T3(wide(21), 37.0)
-} 37.0
-test expr-15.17 {ExprCallMathFunc: non-numeric arg} -constraints {
-    testmathfunctions
-} -body {
-    expr T3(0,"a")
-} -returnCodes error -result {argument to math function didn't have numeric value}
 
 
 test expr-16.1 {GetToken: checks whether integer token starting with "0x" (e.g., "0x$") is invalid} {
     catch {unset a}
     set a(VALUE) ff15
@@ -842,19 +803,19 @@
 test expr-21.13 {non-numeric boolean literals} -body {
     expr !truef
 } -returnCodes error -match glob -result *
 test expr-21.14 {non-numeric boolean literals} {
     list [catch {expr !"truef"} err] $err
-} {1 {can't use non-numeric string "truef" as operand of "!"}}
+} {1 {can't use non-numeric string as operand of "!"}}
 test expr-21.15 {non-numeric boolean variables} {
     set v truef
     list [catch {expr {!$v}} err] $err
-} {1 {can't use non-numeric string "truef" as operand of "!"}}
+} {1 {can't use non-numeric string as operand of "!"}}
 test expr-21.16 {non-numeric boolean variables} {
     set v "true "
     list [catch {expr {!$v}} err] $err
-} {1 {can't use non-numeric string "true " as operand of "!"}}
+} {1 {can't use non-numeric string as operand of "!"}}
 test expr-21.17 {non-numeric boolean variables} {
     set v "tru"
     list [catch {expr {!$v}} err] $err
 } {0 0}
 test expr-21.18 {non-numeric boolean variables} {
@@ -870,27 +831,27 @@
     list [catch {expr {!$v}} err] $err
 } {0 1}
 test expr-21.21 {non-numeric boolean variables} {
     set v "o"
     list [catch {expr {!$v}} err] $err
-} {1 {can't use non-numeric string "o" as operand of "!"}}
+} {1 {can't use non-numeric string as operand of "!"}}
 test expr-21.22 {non-numeric boolean variables} {
     set v ""
     list [catch {expr {!$v}} err] $err
-} {1 {can't use non-numeric string "" as operand of "!"}}
+} {1 {can't use empty string as operand of "!"}}
 
 # Test for non-numeric float handling.
 test expr-22.1 {non-numeric floats} {
     list [catch {expr {NaN + 1}} msg] $msg
-} {1 {can't use non-numeric floating-point value "NaN" as operand of "+"}}
+} {1 {can't use non-numeric floating-point value as operand of "+"}}
 test expr-22.2 {non-numeric floats} !ieeeFloatingPoint {
     list [catch {expr {Inf + 1}} msg] $msg
 } {1 {can't use infinite floating-point value as operand of "+"}}
 test expr-22.3 {non-numeric floats} {
     set nan NaN
     list [catch {expr {$nan + 1}} msg] $msg
-} {1 {can't use non-numeric floating-point value "NaN" as operand of "+"}}
+} {1 {can't use non-numeric floating-point value as operand of "+"}}
 test expr-22.4 {non-numeric floats} !ieeeFloatingPoint {
     set inf Inf
     list [catch {expr {$inf + 1}} msg] $msg
 } {1 {can't use infinite floating-point value as operand of "+"}}
 test expr-22.5 {non-numeric floats} {
@@ -899,11 +860,11 @@
 test expr-22.6 {non-numeric floats} !ieeeFloatingPoint {
     list [catch {expr Inf} msg] $msg
 } {1 {floating-point value too large to represent}}
 test expr-22.7 {non-numeric floats} {
     list [catch {expr {1 / NaN}} msg] $msg
-} {1 {can't use non-numeric floating-point value "NaN" as operand of "/"}}
+} {1 {can't use non-numeric floating-point value as operand of "/"}}
 test expr-22.8 {non-numeric floats} !ieeeFloatingPoint {
     list [catch {expr {1 / Inf}} msg] $msg
 } {1 {can't use infinite floating-point value as operand of "/"}}
 # Make sure [Bug 761471] stays fixed.
 test expr-22.9 {non-numeric floats: shared object equality and NaN} {
@@ -935,14 +896,14 @@
 test expr-23.8 {CompileExponentialExpr: error compiling expo arm} -body {
     expr 2**x
 } -returnCodes error -match glob -result *
 test expr-23.9 {CompileExponentialExpr: runtime error} {
     list [catch {expr {24.0**"xx"}} msg] $msg
-} {1 {can't use non-numeric string "xx" as operand of "**"}}
+} {1 {can't use non-numeric string as operand of "**"}}
 test expr-23.10 {CompileExponentialExpr: runtime error} {
     list [catch {expr {"a"**2}} msg] $msg
-} {1 {can't use non-numeric string "a" as operand of "**"}}
+} {1 {can't use non-numeric string as operand of "**"}}
 test expr-23.11 {CompileExponentialExpr: runtime error} {
     list [catch {expr {0**-1}} msg] $msg
 } {1 {exponentiation of zero by negative power}}
 test expr-23.12 {CompileExponentialExpr: runtime error} {
     list [catch {expr {0.0**-1.0}} msg] $msg
@@ -5836,10 +5797,19 @@
     expr (1<<32)%(1<<63)
 } [expr 1<<32]
 test expr-32.6 {Bug 1585704} {
     expr -(1<<32)%(1<<63)
 } [expr (1<<63)-(1<<32)]
+test expr-32.7 {bignum regression} {
+    expr {0%(1<<63)}
+} 0
+test expr-32.8 {bignum regression} {
+    expr {0%-(1<<63)}
+} 0
+test expr-32.9 {bignum regression} {
+    expr {0%-(1+(1<<63))}
+} 0
 
 test expr-33.1 {parse largest long value} longIs32bit {
     set max_long_str 2147483647
     set max_long_hex "0x7FFFFFFF "
 

Index: tests/fileSystem.test
==================================================================
--- tests/fileSystem.test
+++ tests/fileSystem.test
@@ -375,10 +375,26 @@
 test filesystem-1.52.1 {bug f9f390d0fa: file join where strep is not canonical} -body {
     set x //foo
     file normalize $x
     file join $x
 } -result /foo
+test filesystem-1.53 {[Bug 3559678] - normalize when tail is empty} {
+  string match */ [file normalize [lindex [glob -dir [pwd] {{}}] 0]]
+} 0
+test filesystem-1.54 {[Bug ce3a211dcb] - normalize when tail is empty} -setup {
+    set save [pwd]
+    cd [set home [makeDirectory ce3a211dcb]]
+    makeDirectory A $home
+    cd [lindex [glob */] 0]
+} -body {
+    string match */A [pwd]
+} -cleanup {
+    cd $home
+    removeDirectory A $home
+    cd $save
+    removeDirectory ce3a211dcb
+} -result 1
 
 test filesystem-2.0 {new native path} {unix} {
    foreach f [lsort [glob -nocomplain /usr/bin/c*]] {
        catch {file readlink $f}
    }

Index: tests/foreach.test
==================================================================
--- tests/foreach.test
+++ tests/foreach.test
@@ -210,18 +210,20 @@
 test foreach-6.4 {break tests} {
     catch {break foo} msg
     set msg
 } {wrong # args: should be "break"}
 # Check for bug #406709
-test foreach-6.5 {break tests} {
+test foreach-6.5 {break tests} -body {
     proc a {} {
 	set a 1
 	foreach b b {list [concat a; break]; incr a}
 	incr a
     }
     a
-} {2}
+} -cleanup {
+    rename a {}
+} -result {2}
 
 # Test for incorrect "double evaluation" semantics
 test foreach-7.1 {delayed substitution of body} {
     proc foo {} {
        set a 0

Index: tests/format.test
==================================================================
--- tests/format.test
+++ tests/format.test
@@ -26,11 +26,11 @@
 test format-1.1 {integer formatting} {
     format "%*d %d %d %d" 6 34 16923 -12 -1
 } {    34 16923 -12 -1}
 test format-1.2 {integer formatting} {
     format "%4d %4d %4d %4d %d %#x %#X" 6 34 16923 -12 -1 14 12
-} {   6   34 16923  -12 -1 0xe 0XC}
+} {   6   34 16923  -12 -1 0xe 0xC}
 test format-1.3 {integer formatting} longIs32bit {
     format "%4u %4u %4u %4u %d %#o" 6 34 16923 -12 -1 0
 } {   6   34 16923 4294967284 -1 0}
 test format-1.3.1 {integer formatting} longIs64bit {
     format "%4u %4u %4u %4u %d %#o" 6 34 16923 -12 -1 0
@@ -52,44 +52,44 @@
 test format-1.7.1 {integer formatting} longIs64bit {
     format "%4x %4x %4x %4x" 6 34 16923 -12 -1
 } {   6   22 421b fffffffffffffff4}
 test format-1.8 {integer formatting} longIs32bit {
     format "%#x %#x %#X %#X %#x" 0 6 34 16923 -12 -1
-} {0x0 0x6 0X22 0X421B 0xfffffff4}
+} {0 0x6 0x22 0x421B 0xfffffff4}
 test format-1.8.1 {integer formatting} longIs64bit {
     format "%#x %#x %#X %#X %#x" 0 6 34 16923 -12 -1
-} {0x0 0x6 0X22 0X421B 0xfffffffffffffff4}
+} {0 0x6 0x22 0x421B 0xfffffffffffffff4}
 test format-1.9 {integer formatting} longIs32bit {
     format "%#5x %#20x %#20x %#20x %#20x" 0 6 34 16923 -12 -1
-} {  0x0                  0x6                 0x22               0x421b           0xfffffff4}
+} {    0                  0x6                 0x22               0x421b           0xfffffff4}
 test format-1.9.1 {integer formatting} longIs64bit {
     format "%#5x %#20x %#20x %#20x %#20x" 0 6 34 16923 -12 -1
-} {  0x0                  0x6                 0x22               0x421b   0xfffffffffffffff4}
+} {    0                  0x6                 0x22               0x421b   0xfffffffffffffff4}
 test format-1.10 {integer formatting} longIs32bit {
     format "%-#5x %-#20x %-#20x %-#20x %-#20x" 0 6 34 16923 -12 -1
-} {0x0   0x6                  0x22                 0x421b               0xfffffff4          }
+} {0     0x6                  0x22                 0x421b               0xfffffff4          }
 test format-1.10.1 {integer formatting} longIs64bit {
     format "%-#5x %-#20x %-#20x %-#20x %-#20x" 0 6 34 16923 -12 -1
-} {0x0   0x6                  0x22                 0x421b               0xfffffffffffffff4  }
+} {0     0x6                  0x22                 0x421b               0xfffffffffffffff4  }
 test format-1.11 {integer formatting} longIs32bit {
     format "%-#5o %-#20o %#-20o %#-20o %#-20o" 0 6 34 16923 -12 -1
-} {0     06                   042                  041033               037777777764        }
+} {0     0o6                  0o42                 0o41033              0o37777777764       }
 test format-1.11.1 {integer formatting} longIs64bit {
     format "%-#5o %-#20o %#-20o %#-20o %#-20o" 0 6 34 16923 -12 -1
-} {0     06                   042                  041033               01777777777777777777764}
+} {0     0o6                  0o42                 0o41033              0o1777777777777777777764}
 test format-1.12 {integer formatting} {
     format "%b %#b %#b %llb" 5 0 5 [expr {2**100}]
-} {101 0b0 0b101 10000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000}
+} {101 0 0b101 10000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000}
 test format-1.13 {integer formatting} {
-    format "%#d %#d %#d %#d %#d" 0 6 34 16923 -12 -1
-} {0d0 0d6 0d34 0d16923 -0d12}
+    format "%#0d %#0d %#0d %#0d %#0d" 0 6 34 16923 -12 -1
+} {0 0d6 0d34 0d16923 -0d12}
 test format-1.14 {integer formatting} {
-    format "%#5d %#20d %#20d %#20d %#20d" 0 6 34 16923 -12 -1
-} {  0d0                  0d6                 0d34              0d16923                -0d12}
+    format "%#05d %#020d %#020d %#020d %#020d" 0 6 34 16923 -12 -1
+} {00000 0d000000000000000006 0d000000000000000034 0d000000000000016923 -0d00000000000000012}
 test format-1.15 {integer formatting} {
-    format "%-#5d %-#20d %-#20d %-#20d %-#20d" 0 6 34 16923 -12 -1
-} {0d0   0d6                  0d34                 0d16923              -0d12               }
+    format "%-#05d %-#020d %-#020d %-#020d %-#020d" 0 6 34 16923 -12 -1
+} {00000 0d000000000000000006 0d000000000000000034 0d000000000000016923 -0d00000000000000012}
 
 
 test format-2.1 {string formatting} {
     format "%s %s %c %s" abcd {This is a very long test string.} 120 x
 } {abcd This is a very long test string. x x}
@@ -559,11 +559,11 @@
 test format-17.4 {testing %l with non-integer} {
     format %lf 1
 } 1.000000
 test format-17.5 {testing %llu with positive bignum} -body {
     format %llu 0xabcdef0123456789abcdef
-} -returnCodes 1 -result {unsigned bignum format is invalid}
+} -result 207698809136909011942886895
 test format-17.6 {testing %llu with negative number} -body {
     format %llu -1
 } -returnCodes 1 -result {unsigned bignum format is invalid}
 
 test format-18.1 {do not demote existing numeric values} {

Index: tests/get.test
==================================================================
--- tests/get.test
+++ tests/get.test
@@ -96,21 +96,21 @@
     }
     set result
 } {0 1 0 1 1 {expected floating-point number but got "++1.0"} 1 {expected floating-point number but got "+-1.0"} 1 {expected floating-point number but got "-+1.0"} 0 -1 1 {expected floating-point number but got "--1.0"} 1 {expected floating-point number but got "- +1.0"}}
 # Bug 7114ac6141
 test get-3.3 {tcl_GetInt with iffy numbers} testgetint {
-    lmap x {0 " 0" "0 " " 0 " " 0xa " " 010 " " 0o10 " " 0b10 "} {
+    lmap x {0 " 0" "0 " " 0 " " 0xa " " 007 " " 0o10 " " 0b10 "} {
 	catch {testgetint 44 $x} x
 	set x
     }
-} {44 44 44 44 54 54 52 46}
+} {44 44 44 44 54 51 52 46}
 test get-3.4 {Tcl_GetDouble with iffy numbers} testdoubleobj {
-    lmap x {0 0.0 " .0" ".0 " " 0e0 " "09" "- 0" "-0" "0o12" "0b10"} {
+    lmap x {0 0.0 " .0" ".0 " " 0e0 " "07" "- 0" "-0" "0o12" "0b10"} {
 	catch {testdoubleobj set 1 $x} x
 	set x
     }
-} {0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 9.0 {expected floating-point number but got "- 0"} 0.0 10.0 2.0}
+} {0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 7.0 {expected floating-point number but got "- 0"} 0.0 10.0 2.0}
 
 # cleanup
 ::tcltest::cleanupTests
 return
 

DELETED tests/httpold.test
Index: tests/httpold.test
==================================================================
--- tests/httpold.test
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,300 +0,0 @@
-# -*- tcl -*-
-# Commands covered:  http_config, http_get, http_wait, http_reset
-#
-# This file contains a collection of tests for the http script library.
-# Sourcing this file into Tcl runs the tests and
-# generates output for errors.  No output means no errors were found.
-#
-# Copyright (c) 1991-1993 The Regents of the University of California.
-# Copyright (c) 1994-1996 Sun Microsystems, Inc.
-# Copyright (c) 1998-1999 by Scriptics Corporation.
-#
-# See the file "license.terms" for information on usage and redistribution
-# of this file, and for a DISCLAIMER OF ALL WARRANTIES.
-
-if {[lsearch [namespace children] ::tcltest] == -1} {
-    package require tcltest
-    namespace import -force ::tcltest::*
-}
-
-if {[catch {package require http 1.0}]} {
-    if {[info exists httpold]} {
-	catch {puts "Cannot load http 1.0 package"}
-	::tcltest::cleanupTests
-	return
-    } else {
-	catch {puts "Running http 1.0 tests in slave interp"}
-	set interp [interp create httpold]
-	$interp eval [list set httpold "running"]
-	$interp eval [list set argv $argv]
-	$interp eval [list source [info script]]
-	interp delete $interp
-	::tcltest::cleanupTests
-	return
-    }
-}
-
-if {$::tcl_platform(os) eq "Darwin"} {
-    # Name resolution often a problem on OSX; not focus of HTTP package anyway
-    set HOST localhost
-} else {
-    set HOST [info hostname]
-}
-
-set bindata "This is binary data\x0d\x0amore\x0dmore\x0amore\x00null"
-catch {unset data}
-
-##
-## The httpd script implement a stub http server
-##
-source [file join [file dirname [info script]] httpd]
-
-if [catch {httpd_init 0} listen] {
-    puts "Cannot start http server, http test skipped"
-    catch {unset port}
-    ::tcltest::cleanupTests
-    return
-}
-
-test httpold-1.1 {http_config} {
-    http_config
-} {-accept */* -proxyfilter httpProxyRequired -proxyhost {} -proxyport {} -useragent {Tcl http client package 1.0}}
-
-test httpold-1.2 {http_config} {
-    http_config -proxyfilter
-} httpProxyRequired
-
-test httpold-1.3 {http_config} {
-    catch {http_config -junk}
-} 1
-
-test httpold-1.4 {http_config} {
-    http_config -proxyhost nowhere.come -proxyport 8080 -proxyfilter myFilter -useragent "Tcl Test Suite"
-    set x [http_config]
-    http_config -proxyhost {} -proxyport {} -proxyfilter httpProxyRequired \
-	-useragent "Tcl http client package 1.0"
-    set x
-} {-accept */* -proxyfilter myFilter -proxyhost nowhere.come -proxyport 8080 -useragent {Tcl Test Suite}}
-
-test httpold-1.5 {http_config} {
-    catch {http_config -proxyhost {} -junk 8080}
-} 1
-
-test httpold-2.1 {http_reset} {
-    catch {http_reset http#1}
-} 0
-
-test httpold-3.1 {http_get} {
-    catch {http_get -bogus flag}
-} 1
-test httpold-3.2 {http_get} {
-    catch {http_get http:junk} err
-    set err
-} {Unsupported URL: http:junk}
-
-set url ${::HOST}:$port
-test httpold-3.3 {http_get} {
-    set token [http_get $url]
-    http_data $token
-} "<html><head><title>HTTP/1.0 TEST</title></head><body>
-<h1>Hello, World!</h1>
-<h2>GET /</h2>
-</body></html>"
-
-set tail /a/b/c
-set url ${::HOST}:$port/a/b/c
-set binurl ${::HOST}:$port/binary
-
-test httpold-3.4 {http_get} {
-    set token [http_get $url]
-    http_data $token
-} "<html><head><title>HTTP/1.0 TEST</title></head><body>
-<h1>Hello, World!</h1>
-<h2>GET $tail</h2>
-</body></html>"
-
-proc selfproxy {host} {
-    global port
-    return [list ${::HOST} $port]
-}
-test httpold-3.5 {http_get} {
-    http_config -proxyfilter selfproxy
-    set token [http_get $url]
-    http_config -proxyfilter httpProxyRequired
-    http_data $token
-} "<html><head><title>HTTP/1.0 TEST</title></head><body>
-<h1>Hello, World!</h1>
-<h2>GET http://$url</h2>
-</body></html>"
-
-test httpold-3.6 {http_get} {
-    http_config -proxyfilter bogus
-    set token [http_get $url]
-    http_config -proxyfilter httpProxyRequired
-    http_data $token
-} "<html><head><title>HTTP/1.0 TEST</title></head><body>
-<h1>Hello, World!</h1>
-<h2>GET $tail</h2>
-</body></html>"
-
-test httpold-3.7 {http_get} {
-    set token [http_get $url -headers {Pragma no-cache}]
-    http_data $token
-} "<html><head><title>HTTP/1.0 TEST</title></head><body>
-<h1>Hello, World!</h1>
-<h2>GET $tail</h2>
-</body></html>"
-
-test httpold-3.8 {http_get} {
-    set token [http_get $url -query Name=Value&Foo=Bar]
-    http_data $token
-} "<html><head><title>HTTP/1.0 TEST</title></head><body>
-<h1>Hello, World!</h1>
-<h2>POST $tail</h2>
-<h2>Query</h2>
-<dl>
-<dt>Name<dd>Value
-<dt>Foo<dd>Bar
-</dl>
-</body></html>"
-
-test httpold-3.9 {http_get} {
-    set token [http_get $url -validate 1]
-    http_code $token
-} "HTTP/1.0 200 OK"
-
-
-test httpold-4.1 {httpEvent} {
-    set token [http_get $url]
-    upvar #0 $token data
-    array set meta $data(meta)
-    expr ($data(totalsize) == $meta(Content-Length))
-} 1
-
-test httpold-4.2 {httpEvent} {
-    set token [http_get $url]
-    upvar #0 $token data
-    array set meta $data(meta)
-    string compare $data(type) [string trim $meta(Content-Type)]
-} 0
-
-test httpold-4.3 {httpEvent} {
-    set token [http_get $url]
-    http_code $token
-} {HTTP/1.0 200 Data follows}
-
-test httpold-4.4 {httpEvent} {
-    set testfile [makeFile "" testfile]
-    set out [open $testfile w]
-    set token [http_get $url -channel $out]
-    close $out
-    set in [open $testfile]
-    set x [read $in]
-    close $in
-    removeFile $testfile
-    set x
-} "<html><head><title>HTTP/1.0 TEST</title></head><body>
-<h1>Hello, World!</h1>
-<h2>GET $tail</h2>
-</body></html>"
-
-test httpold-4.5 {httpEvent} {
-    set testfile [makeFile "" testfile]
-    set out [open $testfile w]
-    set token [http_get $url -channel $out]
-    close $out
-    upvar #0 $token data
-    removeFile $testfile
-    expr $data(currentsize) == $data(totalsize)
-} 1
-
-test httpold-4.6 {httpEvent} {
-    set testfile [makeFile "" testfile]
-    set out [open $testfile w]
-    set token [http_get $binurl -channel $out]
-    close $out
-    set in [open $testfile]
-    fconfigure $in -translation binary
-    set x [read $in]
-    close $in
-    removeFile $testfile
-    set x
-} "$bindata$binurl"
-
-proc myProgress {token total current} {
-    global progress httpLog
-    if {[info exists httpLog] && $httpLog} {
-	puts "progress $total $current"
-    }
-    set progress [list $total $current]
-}
-if 0 {
-    # This test hangs on Windows95 because the client never gets EOF
-    set httpLog 1
-    test httpold-4.6 {httpEvent} {
-	set token [http_get $url -blocksize 50 -progress myProgress]
-	set progress
-    } {111 111}
-}
-test httpold-4.7 {httpEvent} {
-    set token [http_get $url -progress myProgress]
-    set progress
-} {111 111}
-test httpold-4.8 {httpEvent} {
-    set token [http_get $url]
-    http_status $token
-} {ok}
-test httpold-4.9 {httpEvent} {
-    set token [http_get $url -progress myProgress]
-    http_code $token
-} {HTTP/1.0 200 Data follows}
-test httpold-4.10 {httpEvent} {
-    set token [http_get $url -progress myProgress]
-    http_size $token
-} {111}
-test httpold-4.11 {httpEvent} {
-    set token [http_get $url -timeout 1 -command {#}]
-    http_reset $token
-    http_status $token
-} {reset}
-test httpold-4.12 {httpEvent} {
-    update
-    set x {}
-    after 500 {lappend x ok}
-    set token [http_get $url -timeout 1 -command {lappend x fail}]
-    vwait x
-    list [http_status $token] $x
-} {timeout ok}
-
-test httpold-5.1 {http_formatQuery} {
-    http_formatQuery name1 value1 name2 "value two"
-} {name1=value1&name2=value+two}
-
-test httpold-5.2 {http_formatQuery} {
-    http_formatQuery name1 ~bwelch name2 \xa1\xa2\xa2
-} {name1=%7ebwelch&name2=%a1%a2%a2}
-
-test httpold-5.3 {http_formatQuery} {
-    http_formatQuery lines "line1\nline2\nline3"
-} {lines=line1%0d%0aline2%0d%0aline3}
-
-test httpold-6.1 {httpProxyRequired} {
-    update
-    http_config -proxyhost ${::HOST} -proxyport $port
-    set token [http_get $url]
-    http_wait $token
-    http_config -proxyhost {} -proxyport {}
-    upvar #0 $token data
-    set data(body)
-} "<html><head><title>HTTP/1.0 TEST</title></head><body>
-<h1>Hello, World!</h1>
-<h2>GET http://$url</h2>
-</body></html>"
-
-# cleanup
-catch {unset url}
-catch {unset port}
-catch {unset data}
-close $listen
-::tcltest::cleanupTests
-return

Index: tests/info.test
==================================================================
--- tests/info.test
+++ tests/info.test
@@ -2396,11 +2396,11 @@
 } -result {type source line 2389 file info.test cmd {info frame 0} proc ::foo::bar level 0}
 
 # -------------------------------------------------------------------------
 unset -nocomplain res
 
-test info-39.0 {Bug 4b61afd660} -setup {
+test info-39.2 {Bug 4b61afd660} -setup {
     proc probe {} {
 	return [dict get [info frame -1] line]
     }
     set body {
 	set cmd probe

Index: tests/interp.test
==================================================================
--- tests/interp.test
+++ tests/interp.test
@@ -1845,11 +1845,11 @@
     lappend l [lsort [interp aliases a]] [lsort [interp hidden a]]
     a alias bar {}
     lappend l [lsort [interp aliases a]] [lsort [interp hidden a]]
 } -cleanup {
     interp delete a
-} -result [list $hidden_cmds {::tcl::mathfunc::max ::tcl::mathfunc::min bar clock} $hidden_cmds {::tcl::mathfunc::max ::tcl::mathfunc::min bar clock} [lsort [concat $hidden_cmds bar]] {::tcl::mathfunc::max ::tcl::mathfunc::min clock} $hidden_cmds]
+} -result [list $hidden_cmds {bar clock} $hidden_cmds {bar clock} [lsort [concat $hidden_cmds bar]] {clock} $hidden_cmds]
 
 test interp-24.1 {result resetting on error} -setup {
     catch {interp delete a}
 } -body {
     interp create a

Index: tests/io.test
==================================================================
--- tests/io.test
+++ tests/io.test
@@ -5636,11 +5636,11 @@
 } {zzy abzzy}
 test io-40.2 {POSIX open access modes: CREAT} {unix} {
     file delete $path(test3)
     set f [open $path(test3) {WRONLY CREAT} 0o600]
     file stat $path(test3) stats
-    set x [format "0o%o" [expr $stats(mode)&0o777]]
+    set x [format "%#o" [expr $stats(mode)&0o777]]
     puts $f "line 1"
     close $f
     set f [open $path(test3) r]
     lappend x [gets $f]
     close $f
@@ -5651,11 +5651,11 @@
     file delete $path(test3)
     set f [open $path(test3) {WRONLY CREAT}]
     close $f
     file stat $path(test3) stats
     format "%#o" [expr $stats(mode)&0o777]
-} [format %#4o [expr {0o666 & ~ $umaskValue}]]
+} [format %#5o [expr {0o666 & ~ $umaskValue}]]
 test io-40.4 {POSIX open access modes: CREAT} {
     file delete $path(test3)
     set f [open $path(test3) w]
     fconfigure $f -eofchar {}
     puts $f xyzzy
@@ -6161,10 +6161,12 @@
                 [fileevent $f readable]]
     testfevent delete
     close $f
     set x
 } {{script 1} {}}
+unset path(foo)
+removeFile foo
 
 set path(bar) [makeFile {} bar]
 
 test io-48.1 {testing readability conditions} {fileevent} {
     set f [open $path(bar) w]
@@ -6263,10 +6265,13 @@
     puts $f {exit}
     vwait [namespace which -variable x]
     close $f
     list $x $l
 } {done {0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0}}
+unset path(bar)
+removeFile bar
+
 test io-48.4 {lf write, testing readability, ^Z termination, auto read mode} {fileevent} {
     file delete $path(test1)
     set f [open $path(test1) w]
     fconfigure $f -translation lf
     variable c [format "abc\ndef\n%c" 26]

Index: tests/ioCmd.test
==================================================================
--- tests/ioCmd.test
+++ tests/ioCmd.test
@@ -382,11 +382,10 @@
 } 0
 
 set path(test4) [makeFile {} test4]
 set path(test5) [makeFile {} test5]
 
-file delete $path(test5)
 test iocmd-11.1 {I/O to command pipelines} {unixOrPc unixExecs} {
     set f [open $path(test4) w]
     close $f
     list [catch {open "| cat < \"$path(test4)\" > \"$path(test5)\"" w} msg] $msg $::errorCode
 } {1 {can't write input to command: standard input was redirected} {TCL OPERATION EXEC BADREDIRECT}}
@@ -2056,10 +2055,12 @@
     lappend res [catch {interp eval $idb [list seek  $chan 1]}    msg] $msg
     lappend res [catch {interp eval $idb [list gets  $chan]}      msg] $msg
     lappend res [catch {interp eval $idb [list close $chan]}      msg] $msg
     set res
 
+} -cleanup {
+    interp delete $idb
 } -constraints {testchannel} \
     -result {1 {Owner lost} 1 {Owner lost} 1 {Owner lost} 1 {Owner lost} 1 {Owner lost}}
 
 test iocmd-32.1 {origin interpreter of moved channel destroyed during access} -match glob -body {
 
@@ -2098,10 +2099,12 @@
 	after 2000
 	catch { puts $chan shoo } res
 	set res
     }]
     set res
+} -cleanup {
+    interp delete $idb
 } -constraints {testchannel} -result {Owner lost}
 
 test iocmd-32.2 {delete interp of reflected chan} {
     # Bug 3034840
     # Run this test in an interp with memory debugging to panic
@@ -3834,10 +3837,8 @@
 foreach file [list test1 test2 test3 test4] {
     removeFile $file
 }
 # delay long enough for background processes to finish
 after 500
-foreach file [list test5] {
-    removeFile $file
-}
+removeFile test5
 cleanupTests
 return

Index: tests/ioTrans.test
==================================================================
--- tests/ioTrans.test
+++ tests/ioTrans.test
@@ -1198,10 +1198,11 @@
     # actions: clear|write|clear|write|clear|flush|limit?|drain|flush
     # The 'tell' is ok, as it passed through the transform to the base channel
     # without invoking the transform handler.
 } -cleanup {
     tempdone
+    interp delete $idb
 } -result {1 {Owner lost} 0 0 1 {Owner lost} 1 {Owner lost} 1 {Owner lost}}
 test iortrans-11.1 {origin interpreter of moved transform destroyed during access} -setup {
     set ida [interp create];	#puts <<$ida>>
     set idb [interp create];	#puts <<$idb>>
     # Magic to get the test* commands in the slaves
@@ -1238,10 +1239,11 @@
 	catch { puts $chan shoo } res
 	set res
     }]
 } -cleanup {
     tempdone
+    interp delete $idb
 } -result {Owner lost}
 test iortrans-11.2 {delete interp of reflected transform} -setup {
     interp create slave
     # Magic to get the test* commands into the slave
     load {} Tcltest slave

Index: tests/join.test
==================================================================
--- tests/join.test
+++ tests/join.test
@@ -43,10 +43,15 @@
   string length [join {a b c} a\0b]
 } 9
 test join-3.2 {join is binary ok} {
   string length [join "a\0b a\0b a\0b"]
 } 11
+
+test join-4.1 {shimmer segfault prevention} {
+    set l {0 0}
+    join $l $l
+} {00 00}
 
 # cleanup
 ::tcltest::cleanupTests
 return
 

Index: tests/lindex.test
==================================================================
--- tests/lindex.test
+++ tests/lindex.test
@@ -68,19 +68,28 @@
     list [testevalex {lindex {a b c} $x}] [testevalex {lindex {a b c} $x}]
 } {{} {}}
 test lindex-3.5 {bad octal} -constraints testevalex -body {
     set x 0o8
     list [catch { testevalex {lindex {a b c} $x} } result] $result
-} -match glob -result {1 {*}}
+} -match glob -result {1 {*invalid octal number*}}
 test lindex-3.6 {bad octal} -constraints testevalex -body {
     set x -0o9
     list [catch { testevalex {lindex {a b c} $x} } result] $result
-} -match glob -result {1 {*}}
+} -match glob -result {1 {*invalid octal number*}}
 test lindex-3.7 {indexes don't shimmer wide ints} {
     set x [expr {(wide(1)<<31) - 2}]
     list $x [lindex {1 2 3} $x] [incr x] [incr x]
 } {2147483646 {} 2147483647 2147483648}
+test lindex-3.8 {compiled with static indices out of range, negative} {
+    list [lindex {a b c} -1] [lindex {a b c} -2] [lindex {a b c} -3]
+} [lrepeat 3 {}]
+test lindex-3.9 {compiled with calculated indices out of range, negative constant} {
+    list [lindex {a b c} -1-1] [lindex {a b c} -2+0] [lindex {a b c} -2+1]
+} [lrepeat 3 {}]
+test lindex-3.10 {compiled with calculated indices out of range, after end} {
+    list [lindex {a b c} end+1] [lindex {a b c} end+2] [lindex {a b c} end+3]
+} [lrepeat 3 {}]
 
 # Indices relative to end
 
 test lindex-4.1 {index = end} testevalex {
     set x end
@@ -103,15 +112,15 @@
     list [testevalex {lindex {a b c} $x}] [testevalex {lindex {a b c} $x}]
 } {{} {}}
 test lindex-4.6 {bad octal} -constraints testevalex -body {
     set x end-0o8
     list [catch { testevalex {lindex {a b c} $x} } result] $result
-} -match glob -result {1 {*}}
+} -match glob -result {1 {*invalid octal number*}}
 test lindex-4.7 {bad octal} -constraints testevalex -body {
     set x end--0o9
     list [catch { testevalex {lindex {a b c} $x} } result] $result
-} -match glob -result {1 {*}}
+} -match glob -result {1 {*invalid octal number*}}
 test lindex-4.8 {bad integer, not octal} testevalex {
     set x end-0a2
     list [catch { testevalex {lindex {a b c} $x} } result] $result
 } {1 {bad index "end-0a2": must be integer?[+-]integer? or end?[+-]integer?}}
 test lindex-4.9 {obsolete test} testevalex {
@@ -259,15 +268,15 @@
     set result
 } {{} {}}
 test lindex-11.5 {bad octal} -body {
     set x 0o8
     list [catch { lindex {a b c} $x } result] $result
-} -match glob -result {1 {*}}
+} -match glob -result {1 {*invalid octal number*}}
 test lindex-11.6 {bad octal} -body {
     set x -0o9
     list [catch { lindex {a b c} $x } result] $result
-} -match glob -result {1 {*}}
+} -match glob -result {1 {*invalid octal number*}}
 
 # Indices relative to end
 
 test lindex-12.1 {index = end} {
     set x end
@@ -305,15 +314,15 @@
     set result
 } {{} {}}
 test lindex-12.6 {bad octal} -body {
     set x end-0o8
     list [catch { lindex {a b c} $x } result] $result
-} -match glob -result {1 {*}}
+} -match glob -result {1 {*invalid octal number*}}
 test lindex-12.7 {bad octal} -body {
     set x end--0o9
     list [catch { lindex {a b c} $x } result] $result
-} -match glob -result {1 {*}}
+} -match glob -result {1 {*invalid octal number*}}
 test lindex-12.8 {bad integer, not octal} {
     set x end-0a2
     list [catch { lindex {a b c} $x } result] $result
 } {1 {bad index "end-0a2": must be integer?[+-]integer? or end?[+-]integer?}}
 test lindex-12.9 {obsolete test} {

Index: tests/lrange.test
==================================================================
--- tests/lrange.test
+++ tests/lrange.test
@@ -88,10 +88,28 @@
 test lrange-3.1 {Bug 3588366: end-offsets before start} {
     apply {l {
 	lrange $l 0 end-5
     }} {1 2 3 4 5}
 } {}
+
+test lrange-3.2 {compiled with static indices out of range, negative} {
+    list [lrange {a b c} -1 -2] [lrange {a b c} -2 -1] [lrange {a b c} -3 -2] [lrange {a b c} -2 -3]
+} [lrepeat 4 {}]
+test lrange-3.3 {compiled with calculated indices out of range, negative constant} {
+    list [lrange {a b c} 0-1 -1-1] [lrange {a b c} -2+0 0-1] [lrange {a b c} -2-1 -2+1] [lrange {a b c} -2+1 -2-1]
+} [lrepeat 4 {}]
+test lrange-3.4 {compiled with calculated indices out of range, after end} {
+    list [lrange {a b c} end+1 end+2] [lrange {a b c} end+2 end+1] [lrange {a b c} end+2 end+3] [lrange {a b c} end+3 end+2]
+} [lrepeat 4 {}]
+
+test lrange-3.5 {compiled with calculated indices, start out of range (negative)} {
+    list [lrange {a b c} -1 1] [lrange {a b c} -1+0 end-1] [lrange {a b c} -2 1] [lrange {a b c} -2+0 0+1]
+} [lrepeat 4 {a b}]
+test lrange-3.6 {compiled with calculated indices, end out of range (after end)} {
+    list [lrange {a b c} 1 end+1] [lrange {a b c} 1+0 2+1] [lrange {a b c} 1 end+1] [lrange {a b c} end-1 3+1]
+} [lrepeat 4 {b c}]
+
 
 # cleanup
 ::tcltest::cleanupTests
 return
 

Index: tests/lreplace.test
==================================================================
--- tests/lreplace.test
+++ tests/lreplace.test
@@ -96,16 +96,22 @@
     set foo {a b}
     list [set foo [lreplace $foo end end]] \
         [set foo [lreplace $foo end end]] \
         [set foo [lreplace $foo end end]]
 } {a {} {}}
-test lreplace-1.27 {lreplace command} {
+test lreplace-1.27 {lreplace command} -body {
     lreplace x 1 1
-} x
-test lreplace-1.28 {lreplace command} {
+} -returnCodes 1 -result {list doesn't contain element 1}
+test lreplace-1.28 {lreplace command} -body {
     lreplace x 1 1 y
-} {x y}
+} -returnCodes 1 -result {list doesn't contain element 1}
+test lreplace-1.29 {lreplace command} -body {
+    lreplace x 1 1 [error foo]
+} -returnCodes 1 -result {foo}
+test lreplace-1.30 {lreplace command} -body {
+    lreplace {not {}alist} 0 0 [error foo]
+} -returnCodes 1 -result {foo}
 
 test lreplace-2.1 {lreplace errors} {
     list [catch lreplace msg] $msg
 } {1 {wrong # args: should be "lreplace list first last ?element ...?"}}
 test lreplace-2.2 {lreplace errors} {

Index: tests/lsearch.test
==================================================================
--- tests/lsearch.test
+++ tests/lsearch.test
@@ -57,11 +57,11 @@
 test lsearch-2.9 {search modes} {
     lsearch -glob {b.x ^bc xy bcx} ^bc
 } 1
 test lsearch-2.10 {search modes} -returnCodes error -body {
     lsearch -glib {b.x bx xy bcx} b.x
-} -result {bad option "-glib": must be -all, -ascii, -bisect, -decreasing, -dictionary, -exact, -glob, -increasing, -index, -inline, -integer, -nocase, -not, -real, -regexp, -sorted, -start, or -subindices}
+} -result {bad option "-glib": must be -all, -ascii, -bisect, -decreasing, -dictionary, -exact, -glob, -increasing, -index, -inline, -integer, -nocase, -not, -real, -regexp, -sorted, -start, -stride, or -subindices}
 test lsearch-2.11 {search modes with -nocase} {
     lsearch -exact -nocase {a b c A B C} A
 } 0
 test lsearch-2.12 {search modes with -nocase} {
     lsearch -glob -nocase {a b c A B C} A*
@@ -85,14 +85,14 @@
 test lsearch-3.2 {lsearch errors} -returnCodes error -body {
     lsearch a
 } -result {wrong # args: should be "lsearch ?-option value ...? list pattern"}
 test lsearch-3.3 {lsearch errors} -returnCodes error -body {
     lsearch a b c
-} -result {bad option "a": must be -all, -ascii, -bisect, -decreasing, -dictionary, -exact, -glob, -increasing, -index, -inline, -integer, -nocase, -not, -real, -regexp, -sorted, -start, or -subindices}
+} -result {bad option "a": must be -all, -ascii, -bisect, -decreasing, -dictionary, -exact, -glob, -increasing, -index, -inline, -integer, -nocase, -not, -real, -regexp, -sorted, -start, -stride, or -subindices}
 test lsearch-3.4 {lsearch errors} -returnCodes error -body {
     lsearch a b c d
-} -result {bad option "a": must be -all, -ascii, -bisect, -decreasing, -dictionary, -exact, -glob, -increasing, -index, -inline, -integer, -nocase, -not, -real, -regexp, -sorted, -start, or -subindices}
+} -result {bad option "a": must be -all, -ascii, -bisect, -decreasing, -dictionary, -exact, -glob, -increasing, -index, -inline, -integer, -nocase, -not, -real, -regexp, -sorted, -start, -stride, or -subindices}
 test lsearch-3.5 {lsearch errors} -returnCodes error -body {
     lsearch "\{" b
 } -result {unmatched open brace in list}
 test lsearch-3.6 {lsearch errors} -returnCodes error -body {
     lsearch -index a b
@@ -416,10 +416,38 @@
     lsearch -all -index 1 -glob {{ab cb} {ab bb} {db bx}} b*
 } {1 2}
 test lsearch-17.7 {lsearch -index option, basic functionality} {
     lsearch -all -index 1 -regexp {{ab cb} {ab bb} {ab ab}} {[cb]b}
 } {0 1}
+test lsearch-17.8 {lsearch -index option, empty argument} {
+    lsearch -index {} a a
+} 0
+test lsearch-17.9 {lsearch -index option, empty argument} {
+    lsearch -index {} a a
+} [lsearch a a]
+test lsearch-17.10 {lsearch -index option, empty argument} {
+    lsearch -index {} [list \{] \{
+} 0
+test lsearch-17.11 {lsearch -index option, empty argument} {
+    lsearch -index {} [list \{] \{
+} [lsearch [list \{] \{]
+test lsearch-17.12 {lsearch -index option, encoding aliasing} -body {
+    lsearch -index -2 a a
+} -returnCodes error -result {index "-2" cannot select an element from any list}
+test lsearch-17.13 {lsearch -index option, encoding aliasing} -body {
+    lsearch -index -1-1 a a
+} -returnCodes error -result {index "-1-1" cannot select an element from any list}
+test lsearch-17.14 {lsearch -index option, encoding aliasing} -body {
+    lsearch -index end--1 a a
+} -returnCodes error -result {index "end--1" cannot select an element from any list}
+test lsearch-17.15 {lsearch -index option, encoding aliasing} -body {
+    lsearch -index end+1 a a
+} -returnCodes error -result {index "end+1" cannot select an element from any list}
+test lsearch-17.16 {lsearch -index option, encoding aliasing} -body {
+    lsearch -index end+2 a a
+} -returnCodes error -result {index "end+2" cannot select an element from any list}
+
 
 test lsearch-18.1 {lsearch -index option, list as index basic functionality} {
     lsearch -index {0 0} {{{x x} {x b} {a d}} {{a c} {a b} {a a}}} a
 } 1
 test lsearch-18.2 {lsearch -index option, list as index basic functionality} {
@@ -433,25 +461,34 @@
 } 0
 test lsearch-18.5 {lsearch -index option, list as index basic functionality} {
     lsearch -all -index {0 0} -exact {{{a c} {a b} {d a}} {{a c} {a b} {d a}}} a
 } {0 1}
 
-test lsearch-19.1 {lsearch -sunindices option} {
+test lsearch-19.1 {lsearch -subindices option} {
     lsearch -subindices -index {0 0} {{{x x} {x b} {a d}} {{a c} {a b} {a a}}} a
 } {1 0 0}
-test lsearch-19.2 {lsearch -sunindices option} {
+test lsearch-19.2 {lsearch -subindices option} {
     lsearch -subindices -index {2 0} -exact {{{x x} {x b} {a d}} {{a c} {a b} {a a}}} a
 } {0 2 0}
-test lsearch-19.3 {lsearch -sunindices option} {
+test lsearch-19.3 {lsearch -subindices option} {
     lsearch -subindices -index {1 1} -glob {{{ab cb} {ab bb} {ab ab}} {{ab cb} {ab bb} {ab ab}}} b*
 } {0 1 1}
-test lsearch-19.4 {lsearch -sunindices option} {
+test lsearch-19.4 {lsearch -subindices option} {
     lsearch -subindices -index {0 1} -regexp {{{ab cb} {ab bb} {ab ab}} {{ab cb} {ab bb} {ab ab}}} {[cb]b}
 } {0 0 1}
-test lsearch-19.5 {lsearch -sunindices option} {
+test lsearch-19.5 {lsearch -subindices option} {
     lsearch -subindices -all -index {0 0} -exact {{{a c} {a b} {d a}} {{a c} {a b} {d a}}} a
 } {{0 0 0} {1 0 0}}
+test lsearch-19.6 {lsearch -subindices option} {
+    lsearch -subindices -all -index {1 0} -exact {{{a c} {a b} {d a}} {{a c} {a b} {d a}}} a
+} {{0 1 0} {1 1 0}}
+test lsearch-19.7 {lsearch -subindices option} {
+    lsearch -subindices -index end {{1 a}} a
+} {0 1}
+test lsearch-19.8 {lsearch -subindices option} {
+    lsearch -subindices -all -index end {{1 a}} a
+} {{0 1}}
 
 test lsearch-20.1 {lsearch -index option, index larger than sublists} -body {
     lsearch -index 2 {{a c} {a b} {a a}} a
 } -returnCodes error -result {element 2 missing from sublist "a c"}
 test lsearch-20.2 {lsearch -index option, malformed index} -body {
@@ -507,10 +544,153 @@
     lsearch -bisect -integer {5 5 5 5} 5
 } {3}
 test lsearch-22.6 {lsearch -sorted, all equal} {
     lsearch -sorted -integer {5 5 5 5} 5
 } {0}
+
+test lsearch-23.1 {lsearch -stride option, errors} -body {
+    lsearch -stride {a b} a
+} -returnCodes error -result {"-stride" option must be followed by stride length}
+test lsearch-23.2 {lsearch -stride option, errors} -body {
+    lsearch -stride 0 {a b} a
+} -returnCodes error -result {stride length must be at least 1}
+test lsearch-23.3 {lsearch -stride option, errors} -body {
+    lsearch -stride 2 {a b c} a
+} -returnCodes error -result {list size must be a multiple of the stride length}
+test lsearch-23.4 {lsearch -stride option, errors} -body {
+    lsearch -stride 5 {a b c} a
+} -returnCodes error -result {list size must be a multiple of the stride length}
+test lsearch-23.5 {lsearch -stride option, errors} -body {
+    # Stride equal to length is ok
+    lsearch -stride 3 {a b c} a
+} -result 0
+
+test lsearch-24.1 {lsearch -stride option} -body {
+    lsearch -stride 2 {a b c d e f g h} d
+} -result -1
+test lsearch-24.2 {lsearch -stride option} -body {
+    lsearch -stride 2 {a b c d e f g h} e
+} -result 4
+test lsearch-24.3 {lsearch -stride option} -body {
+    lsearch -stride 3 {a b c d e f g h i} e
+} -result -1
+test lsearch-24.4 {lsearch -stride option} -body {
+    # Result points first in group
+    lsearch -stride 3 -index 1 {a b c d e f g h i} e
+} -result 3
+test lsearch-24.5 {lsearch -stride option} -body {
+    lsearch -inline -stride 2 {a b c d e f g h} d
+} -result {}
+test lsearch-24.6 {lsearch -stride option} -body {
+    # Inline result is a "single element" strided list
+    lsearch -inline -stride 2 {a b c d e f g h} e
+} -result "e f"
+test lsearch-24.7 {lsearch -stride option} -body {
+    lsearch -inline -stride 3 {a b c d e f g h i} e
+} -result {}
+test lsearch-24.8 {lsearch -stride option} -body {
+    lsearch -inline -stride 3 -index 1 {a b c d e f g h i} e
+} -result "d e f"
+test lsearch-24.9 {lsearch -stride option} -body {
+    lsearch -all -inline -stride 3 -index 1 {a b c d e f g e i} e
+} -result "d e f g e i"
+test lsearch-24.10 {lsearch -stride option} -body {
+    lsearch -all -inline -stride 3 -index 0 {a b c d e f a e i} a
+} -result "a b c a e i"
+test lsearch-24.11 {lsearch -stride option} -body {
+    # Stride 1 is same as no stride
+    lsearch -stride 1 {a b c d e f g h} d
+} -result 3
+
+# 25* mimics 19* but with -inline added to -subindices
+test lsearch-25.1 {lsearch -subindices option} {
+    lsearch -inline -subindices -index {0 0} {{{x x} {x b} {a d}} {{a c} {a b} {a a}}} a
+} {a}
+test lsearch-25.2 {lsearch -subindices option} {
+    lsearch -inline -subindices -index {2 0} -exact {{{x x} {x b} {a d}} {{a c} {a b} {a a}}} a
+} {a}
+test lsearch-25.3 {lsearch -subindices option} {
+    lsearch -inline -subindices -index {1 1} -glob {{{ab cb} {ab bb} {ab ab}} {{ab cb} {ab bb} {ab ab}}} b*
+} {bb}
+test lsearch-25.4 {lsearch -subindices option} {
+    lsearch -inline -subindices -index {0 1} -regexp {{{ab cb} {ab bb} {ab ab}} {{ab cb} {ab bb} {ab ab}}} {[cb]b}
+} {cb}
+test lsearch-25.5 {lsearch -subindices option} {
+    lsearch -inline -subindices -all -index {0 0} -exact {{{a c} {a b} {d a}} {{a c} {a b} {d a}}} a
+} {a a}
+test lsearch-25.6 {lsearch -subindices option} {
+    lsearch -inline -subindices -all -index {1 0} -exact {{{a c} {a b} {d a}} {{a c} {a b} {d a}}} a
+} {a a}
+
+# 26* mimics 19* but with -stride added
+test lsearch-26.1 {lsearch -stride + -subindices option} {
+    lsearch -stride 3 -subindices -index {0 0} {{x x} {x b} {a d} {a c} {a b} {a a}} a
+} {3 0}
+test lsearch-26.2 {lsearch -stride + -subindices option} {
+    lsearch -stride 3 -subindices -index {2 0} -exact {{x x} {x b} {a d} {a c} {a b} {a a}} a
+} {2 0}
+test lsearch-26.3 {lsearch -stride + -subindices option} {
+    lsearch -stride 3 -subindices -index {1 1} -glob {{ab cb} {ab bb} {ab ab} {ab cb} {ab bb} {ab ab}} b*
+} {1 1}
+test lsearch-26.4 {lsearch -stride + -subindices option} {
+    lsearch -stride 3 -subindices -index {0 1} -regexp {{ab cb} {ab bb} {ab ab} {ab cb} {ab bb} {ab ab}} {[cb]b}
+} {0 1}
+test lsearch-26.5 {lsearch -stride + -subindices option} {
+    lsearch -stride 3 -subindices -all -index {0 0} -exact {{a c} {a b} {d a} {a c} {a b} {d a}} a
+} {{0 0} {3 0}}
+test lsearch-26.6 {lsearch -stride + -subindices option} {
+    lsearch -stride 3 -subindices -all -index {1 0} -exact {{a c} {a b} {d a} {x c} {a b} {d a}} a
+} {{1 0} {4 0}}
+
+# 27* mimics 25* but with -stride added
+test lsearch-27.1 {lsearch -stride + -subindices option} {
+    lsearch -inline -stride 3 -subindices -index {0 0} {{x x} {x b} {a d} {a c} {a b} {a a}} a
+} {a}
+test lsearch-27.2 {lsearch -stride + -subindices option} {
+    lsearch -inline -stride 3 -subindices -index {2 0} -exact {{x x} {x b} {a d} {a c} {a b} {a a}} a
+} {a}
+test lsearch-27.3 {lsearch -stride + -subindices option} {
+    lsearch -inline -stride 3 -subindices -index {1 1} -glob {{ab cb} {ab bb} {ab ab} {ab cb} {ab bb} {ab ab}} b*
+} {bb}
+test lsearch-27.4 {lsearch -stride + -subindices option} {
+    lsearch -inline -stride 3 -subindices -index {0 1} -regexp {{ab cb} {ab bb} {ab ab} {ab cb} {ab bb} {ab ab}} {[cb]b}
+} {cb}
+test lsearch-27.5 {lsearch -stride + -subindices option} {
+    lsearch -inline -stride 3 -subindices -all -index {0 0} -exact {{a c} {a b} {d a} {a c} {a b} {d a}} a
+} {a a}
+test lsearch-27.6 {lsearch -stride + -subindices option} {
+    lsearch -inline -stride 3 -subindices -all -index {1 0} -exact {{a c} {a b} {d a} {x c} {a b} {d a}} a
+} {a a}
+
+test lsearch-28.1 {lsearch -sorted with -stride} -body {
+    lsearch -sorted -stride 2 {5 3 7 8 9 2} 5
+} -result 0
+test lsearch-28.2 {lsearch -sorted with -stride} -body {
+    lsearch -sorted -stride 2 {5 3 7 8 9 2} 3
+} -result -1
+test lsearch-28.3 {lsearch -sorted with -stride} -body {
+    lsearch -sorted -stride 2 {5 3 7 8 9 2} 7
+} -result 2
+test lsearch-28.4 {lsearch -sorted with -stride} -body {
+    lsearch -sorted -stride 2 {5 3 7 8 9 2} 8
+} -result -1
+test lsearch-28.5 {lsearch -sorted with -stride} -body {
+    lsearch -sorted -stride 2 {5 3 7 8 9 2} 9
+} -result 4
+test lsearch-28.6 {lsearch -sorted with -stride} -body {
+    lsearch -sorted -stride 2 {5 3 7 8 9 2} 2
+} -result -1
+test lsearch-28.7 {lsearch -sorted with -stride} -body {
+    lsearch -sorted -stride 2 -index 0 -subindices {5 3 7 8 9 2} 9
+} -result 4
+test lsearch-28.8 {lsearch -sorted with -stride} -body {
+    lsearch -sorted -stride 2 -index 1 -subindices {3 5 8 7 2 9} 9
+} -result 5
+test lsearch-28.9 {lsearch -sorted with -stride} -body {
+    lsearch -sorted -stride 2 -index 1 -subindices -inline {3 5 8 7 2 9} 9
+} -result 9
+
 
 # cleanup
 catch {unset res}
 catch {unset increasingIntegers}
 catch {unset decreasingIntegers}

Index: tests/mathop.test
==================================================================
--- tests/mathop.test
+++ tests/mathop.test
@@ -112,26 +112,26 @@
     test mathop-1.8 {compiled +} { + 1 2 300000000000 } 300000000003
     test mathop-1.9 {compiled +} { + 1000000000000000000000 2 3 } 1000000000000000000005
     test mathop-1.10 {compiled +} { + 1 2 3000000000000000000000 } 3000000000000000000003
     test mathop-1.11 {compiled +: errors} -returnCodes error -body {
 	+ x 0
-    } -result {can't use non-numeric string "x" as operand of "+"}
+    } -result {can't use non-numeric string as operand of "+"}
     test mathop-1.12 {compiled +: errors} -returnCodes error -body {
 	+ nan 0
-    } -result {can't use non-numeric floating-point value "nan" as operand of "+"}
+    } -result {can't use non-numeric floating-point value as operand of "+"}
     test mathop-1.13 {compiled +: errors} -returnCodes error -body {
 	+ 0 x
-    } -result {can't use non-numeric string "x" as operand of "+"}
+    } -result {can't use non-numeric string as operand of "+"}
     test mathop-1.14 {compiled +: errors} -returnCodes error -body {
 	+ 0 nan
-    } -result {can't use non-numeric floating-point value "nan" as operand of "+"}
+    } -result {can't use non-numeric floating-point value as operand of "+"}
     test mathop-1.15 {compiled +: errors} -returnCodes error -body {
 	+ 0o8 0
-    } -result {can't use non-numeric string "0o8" as operand of "+"}
+    } -result {can't use invalid octal number as operand of "+"}
     test mathop-1.16 {compiled +: errors} -returnCodes error -body {
 	+ 0 0o8
-    } -result {can't use non-numeric string "0o8" as operand of "+"}
+    } -result {can't use invalid octal number as operand of "+"}
     test mathop-1.17 {compiled +: errors} -returnCodes error -body {
 	+ 0 [error expectedError]
     } -result expectedError
     test mathop-1.18 {compiled +: argument processing order} -body {
 	# Bytecode compilation known hard for 3+ arguments
@@ -150,26 +150,26 @@
     test mathop-1.26 {interpreted +} { $op 1 2 300000000000 } 300000000003
     test mathop-1.27 {interpreted +} { $op 1000000000000000000000 2 3 } 1000000000000000000005
     test mathop-1.28 {interpreted +} { $op 1 2 3000000000000000000000 } 3000000000000000000003
     test mathop-1.29 {interpreted +: errors} -returnCodes error -body {
 	$op x 0
-    } -result {can't use non-numeric string "x" as operand of "+"}
+    } -result {can't use non-numeric string as operand of "+"}
     test mathop-1.30 {interpreted +: errors} -returnCodes error -body {
 	$op nan 0
-    } -result {can't use non-numeric floating-point value "nan" as operand of "+"}
+    } -result {can't use non-numeric floating-point value as operand of "+"}
     test mathop-1.31 {interpreted +: errors} -returnCodes error -body {
 	$op 0 x
-    } -result {can't use non-numeric string "x" as operand of "+"}
+    } -result {can't use non-numeric string as operand of "+"}
     test mathop-1.32 {interpreted +: errors} -returnCodes error -body {
 	$op 0 nan
-    } -result {can't use non-numeric floating-point value "nan" as operand of "+"}
+    } -result {can't use non-numeric floating-point value as operand of "+"}
     test mathop-1.33 {interpreted +: errors} -returnCodes error -body {
 	$op 0o8 0
-    } -result {can't use non-numeric string "0o8" as operand of "+"}
+    } -result {can't use invalid octal number as operand of "+"}
     test mathop-1.34 {interpreted +: errors} -returnCodes error -body {
 	$op 0 0o8
-    } -result {can't use non-numeric string "0o8" as operand of "+"}
+    } -result {can't use invalid octal number as operand of "+"}
     test mathop-1.35 {interpreted +: errors} -returnCodes error -body {
 	$op 0 [error expectedError]
     } -result expectedError
     test mathop-1.36 {interpreted +: argument processing order} -body {
 	list [catch {
@@ -187,26 +187,26 @@
     test mathop-2.8 {compiled *} { * 1 2 300000000000 } 600000000000
     test mathop-2.9 {compiled *} { * 1000000000000000000000 2 3 } 6000000000000000000000
     test mathop-2.10 {compiled *} { * 1 2 3000000000000000000000 } 6000000000000000000000
     test mathop-2.11 {compiled *: errors} -returnCodes error -body {
 	* x 0
-    } -result {can't use non-numeric string "x" as operand of "*"}
+    } -result {can't use non-numeric string as operand of "*"}
     test mathop-2.12 {compiled *: errors} -returnCodes error -body {
 	* nan 0
-    } -result {can't use non-numeric floating-point value "nan" as operand of "*"}
+    } -result {can't use non-numeric floating-point value as operand of "*"}
     test mathop-2.13 {compiled *: errors} -returnCodes error -body {
 	* 0 x
-    } -result {can't use non-numeric string "x" as operand of "*"}
+    } -result {can't use non-numeric string as operand of "*"}
     test mathop-2.14 {compiled *: errors} -returnCodes error -body {
 	* 0 nan
-    } -result {can't use non-numeric floating-point value "nan" as operand of "*"}
+    } -result {can't use non-numeric floating-point value as operand of "*"}
     test mathop-2.15 {compiled *: errors} -returnCodes error -body {
 	* 0o8 0
-    } -result {can't use non-numeric string "0o8" as operand of "*"}
+    } -result {can't use invalid octal number as operand of "*"}
     test mathop-2.16 {compiled *: errors} -returnCodes error -body {
 	* 0 0o8
-    } -result {can't use non-numeric string "0o8" as operand of "*"}
+    } -result {can't use invalid octal number as operand of "*"}
     test mathop-2.17 {compiled *: errors} -returnCodes error -body {
 	* 0 [error expectedError]
     } -result expectedError
     test mathop-2.18 {compiled *: argument processing order} -body {
 	# Bytecode compilation known hard for 3+ arguments
@@ -225,26 +225,26 @@
     test mathop-2.26 {interpreted *} { $op 1 2 300000000000 } 600000000000
     test mathop-2.27 {interpreted *} { $op 1000000000000000000000 2 3 } 6000000000000000000000
     test mathop-2.28 {interpreted *} { $op 1 2 3000000000000000000000 } 6000000000000000000000
     test mathop-2.29 {interpreted *: errors} -returnCodes error -body {
 	$op x 0
-    } -result {can't use non-numeric string "x" as operand of "*"}
+    } -result {can't use non-numeric string as operand of "*"}
     test mathop-2.30 {interpreted *: errors} -returnCodes error -body {
 	$op nan 0
-    } -result {can't use non-numeric floating-point value "nan" as operand of "*"}
+    } -result {can't use non-numeric floating-point value as operand of "*"}
     test mathop-2.31 {interpreted *: errors} -returnCodes error -body {
 	$op 0 x
-    } -result {can't use non-numeric string "x" as operand of "*"}
+    } -result {can't use non-numeric string as operand of "*"}
     test mathop-2.32 {interpreted *: errors} -returnCodes error -body {
 	$op 0 nan
-    } -result {can't use non-numeric floating-point value "nan" as operand of "*"}
+    } -result {can't use non-numeric floating-point value as operand of "*"}
     test mathop-2.33 {interpreted *: errors} -returnCodes error -body {
 	$op 0o8 0
-    } -result {can't use non-numeric string "0o8" as operand of "*"}
+    } -result {can't use invalid octal number as operand of "*"}
     test mathop-2.34 {interpreted *: errors} -returnCodes error -body {
 	$op 0 0o8
-    } -result {can't use non-numeric string "0o8" as operand of "*"}
+    } -result {can't use invalid octal number as operand of "*"}
     test mathop-2.35 {interpreted *: errors} -returnCodes error -body {
 	$op 0 [error expectedError]
     } -result expectedError
     test mathop-2.36 {interpreted *: argument processing order} -body {
 	list [catch {
@@ -259,11 +259,11 @@
     test mathop-3.5 {compiled !} {! 0.0} 1
     test mathop-3.6 {compiled !} {! 10000000000} 0
     test mathop-3.7 {compiled !} {! 10000000000000000000000000} 0
     test mathop-3.8 {compiled !: errors} -body {
 	! foobar
-    } -returnCodes error -result {can't use non-numeric string "foobar" as operand of "!"}
+    } -returnCodes error -result {can't use non-numeric string as operand of "!"}
     test mathop-3.9 {compiled !: errors} -body {
 	! 0 0
     } -returnCodes error -result "wrong # args: should be \"! boolean\""
     test mathop-3.10 {compiled !: errors} -body {
 	!
@@ -276,23 +276,23 @@
     test mathop-3.15 {interpreted !} {$op 0.0} 1
     test mathop-3.16 {interpreted !} {$op 10000000000} 0
     test mathop-3.17 {interpreted !} {$op 10000000000000000000000000} 0
     test mathop-3.18 {interpreted !: errors} -body {
 	$op foobar
-    } -returnCodes error -result {can't use non-numeric string "foobar" as operand of "!"}
+    } -returnCodes error -result {can't use non-numeric string as operand of "!"}
     test mathop-3.19 {interpreted !: errors} -body {
 	$op 0 0
     } -returnCodes error -result "wrong # args: should be \"! boolean\""
     test mathop-3.20 {interpreted !: errors} -body {
 	$op
     } -returnCodes error -result "wrong # args: should be \"! boolean\""
     test mathop-3.21 {compiled !: error} -returnCodes error -body {
 	! NaN
-    } -result {can't use non-numeric floating-point value "NaN" as operand of "!"}
+    } -result {can't use non-numeric floating-point value as operand of "!"}
     test mathop-3.22 {interpreted !: error} -returnCodes error -body {
 	$op NaN
-    } -result {can't use non-numeric floating-point value "NaN" as operand of "!"}
+    } -result {can't use non-numeric floating-point value as operand of "!"}
 
     test mathop-4.1 {compiled ~} {~ 0} -1
     test mathop-4.2 {compiled ~} {~ 1} -2
     test mathop-4.3 {compiled ~} {~ 31} -32
     test mathop-4.4 {compiled ~} {~ -127} 126
@@ -299,23 +299,23 @@
     test mathop-4.5 {compiled ~} {~ -0} -1
     test mathop-4.6 {compiled ~} {~ 10000000000} -10000000001
     test mathop-4.7 {compiled ~} {~ 10000000000000000000000000} -10000000000000000000000001
     test mathop-4.8 {compiled ~: errors} -body {
 	~ foobar
-    } -returnCodes error -result {can't use non-numeric string "foobar" as operand of "~"}
+    } -returnCodes error -result {can't use non-numeric string as operand of "~"}
     test mathop-4.9 {compiled ~: errors} -body {
 	~ 0 0
     } -returnCodes error -result "wrong # args: should be \"~ integer\""
     test mathop-4.10 {compiled ~: errors} -body {
 	~
     } -returnCodes error -result "wrong # args: should be \"~ integer\""
     test mathop-4.11 {compiled ~: errors} -returnCodes error -body {
 	~ 0.0
-    } -result {can't use floating-point value "0.0" as operand of "~"}
+    } -result {can't use floating-point value as operand of "~"}
     test mathop-4.12 {compiled ~: errors} -returnCodes error -body {
 	~ NaN
-    } -result {can't use non-numeric floating-point value "NaN" as operand of "~"}
+    } -result {can't use non-numeric floating-point value as operand of "~"}
     set op ~
     test mathop-4.13 {interpreted ~} {$op 0} -1
     test mathop-4.14 {interpreted ~} {$op 1} -2
     test mathop-4.15 {interpreted ~} {$op 31} -32
     test mathop-4.16 {interpreted ~} {$op -127} 126
@@ -322,23 +322,23 @@
     test mathop-4.17 {interpreted ~} {$op -0} -1
     test mathop-4.18 {interpreted ~} {$op 10000000000} -10000000001
     test mathop-4.19 {interpreted ~} {$op 10000000000000000000000000} -10000000000000000000000001
     test mathop-4.20 {interpreted ~: errors} -body {
 	$op foobar
-    } -returnCodes error -result {can't use non-numeric string "foobar" as operand of "~"}
+    } -returnCodes error -result {can't use non-numeric string as operand of "~"}
     test mathop-4.21 {interpreted ~: errors} -body {
 	$op 0 0
     } -returnCodes error -result "wrong # args: should be \"~ integer\""
     test mathop-4.22 {interpreted ~: errors} -body {
 	$op
     } -returnCodes error -result "wrong # args: should be \"~ integer\""
     test mathop-4.23 {interpreted ~: errors} -returnCodes error -body {
 	$op 0.0
-    } -result {can't use floating-point value "0.0" as operand of "~"}
+    } -result {can't use floating-point value as operand of "~"}
     test mathop-4.24 {interpreted ~: errors} -returnCodes error -body {
 	$op NaN
-    } -result {can't use non-numeric floating-point value "NaN" as operand of "~"}
+    } -result {can't use non-numeric floating-point value as operand of "~"}
 
     test mathop-5.1 {compiled eq} {eq {} a} 0
     test mathop-5.2 {compiled eq} {eq a a} 1
     test mathop-5.3 {compiled eq} {eq a {}} 0
     test mathop-5.4 {compiled eq} {eq a b} 0
@@ -375,36 +375,36 @@
     test mathop-6.2 {compiled &} { & 1 } 1
     test mathop-6.3 {compiled &} { & 1 2 } 0
     test mathop-6.4 {compiled &} { & 3 7 6 } 2
     test mathop-6.5 {compiled &} -returnCodes error -body {
 	& 1.0 2 3
-    } -result {can't use floating-point value "1.0" as operand of "&"}
+    } -result {can't use floating-point value as operand of "&"}
     test mathop-6.6 {compiled &} -returnCodes error -body {
 	& 1 2 3.0
-    } -result {can't use floating-point value "3.0" as operand of "&"}
+    } -result {can't use floating-point value as operand of "&"}
     test mathop-6.7 {compiled &} { & 100000000002 18 -126 } 2
     test mathop-6.8 {compiled &} { & 0xff 0o377 333333333333 } 85
     test mathop-6.9 {compiled &} { & 1000000000000000000002 18 -126 } 2
     test mathop-6.10 {compiled &} { & 0xff 0o377 3333333333333333333333 } 85
     test mathop-6.11 {compiled &: errors} -returnCodes error -body {
 	& x 0
-    } -result {can't use non-numeric string "x" as operand of "&"}
+    } -result {can't use non-numeric string as operand of "&"}
     test mathop-6.12 {compiled &: errors} -returnCodes error -body {
 	& nan 0
-    } -result {can't use non-numeric floating-point value "nan" as operand of "&"}
+    } -result {can't use non-numeric floating-point value as operand of "&"}
     test mathop-6.13 {compiled &: errors} -returnCodes error -body {
 	& 0 x
-    } -result {can't use non-numeric string "x" as operand of "&"}
+    } -result {can't use non-numeric string as operand of "&"}
     test mathop-6.14 {compiled &: errors} -returnCodes error -body {
 	& 0 nan
-    } -result {can't use non-numeric floating-point value "nan" as operand of "&"}
+    } -result {can't use non-numeric floating-point value as operand of "&"}
     test mathop-6.15 {compiled &: errors} -returnCodes error -body {
 	& 0o8 0
-    } -result {can't use non-numeric string "0o8" as operand of "&"}
+    } -result {can't use invalid octal number as operand of "&"}
     test mathop-6.16 {compiled &: errors} -returnCodes error -body {
 	& 0 0o8
-    } -result {can't use non-numeric string "0o8" as operand of "&"}
+    } -result {can't use invalid octal number as operand of "&"}
     test mathop-6.17 {compiled &: errors} -returnCodes error -body {
 	& 0 [error expectedError]
     } -result expectedError
     test mathop-6.18 {compiled &: argument processing order} -body {
 	# Bytecode compilation known hard for 3+ arguments
@@ -417,36 +417,36 @@
     test mathop-6.20 {interpreted &} { $op 1 } 1
     test mathop-6.21 {interpreted &} { $op 1 2 } 0
     test mathop-6.22 {interpreted &} { $op 3 7 6 } 2
     test mathop-6.23 {interpreted &} -returnCodes error -body {
 	$op 1.0 2 3
-    } -result {can't use floating-point value "1.0" as operand of "&"}
+    } -result {can't use floating-point value as operand of "&"}
     test mathop-6.24 {interpreted &} -returnCodes error -body {
 	$op 1 2 3.0
-    } -result {can't use floating-point value "3.0" as operand of "&"}
+    } -result {can't use floating-point value as operand of "&"}
     test mathop-6.25 {interpreted &} { $op 100000000002 18 -126 } 2
     test mathop-6.26 {interpreted &} { $op 0xff 0o377 333333333333 } 85
     test mathop-6.27 {interpreted &} { $op 1000000000000000000002 18 -126 } 2
     test mathop-6.28 {interpreted &} { $op 0xff 0o377 3333333333333333333333 } 85
     test mathop-6.29 {interpreted &: errors} -returnCodes error -body {
 	$op x 0
-    } -result {can't use non-numeric string "x" as operand of "&"}
+    } -result {can't use non-numeric string as operand of "&"}
     test mathop-6.30 {interpreted &: errors} -returnCodes error -body {
 	$op nan 0
-    } -result {can't use non-numeric floating-point value "nan" as operand of "&"}
+    } -result {can't use non-numeric floating-point value as operand of "&"}
     test mathop-6.31 {interpreted &: errors} -returnCodes error -body {
 	$op 0 x
-    } -result {can't use non-numeric string "x" as operand of "&"}
+    } -result {can't use non-numeric string as operand of "&"}
     test mathop-6.32 {interpreted &: errors} -returnCodes error -body {
 	$op 0 nan
-    } -result {can't use non-numeric floating-point value "nan" as operand of "&"}
+    } -result {can't use non-numeric floating-point value as operand of "&"}
     test mathop-6.33 {interpreted &: errors} -returnCodes error -body {
 	$op 0o8 0
-    } -result {can't use non-numeric string "0o8" as operand of "&"}
+    } -result {can't use invalid octal number as operand of "&"}
     test mathop-6.34 {interpreted &: errors} -returnCodes error -body {
 	$op 0 0o8
-    } -result {can't use non-numeric string "0o8" as operand of "&"}
+    } -result {can't use invalid octal number as operand of "&"}
     test mathop-6.35 {interpreted &: errors} -returnCodes error -body {
 	$op 0 [error expectedError]
     } -result expectedError
     test mathop-6.36 {interpreted &: argument processing order} -body {
 	list [catch {
@@ -485,36 +485,36 @@
     test mathop-7.2 {compiled |} { | 1 } 1
     test mathop-7.3 {compiled |} { | 1 2 } 3
     test mathop-7.4 {compiled |} { | 3 7 6 } 7
     test mathop-7.5 {compiled |} -returnCodes error -body {
 	| 1.0 2 3
-    } -result {can't use floating-point value "1.0" as operand of "|"}
+    } -result {can't use floating-point value as operand of "|"}
     test mathop-7.6 {compiled |} -returnCodes error -body {
 	| 1 2 3.0
-    } -result {can't use floating-point value "3.0" as operand of "|"}
+    } -result {can't use floating-point value as operand of "|"}
     test mathop-7.7 {compiled |} { | 100000000002 18 -126 } -110
     test mathop-7.8 {compiled |} { | 0xff 0o377 333333333333 } 333333333503
     test mathop-7.9 {compiled |} { | 1000000000000000000002 18 -126 } -110
     test mathop-7.10 {compiled |} { | 0xff 0o377 3333333333333333333333 } 3333333333333333333503
     test mathop-7.11 {compiled |: errors} -returnCodes error -body {
 	| x 0
-    } -result {can't use non-numeric string "x" as operand of "|"}
+    } -result {can't use non-numeric string as operand of "|"}
     test mathop-7.12 {compiled |: errors} -returnCodes error -body {
 	| nan 0
-    } -result {can't use non-numeric floating-point value "nan" as operand of "|"}
+    } -result {can't use non-numeric floating-point value as operand of "|"}
     test mathop-7.13 {compiled |: errors} -returnCodes error -body {
 	| 0 x
-    } -result {can't use non-numeric string "x" as operand of "|"}
+    } -result {can't use non-numeric string as operand of "|"}
     test mathop-7.14 {compiled |: errors} -returnCodes error -body {
 	| 0 nan
-    } -result {can't use non-numeric floating-point value "nan" as operand of "|"}
+    } -result {can't use non-numeric floating-point value as operand of "|"}
     test mathop-7.15 {compiled |: errors} -returnCodes error -body {
 	| 0o8 0
-    } -result {can't use non-numeric string "0o8" as operand of "|"}
+    } -result {can't use invalid octal number as operand of "|"}
     test mathop-7.16 {compiled |: errors} -returnCodes error -body {
 	| 0 0o8
-    } -result {can't use non-numeric string "0o8" as operand of "|"}
+    } -result {can't use invalid octal number as operand of "|"}
     test mathop-7.17 {compiled |: errors} -returnCodes error -body {
 	| 0 [error expectedError]
     } -result expectedError
     test mathop-7.18 {compiled |: argument processing order} -body {
 	# Bytecode compilation known hard for 3+ arguments
@@ -527,36 +527,36 @@
     test mathop-7.20 {interpreted |} { $op 1 } 1
     test mathop-7.21 {interpreted |} { $op 1 2 } 3
     test mathop-7.22 {interpreted |} { $op 3 7 6 } 7
     test mathop-7.23 {interpreted |} -returnCodes error -body {
 	$op 1.0 2 3
-    } -result {can't use floating-point value "1.0" as operand of "|"}
+    } -result {can't use floating-point value as operand of "|"}
     test mathop-7.24 {interpreted |} -returnCodes error -body {
 	$op 1 2 3.0
-    } -result {can't use floating-point value "3.0" as operand of "|"}
+    } -result {can't use floating-point value as operand of "|"}
     test mathop-7.25 {interpreted |} { $op 100000000002 18 -126 } -110
     test mathop-7.26 {interpreted |} { $op 0xff 0o377 333333333333 } 333333333503
     test mathop-7.27 {interpreted |} { $op 1000000000000000000002 18 -126 } -110
     test mathop-7.28 {interpreted |} { $op 0xff 0o377 3333333333333333333333 } 3333333333333333333503
     test mathop-7.29 {interpreted |: errors} -returnCodes error -body {
 	$op x 0
-    } -result {can't use non-numeric string "x" as operand of "|"}
+    } -result {can't use non-numeric string as operand of "|"}
     test mathop-7.30 {interpreted |: errors} -returnCodes error -body {
 	$op nan 0
-    } -result {can't use non-numeric floating-point value "nan" as operand of "|"}
+    } -result {can't use non-numeric floating-point value as operand of "|"}
     test mathop-7.31 {interpreted |: errors} -returnCodes error -body {
 	$op 0 x
-    } -result {can't use non-numeric string "x" as operand of "|"}
+    } -result {can't use non-numeric string as operand of "|"}
     test mathop-7.32 {interpreted |: errors} -returnCodes error -body {
 	$op 0 nan
-    } -result {can't use non-numeric floating-point value "nan" as operand of "|"}
+    } -result {can't use non-numeric floating-point value as operand of "|"}
     test mathop-7.33 {interpreted |: errors} -returnCodes error -body {
 	$op 0o8 0
-    } -result {can't use non-numeric string "0o8" as operand of "|"}
+    } -result {can't use invalid octal number as operand of "|"}
     test mathop-7.34 {interpreted |: errors} -returnCodes error -body {
 	$op 0 0o8
-    } -result {can't use non-numeric string "0o8" as operand of "|"}
+    } -result {can't use invalid octal number as operand of "|"}
     test mathop-7.35 {interpreted |: errors} -returnCodes error -body {
 	$op 0 [error expectedError]
     } -result expectedError
     test mathop-7.36 {interpreted |: argument processing order} -body {
 	list [catch {
@@ -595,36 +595,36 @@
     test mathop-8.2 {compiled ^} { ^ 1 } 1
     test mathop-8.3 {compiled ^} { ^ 1 2 } 3
     test mathop-8.4 {compiled ^} { ^ 3 7 6 } 2
     test mathop-8.5 {compiled ^} -returnCodes error -body {
 	^ 1.0 2 3
-    } -result {can't use floating-point value "1.0" as operand of "^"}
+    } -result {can't use floating-point value as operand of "^"}
     test mathop-8.6 {compiled ^} -returnCodes error -body {
 	^ 1 2 3.0
-    } -result {can't use floating-point value "3.0" as operand of "^"}
+    } -result {can't use floating-point value as operand of "^"}
     test mathop-8.7 {compiled ^} { ^ 100000000002 18 -126 } -100000000110
     test mathop-8.8 {compiled ^} { ^ 0xff 0o377 333333333333 } 333333333333
     test mathop-8.9 {compiled ^} { ^ 1000000000000000000002 18 -126 } -1000000000000000000110
     test mathop-8.10 {compiled ^} { ^ 0xff 0o377 3333333333333333333333 } 3333333333333333333333
     test mathop-8.11 {compiled ^: errors} -returnCodes error -body {
 	^ x 0
-    } -result {can't use non-numeric string "x" as operand of "^"}
+    } -result {can't use non-numeric string as operand of "^"}
     test mathop-8.12 {compiled ^: errors} -returnCodes error -body {
 	^ nan 0
-    } -result {can't use non-numeric floating-point value "nan" as operand of "^"}
+    } -result {can't use non-numeric floating-point value as operand of "^"}
     test mathop-8.13 {compiled ^: errors} -returnCodes error -body {
 	^ 0 x
-    } -result {can't use non-numeric string "x" as operand of "^"}
+    } -result {can't use non-numeric string as operand of "^"}
     test mathop-8.14 {compiled ^: errors} -returnCodes error -body {
 	^ 0 nan
-    } -result {can't use non-numeric floating-point value "nan" as operand of "^"}
+    } -result {can't use non-numeric floating-point value as operand of "^"}
     test mathop-8.15 {compiled ^: errors} -returnCodes error -body {
 	^ 0o8 0
-    } -result {can't use non-numeric string "0o8" as operand of "^"}
+    } -result {can't use invalid octal number as operand of "^"}
     test mathop-8.16 {compiled ^: errors} -returnCodes error -body {
 	^ 0 0o8
-    } -result {can't use non-numeric string "0o8" as operand of "^"}
+    } -result {can't use invalid octal number as operand of "^"}
     test mathop-8.17 {compiled ^: errors} -returnCodes error -body {
 	^ 0 [error expectedError]
     } -result expectedError
     test mathop-8.18 {compiled ^: argument processing order} -body {
 	# Bytecode compilation known hard for 3+ arguments
@@ -637,36 +637,36 @@
     test mathop-8.20 {interpreted ^} { $op 1 } 1
     test mathop-8.21 {interpreted ^} { $op 1 2 } 3
     test mathop-8.22 {interpreted ^} { $op 3 7 6 } 2
     test mathop-8.23 {interpreted ^} -returnCodes error -body {
 	$op 1.0 2 3
-    } -result {can't use floating-point value "1.0" as operand of "^"}
+    } -result {can't use floating-point value as operand of "^"}
     test mathop-8.24 {interpreted ^} -returnCodes error -body {
 	$op 1 2 3.0
-    } -result {can't use floating-point value "3.0" as operand of "^"}
+    } -result {can't use floating-point value as operand of "^"}
     test mathop-8.25 {interpreted ^} { $op 100000000002 18 -126 } -100000000110
     test mathop-8.26 {interpreted ^} { $op 0xff 0o377 333333333333 } 333333333333
     test mathop-8.27 {interpreted ^} { $op 1000000000000000000002 18 -126 } -1000000000000000000110
     test mathop-8.28 {interpreted ^} { $op 0xff 0o377 3333333333333333333333 } 3333333333333333333333
     test mathop-8.29 {interpreted ^: errors} -returnCodes error -body {
 	$op x 0
-    } -result {can't use non-numeric string "x" as operand of "^"}
+    } -result {can't use non-numeric string as operand of "^"}
     test mathop-8.30 {interpreted ^: errors} -returnCodes error -body {
 	$op nan 0
-    } -result {can't use non-numeric floating-point value "nan" as operand of "^"}
+    } -result {can't use non-numeric floating-point value as operand of "^"}
     test mathop-8.31 {interpreted ^: errors} -returnCodes error -body {
 	$op 0 x
-    } -result {can't use non-numeric string "x" as operand of "^"}
+    } -result {can't use non-numeric string as operand of "^"}
     test mathop-8.32 {interpreted ^: errors} -returnCodes error -body {
 	$op 0 nan
-    } -result {can't use non-numeric floating-point value "nan" as operand of "^"}
+    } -result {can't use non-numeric floating-point value as operand of "^"}
     test mathop-8.33 {interpreted ^: errors} -returnCodes error -body {
 	$op 0o8 0
-    } -result {can't use non-numeric string "0o8" as operand of "^"}
+    } -result {can't use invalid octal number as operand of "^"}
     test mathop-8.34 {interpreted ^: errors} -returnCodes error -body {
 	$op 0 0o8
-    } -result {can't use non-numeric string "0o8" as operand of "^"}
+    } -result {can't use invalid octal number as operand of "^"}
     test mathop-8.35 {interpreted ^: errors} -returnCodes error -body {
 	$op 0 [error expectedError]
     } -result expectedError
     test mathop-8.36 {interpreted ^: argument processing order} -body {
 	list [catch {
@@ -773,17 +773,17 @@
     set exp {}
     foreach vals {x {1 x} {1 1 x} {1 x 1}} {
         # skipping - for now, knownbug...
         foreach op {+ * / & | ^ **} {
             lappend res [TestOp $op {*}$vals]
-            lappend exp "can't use non-numeric string \"x\" as operand of \"$op\"\
+            lappend exp "can't use non-numeric string as operand of \"$op\"\
 		ARITH DOMAIN {non-numeric string}"
         }
     }
     foreach op {+ * / & | ^ **} {
 	lappend res [TestOp $op NaN 1]
-	lappend exp "can't use non-numeric floating-point value \"NaN\" as operand of \"$op\"\
+	lappend exp "can't use non-numeric floating-point value as operand of \"$op\"\
 	    ARITH DOMAIN {non-numeric floating-point value}"
     }
     expr {$res eq $exp ? 0 : $res}
 } 0
 test mathop-20.7 { multi arg } {
@@ -848,19 +848,19 @@
            2.8196218755553604e-15 8.10000006561e-27]
 test mathop-21.5 { unary ops, bad values } {
     set res {}
     set exp {}
     lappend res [TestOp / x]
-    lappend exp "can't use non-numeric string \"x\" as operand of \"/\" ARITH DOMAIN {non-numeric string}"
+    lappend exp "can't use non-numeric string as operand of \"/\" ARITH DOMAIN {non-numeric string}"
     lappend res [TestOp - x]
-    lappend exp "can't use non-numeric string \"x\" as operand of \"-\" ARITH DOMAIN {non-numeric string}"
+    lappend exp "can't use non-numeric string as operand of \"-\" ARITH DOMAIN {non-numeric string}"
     lappend res [TestOp ~ x]
-    lappend exp "can't use non-numeric string \"x\" as operand of \"~\" ARITH DOMAIN {non-numeric string}"
+    lappend exp "can't use non-numeric string as operand of \"~\" ARITH DOMAIN {non-numeric string}"
     lappend res [TestOp ! x]
-    lappend exp "can't use non-numeric string \"x\" as operand of \"!\" ARITH DOMAIN {non-numeric string}"
+    lappend exp "can't use non-numeric string as operand of \"!\" ARITH DOMAIN {non-numeric string}"
     lappend res [TestOp ~ 5.0]
-    lappend exp "can't use floating-point value \"5.0\" as operand of \"~\" ARITH DOMAIN {floating-point value}"
+    lappend exp "can't use floating-point value as operand of \"~\" ARITH DOMAIN {floating-point value}"
     expr {$res eq $exp ? 0 : $res}
 } 0
 test mathop-21.6 { unary ops, too many } {
     set exp {}
     foreach op {~ !} {
@@ -963,13 +963,13 @@
 test mathop-22.4 { unary ops, bad values } {
     set res {}
     set exp {}
     foreach op {& | ^} {
         lappend res [TestOp $op x 5]
-        lappend exp "can't use non-numeric string \"x\" as operand of \"$op\" ARITH DOMAIN {non-numeric string}"
+        lappend exp "can't use non-numeric string as operand of \"$op\" ARITH DOMAIN {non-numeric string}"
         lappend res [TestOp $op 5 x]
-        lappend exp "can't use non-numeric string \"x\" as operand of \"$op\" ARITH DOMAIN {non-numeric string}"
+        lappend exp "can't use non-numeric string as operand of \"$op\" ARITH DOMAIN {non-numeric string}"
     }
     expr {$res eq $exp ? 0 : $res}
 } 0
 
 test mathop-23.1 { comparison ops, numerical } {
@@ -1078,19 +1078,19 @@
 test mathop-24.3 { binary ops, bad values } {
     set res {}
     set exp {}
     foreach op {% << >>} {
         lappend res [TestOp $op x 1]
-        lappend exp "can't use non-numeric string \"x\" as operand of \"$op\" ARITH DOMAIN {non-numeric string}"
+        lappend exp "can't use non-numeric string as operand of \"$op\" ARITH DOMAIN {non-numeric string}"
         lappend res [TestOp $op 1 x]
-        lappend exp "can't use non-numeric string \"x\" as operand of \"$op\" ARITH DOMAIN {non-numeric string}"
+        lappend exp "can't use non-numeric string as operand of \"$op\" ARITH DOMAIN {non-numeric string}"
     }
     foreach op {% << >>} {
         lappend res [TestOp $op 5.0 1]
-        lappend exp "can't use floating-point value \"5.0\" as operand of \"$op\" ARITH DOMAIN {floating-point value}"
+        lappend exp "can't use floating-point value as operand of \"$op\" ARITH DOMAIN {floating-point value}"
         lappend res [TestOp $op 1 5.0]
-        lappend exp "can't use floating-point value \"5.0\" as operand of \"$op\" ARITH DOMAIN {floating-point value}"
+        lappend exp "can't use floating-point value as operand of \"$op\" ARITH DOMAIN {floating-point value}"
     }
     foreach op {in ni} {
         lappend res [TestOp $op 5 "a b \{ c"]
         lappend exp "unmatched open brace in list TCL VALUE LIST BRACE"
     }
@@ -1238,13 +1238,13 @@
     lappend res [TestOp ** 2 $big]
     lappend exp "exponent too large NONE"
     lappend res [TestOp ** $huge 2.1]
     lappend exp "Inf"
     lappend res [TestOp ** 2 foo]
-    lappend exp "can't use non-numeric string \"foo\" as operand of \"**\" ARITH DOMAIN {non-numeric string}"
+    lappend exp "can't use non-numeric string as operand of \"**\" ARITH DOMAIN {non-numeric string}"
     lappend res [TestOp ** foo 2]
-    lappend exp "can't use non-numeric string \"foo\" as operand of \"**\" ARITH DOMAIN {non-numeric string}"
+    lappend exp "can't use non-numeric string as operand of \"**\" ARITH DOMAIN {non-numeric string}"
 
     expr {$res eq $exp ? 0 : $res}
 } 0
 
 test mathop-26.1 { misc ops, size combinations } {

Index: tests/msgcat.test
==================================================================
--- tests/msgcat.test
+++ tests/msgcat.test
@@ -53,12 +53,17 @@
     variable setVars
     foreach setVars [PowerSet $envVars] {
 	set result [string tolower [lindex $setVars 0]]
 	if {[string length $result] == 0} {
 	    if {[info exists ::tcl::mac::locale]} {
+if {[package vsatisfies [package provide msgcat] 1.7]} {
+		set result [string tolower \
+			[msgcat::mcutil::ConvertLocale $::tcl::mac::locale]]
+} else {
 		set result [string tolower \
 			[msgcat::ConvertLocale $::tcl::mac::locale]]
+}
 	    } else {
 		if {([info sharedlibextension] eq ".dll")
 			&& ![catch {package require registry}]} {
 		    # Windows and Cygwin have other ways to determine the
 		    # locale when the environment variables are missing
@@ -191,10 +196,32 @@
     } -cleanup {
 	mclocale $locale
     } -body {
 	mclocale looks/ok/../../../../but/is/path/to/evil/code
     } -returnCodes error -match glob -result {invalid newLocale value *}
+
+    test msgcat-1.14 {mcpreferences, custom locale preferences} -setup {
+	variable locale [mclocale]
+	mclocale en
+	mcpreferences fr en {}
+    } -cleanup {
+	mclocale $locale
+    } -body {
+	mcpreferences
+    } -result {fr en {}}
+
+    test msgcat-1.15 {mcpreferences, overwrite custom locale preferences}\
+    -setup {
+	variable locale [mclocale]
+	mcpreferences fr en {}
+	mclocale en
+    } -cleanup {
+	mclocale $locale
+    } -body {
+	mcpreferences
+    } -result {en {}}
+
 
     # Tests msgcat-2.*: [mcset], [mcmset], namespace partitioning
 
     test msgcat-2.1 {mcset, global scope} {
 	namespace eval :: ::msgcat::mcset  foo_BAR text1 text2
@@ -686,11 +713,11 @@
     # Tests msgcat-9.*: [mcexists]
 
 	test msgcat-9.1 {mcexists no parameter} -body {
 	    mcexists
 	} -returnCodes 1\
-	-result {wrong # args: should be "mcexists ?-exactnamespace? ?-exactlocale? src"}
+	-result {wrong # args: should be "mcexists ?-exactnamespace? ?-exactlocale? ?-namespace ns? src"}
 
 	test msgcat-9.2 {mcexists unknown option} -body {
 	    mcexists -unknown src
 	} -returnCodes 1\
 	-result {unknown option "-unknown"}
@@ -722,16 +749,38 @@
 	    variable locale [mclocale]
 	    mclocale foo_bar
 	    mcset foo k1 v1
 	} -cleanup {
 	    mclocale $locale
+	    namespace delete ::foo
+	} -body {
+	    namespace eval ::foo {
+		list [::msgcat::mcexists k1]\
+			[::msgcat::mcexists -namespace ::msgcat::test k1]
+	    }
+	} -result {0 1}
+
+	test msgcat-9.6 {mcexists -namespace ns parameter} -setup {
+	    mcforgetpackage
+	    variable locale [mclocale]
+	    mclocale foo_bar
+	    mcset foo k1 v1
+	} -cleanup {
+	    mclocale $locale
+	    namespace delete ::foo
 	} -body {
-	    namespace eval ::msgcat::test::sub {
+	    namespace eval ::foo {
 		list [::msgcat::mcexists k1]\
-			[::msgcat::mcexists -exactnamespace k1]
+			[::msgcat::mcexists -namespace ::msgcat::test k1]
 	    }
-	} -result {1 0}
+	} -result {0 1}
+
+	test msgcat-9.7 {mcexists -namespace - ns argument missing} -body {
+	    mcexists -namespace src
+	} -returnCodes 1\
+	-result {Argument missing for switch "-namespace"}
+
 
     # Tests msgcat-10.*: [mcloadedlocales]
 
 	test msgcat-10.1 {mcloadedlocales no arg} -body {
 	    mcloadedlocales
@@ -809,17 +858,22 @@
     # Tests msgcat-12.*: [mcpackagelocale]
 
 	test msgcat-12.1 {mcpackagelocale no subcommand} -body {
 	    mcpackagelocale
 	} -returnCodes 1\
-	-result {wrong # args: should be "mcpackagelocale subcommand ?locale?"}
+	-result {wrong # args: should be "mcpackagelocale subcommand ?arg ...?"}
 
 	test msgcat-12.2 {mclpackagelocale wrong subcommand} -body {
 	    mcpackagelocale junk
 	} -returnCodes 1\
 	-result {unknown subcommand "junk": must be clear, get, isset, loaded, present, set, or unset}
 
+	test msgcat-12.2.1 {mclpackagelocale set multiple args} -body {
+	    mcpackagelocale set a b
+	} -returnCodes 1\
+	-result {wrong # args: should be "mcpackagelocale set ?locale?"}
+
 	test msgcat-12.3 {mcpackagelocale set} -setup {
 	    variable locale [mclocale]
 	} -cleanup {
 	    mclocale $locale
 	    mcforgetpackage
@@ -920,10 +974,34 @@
 	    mcpackagelocale set bar
 	    mcpackagelocale clear
 	    list [mcpackagelocale present foo] [mcpackagelocale present bar]
 	} -result {0 1}
 
+	test msgcat-12.11 {mcpackagelocale custom preferences} -setup {
+	    variable locale [mclocale]
+	} -cleanup {
+	    mclocale $locale
+	    mcforgetpackage
+	} -body {
+	    mclocale foo
+	    set res [list [mcpackagelocale preferences]]
+	    mcpackagelocale preferences bar {}
+	    lappend res [mcpackagelocale preferences]
+	} -result {{foo {}} {bar {}}}
+
+	test msgcat-12.12 {mcpackagelocale preferences -> no isset} -setup {
+	    variable locale [mclocale]
+	} -cleanup {
+	    mclocale $locale
+	    mcforgetpackage
+	} -body {
+	    mclocale foo
+	    mcpackagelocale preferences
+	    mcpackagelocale isset
+	} -result {0}
+
+	
     # Tests msgcat-13.*: [mcpackageconfig subcmds]
 
 	test msgcat-13.1 {mcpackageconfig no subcommand} -body {
 	    mcpackageconfig
 	} -returnCodes 1\
@@ -1070,16 +1148,220 @@
 	    mcpackageconfig set unknowncmd [namespace code callbackfailproc]
 	    mclocale foo_bar
 	    mc k1
 	} -returnCodes 1\
 	-result {fail}
+
+
+    # Tests msgcat-15.*: tcloo coverage
+    
+    # There are 4 use-cases, where 3 must be tested now:
+    # - namespace defined, in class definition, class defined oo, classless
+
+    test msgcat-15.1 {mc in class setup} -setup {
+	# full namespace is ::msgcat::test:bar
+	namespace eval bar {
+	    ::msgcat::mcset foo_BAR con2 con2bar
+	    oo::class create ClassCur
+	}
+	variable locale [mclocale]
+	mclocale foo_BAR
+    } -cleanup {
+	mclocale $locale
+	namespace eval bar {::msgcat::mcforgetpackage}
+	namespace delete bar
+    } -body {
+	oo::define bar::ClassCur msgcat::mc con2
+    } -result con2bar
+
+    test msgcat-15.2 {mc in class} -setup {
+	# full namespace is ::msgcat::test:bar
+	namespace eval bar {
+	    ::msgcat::mcset foo_BAR con2 con2bar
+	    oo::class create ClassCur
+	    oo::define ClassCur method method1 {} {::msgcat::mc con2}
+	}
+	# full namespace is ::msgcat::test:baz
+	namespace eval baz {
+            set ObjCur [::msgcat::test::bar::ClassCur new]
+	}
+	variable locale [mclocale]
+	mclocale foo_BAR
+    } -cleanup {
+	mclocale $locale
+	namespace eval bar {::msgcat::mcforgetpackage}
+	namespace delete bar baz
+    } -body {
+	$baz::ObjCur method1
+    } -result con2bar
+
+    test msgcat-15.3 {mc in classless object} -setup {
+	# full namespace is ::msgcat::test:bar
+	namespace eval bar {
+	    ::msgcat::mcset foo_BAR con2 con2bar
+	    oo::object create ObjCur
+	    oo::objdefine ObjCur method method1 {} {::msgcat::mc con2}
+	}
+	variable locale [mclocale]
+	mclocale foo_BAR
+    } -cleanup {
+	mclocale $locale
+	namespace eval bar {::msgcat::mcforgetpackage}
+	namespace delete bar
+    } -body {
+	bar::ObjCur method1
+    } -result con2bar
+    
+    test msgcat-15.4 {mc in classless object with explicite namespace eval}\
+    -setup {
+	# full namespace is ::msgcat::test:bar
+	namespace eval bar {
+	    ::msgcat::mcset foo_BAR con2 con2bar
+	    oo::object create ObjCur
+	    oo::objdefine ObjCur method method1 {} {
+		namespace eval ::msgcat::test::baz {
+		    ::msgcat::mc con2
+		}
+	    }
+	}
+	namespace eval baz {
+	    ::msgcat::mcset foo_BAR con2 con2baz
+	}
+	variable locale [mclocale]
+	mclocale foo_BAR
+    } -cleanup {
+	mclocale $locale
+	namespace eval bar {::msgcat::mcforgetpackage}
+	namespace eval baz {::msgcat::mcforgetpackage}
+	namespace delete bar baz
+    } -body {
+	bar::ObjCur method1
+    } -result con2baz
+    
+    # Test msgcat-16.*: command mcpackagenamespaceget
+
+    test msgcat-16.1 {mcpackagenamespaceget in namespace procedure} -body {
+	namespace eval baz {msgcat::mcpackagenamespaceget}
+    } -result ::msgcat::test::baz
+
+    test msgcat-16.2 {mcpackagenamespaceget in class setup} -setup {
+	namespace eval bar {
+	    oo::class create ClassCur
+	    oo::define ClassCur variable a
+	}
+    } -cleanup {
+	namespace delete bar
+    } -body {
+	oo::define bar::ClassCur msgcat::mcpackagenamespaceget
+    } -result ::msgcat::test::bar
+
+    test msgcat-16.3 {mcpackagenamespaceget in class} -setup {
+	namespace eval bar {
+	    oo::class create ClassCur
+	    oo::define ClassCur method method1 {} {msgcat::mcpackagenamespaceget}
+	}
+	namespace eval baz {
+            set ObjCur [::msgcat::test::bar::ClassCur new]
+	}
+    } -cleanup {
+	namespace delete bar baz
+    } -body {
+	$baz::ObjCur method1
+    } -result ::msgcat::test::bar
+
+    test msgcat-16.4 {mcpackagenamespaceget in classless object} -setup {
+	namespace eval bar {
+	    oo::object create ObjCur
+	    oo::objdefine ObjCur method method1 {} {msgcat::mcpackagenamespaceget}
+	}
+    } -cleanup {
+	namespace delete bar
+    } -body {
+	bar::ObjCur method1
+    } -result ::msgcat::test::bar
+
+    test msgcat-16.5\
+    {mcpackagenamespaceget in classless object with explicite namespace eval}\
+    -setup {
+	namespace eval bar {
+	    oo::object create ObjCur
+	    oo::objdefine ObjCur method method1 {} {
+		namespace eval ::msgcat::test::baz {
+		    msgcat::mcpackagenamespaceget
+		}
+	    }
+	}
+    } -cleanup {
+	namespace delete bar baz
+    } -body {
+	bar::ObjCur method1
+    } -result ::msgcat::test::baz
+
+
+    # Test msgcat-17.*: mcn command
+    
+    test msgcat-17.1 {mcn no parameters} -body {
+	mcn
+    } -returnCodes 1\
+    -result {wrong # args: should be "mcn ns src ?arg ...?"}
+
+    test msgcat-17.2 {mcn} -setup {
+	namespace eval bar {::msgcat::mcset foo_BAR con1 con1bar}
+	variable locale [mclocale]
+	mclocale foo_BAR
+    } -cleanup {
+	mclocale $locale
+    } -body {
+	::msgcat::mcn [namespace current]::bar con1
+    } -result con1bar
+
 
     interp bgerror {} $bgerrorsaved
 
+    # Tests msgcat-15.*: [mcutil]
+
+    test msgcat-15.1 {mcutil - no argument} -body {
+	mcutil
+    } -returnCodes 1\
+    -result {wrong # args: should be "mcutil subcommand ?arg ...?"}
+
+    test msgcat-15.2 {mcutil - wrong argument} -body {
+	mcutil junk
+    } -returnCodes 1\
+    -result {unknown subcommand "junk": must be getpreferences, or getsystemlocale}
+    
+    test msgcat-15.3 {mcutil - partial argument} -body {
+	mcutil getsystem
+    } -returnCodes 1\
+    -result {unknown subcommand "getsystem": must be getpreferences, or getsystemlocale}
+    
+    test msgcat-15.4 {mcutil getpreferences - no argument} -body {
+	mcutil getpreferences
+    } -returnCodes 1\
+    -result {wrong # args: should be "mcutil getpreferences locale"}
+    
+    test msgcat-15.5 {mcutil getpreferences - DE_de} -body {
+	mcutil getpreferences DE_de
+    } -result {de_de de {}}
+    
+    test msgcat-15.6 {mcutil getsystemlocale - wrong argument} -body {
+	mcutil getsystemlocale DE_de
+    } -returnCodes 1\
+    -result {wrong # args: should be "mcutil getsystemlocale"}
+    
+    # The result is system dependent
+    # So just test if it runs
+    # The environment variable version was test with test 0.x
+    test msgcat-15.7 {mcutil getsystemlocale} -body {
+	mcutil getsystemlocale
+	set ok ok
+    } -result {ok}
+    
+    
     cleanupTests
 }
 namespace delete ::msgcat::test
 return
 
 # Local Variables:
 # mode: tcl
 # End:

Index: tests/namespace-old.test
==================================================================
--- tests/namespace-old.test
+++ tests/namespace-old.test
@@ -291,17 +291,16 @@
 	namespace eval test_ns_hier3b {}
     }
     namespace eval test_ns_hier2a {}
     namespace eval test_ns_hier2b {}
 }
-# TIP 278: secondary lookup disabled for vars, tests disabled with #
 test namespace-old-5.4 {nested namespaces can access global namespace} {
-    list [namespace eval test_ns_hier1 {#set test_ns_var_global}] \
+    list [namespace eval test_ns_hier1 {set test_ns_var_global}] \
          [namespace eval test_ns_hier1 {test_ns_cmd_global}] \
-         [namespace eval test_ns_hier1::test_ns_hier2 {#set test_ns_var_global}] \
+         [namespace eval test_ns_hier1::test_ns_hier2 {set test_ns_var_global}] \
          [namespace eval test_ns_hier1::test_ns_hier2 {test_ns_cmd_global}]
-} {{} {cmd in ::} {} {cmd in ::}}
+} {{var in ::} {cmd in ::} {var in ::} {cmd in ::}}
 test namespace-old-5.5 {variables in different namespaces don't conflict} {
     list [set test_ns_hier1::test_ns_level] \
          [set test_ns_hier1::test_ns_hier2::test_ns_level]
 } {1 2}
 test namespace-old-5.6 {commands in different namespaces don't conflict} {
@@ -467,42 +466,39 @@
     proc test_ns_cache1::test_ns_cache2::test_ns_cache_cmd {} {
         return "cache2 version"
     }
     list [test_ns_cache1::trigger] [test_ns_cache1::test_ns_cache2::trigger]
 } {{cache2 version} {cache2 version}}
-# TIP 278: secondary lookup disabled, catch added, result changed from {global version}
 test namespace-old-6.12 {define test variables} {
     variable test_ns_cache_var "global version"
     set trigger {set test_ns_cache_var}
-    list [catch {namespace eval test_ns_cache1 $trigger} msg] $msg
-} {1 {can't read "test_ns_cache_var": no such variable}}
+    namespace eval test_ns_cache1 $trigger
+} {global version}
     set trigger {set test_ns_cache_var}
 test namespace-old-6.13 {one-level check for variable shadowing} {
     namespace eval test_ns_cache1 {
         variable test_ns_cache_var "cache1 version"
     }
     namespace eval test_ns_cache1 $trigger
 } {cache1 version}
 variable ::test_ns_cache_var "global version"
-# TIP 278: secondary lookup disabled, catch added, result changed from {global version}
 test namespace-old-6.14 {deleting variables changes variable epoch} {
     namespace eval test_ns_cache1 {
         variable test_ns_cache_var "cache1 version"
     }
     list [namespace eval test_ns_cache1 $trigger] \
 	[namespace eval test_ns_cache1 {unset test_ns_cache_var}] \
-	[catch {namespace eval test_ns_cache1 $trigger}]
-} {{cache1 version} {} 1}
-# TIP 278: secondary lookup disabled, catch added, result changed
+	[namespace eval test_ns_cache1 $trigger]
+} {{cache1 version} {} {global version}}
 test namespace-old-6.15 {define test namespaces} {
     namespace eval test_ns_cache2 {
         variable test_ns_cache_var "global cache2 version"
     }
     set trigger2 {set test_ns_cache2::test_ns_cache_var}
-    catch {list [namespace eval test_ns_cache1 $trigger2] \
-	       [namespace eval test_ns_cache1::test_ns_cache2 $trigger]}
-} 1
+    list [namespace eval test_ns_cache1 $trigger2] \
+         [namespace eval test_ns_cache1::test_ns_cache2 $trigger]
+} {{global cache2 version} {global version}}
 set trigger2 {set test_ns_cache2::test_ns_cache_var}
 test namespace-old-6.16 {public variables affect all parent namespaces} {
     variable test_ns_cache1::test_ns_cache2::test_ns_cache_var "cache2 version"
     list [namespace eval test_ns_cache1 $trigger2] \
          [namespace eval test_ns_cache1::test_ns_cache2 $trigger]

Index: tests/namespace.test
==================================================================
--- tests/namespace.test
+++ tests/namespace.test
@@ -44,13 +44,13 @@
 } {:: :: ::}
 test namespace-2.2 {Tcl_GetCurrentNamespace} {
     set l {}
     lappend l [namespace current]
     namespace eval test_ns_1 {
-        lappend ::l [namespace current]
+        lappend l [namespace current]
         namespace eval foo {
-            lappend ::l [namespace current]
+            lappend l [namespace current]
         }
     }
     lappend l [namespace current]
 } {:: ::test_ns_1 ::test_ns_1::foo ::}
 
@@ -193,10 +193,23 @@
     slave eval foo
     slave invokehidden infocommands
 } -cleanup {
     interp delete slave
 } -result {}
+
+test namespace-7.8 {Bug ba1419303b4c} -setup {
+    namespace eval ns1 {
+	namespace ensemble create
+    }
+
+    trace add command ns1 delete {
+	namespace delete ns1
+    }
+} -body {
+    # No segmentation fault given --enable-symbols=mem. 
+    namespace delete ns1
+} -result {}
 
 test namespace-8.1 {TclTeardownNamespace, delete global namespace} {
     catch {interp delete test_interp}
     interp create test_interp
     interp eval test_interp {
@@ -631,12 +644,10 @@
     namespace eval test_ns_1 {
         list [catch {set ::test_ns_777::v} msg] $msg \
              [catch {namespace children test_ns_777} msg] $msg
     }
 } -result {1 {can't read "::test_ns_777::v": no such variable} 1 {namespace "test_ns_777" not found in "::test_ns_1"}}
-
-# TIP 278: secondary lookup disabled, results changed from {10 20}
 test namespace-14.3 {TclGetNamespaceForQualName, relative names} -setup {
     catch {namespace delete {*}[namespace children :: test_ns_*]}
     variable v 10
     namespace eval test_ns_1::test_ns_2 {
         variable v 20
@@ -644,15 +655,13 @@
     namespace eval test_ns_2 {
         variable v 30
     }
 } -body {
     namespace eval test_ns_1 {
-        # list $v $test_ns_2::v
-        list [catch {set v} msg] $msg  [catch {set test_ns_2::v} msg] $msg
+        list $v $test_ns_2::v
     }
-} -result {1 {can't read "v": no such variable} 0 20}
-
+} -result {10 20}
 test namespace-14.4 {TclGetNamespaceForQualName, relative ns names looked up only in current ns} {
     namespace eval test_ns_1::test_ns_2 {
         namespace eval foo {}
     }
     namespace eval test_ns_1 {
@@ -709,21 +718,19 @@
 } -body {
     lappend l [catch {test_ns_1::test_ns_2:: hello} msg] $msg
     proc test_ns_1::test_ns_2:: {args} {return "\{\}: $args"}
     lappend l [test_ns_1::test_ns_2:: hello]
 } -result {1 {invalid command name "test_ns_1::test_ns_2::"} {{}: hello}}
-
-# TIP 278: secondary lookup disabled, added catch, result changed from y
 test namespace-14.12 {TclGetNamespaceForQualName, extra ::s are significant for vars} -setup {
     catch {namespace delete {*}[namespace children :: test_ns_*]}
 } -body {
     namespace eval test_ns_1 {
         variable {}
-        catch {set test_ns_1::(x) y} ::msg
+        set test_ns_1::(x) y
     }
-    list $::msg [catch {set test_ns_1::(x)} msg] $msg
-} -result {{can't set "test_ns_1::(x)": parent namespace doesn't exist} 1 {can't read "test_ns_1::(x)": no such variable}}
+    set test_ns_1::(x)
+} -result y
 test namespace-14.13 {TclGetNamespaceForQualName, namespace other than global ns can't have empty name} -setup {
     catch {namespace delete {*}[namespace children :: test_ns_*]}
 } -returnCodes error -body {
     namespace eval test_ns_1 {
 	proc {} {} {}
@@ -892,19 +899,17 @@
 } -body {
     namespace eval test_ns_1 {
         set x
     }
 } -result {777}
-
-# TIP 278: secondary lookup disabled, catch added, result changed from 314159
 test namespace-17.7 {Tcl_FindNamespaceVar, relative name found} {
     namespace eval test_ns_1 {
 	variable x 777
         unset x
-        list [catch {set x} msg] $msg  ;# must not be global x now
+        set x  ;# must be global x now
     }
-} {1 {can't read "x": no such variable}}
+} {314159}
 test namespace-17.8 {Tcl_FindNamespaceVar, relative name not found} -body {
     namespace eval test_ns_1 {
         set wuzzat
     }
 } -returnCodes error -result {can't read "wuzzat": no such variable}
@@ -912,12 +917,10 @@
     namespace eval test_ns_1 {
         variable a hello
     }
     set test_ns_1::a
 } {hello}
-
-# TIP 278: secondary lookup disabled, result changed from 1
 test namespace-17.10 {Tcl_FindNamespaceVar, interference with cached varNames} -setup {
     namespace eval test_ns_1 {}
 } -body {
     proc test_ns {} {
 	set ::test_ns_1::a 0
@@ -927,11 +930,11 @@
     namespace eval test_ns_1 unset a
     set a 0
     namespace eval test_ns_1 set a 1
     namespace delete test_ns_1
     return $a
-} -result 0
+} -result 1
 catch {unset a}
 catch {unset x}
 
 catch {unset l}
 catch {rename foo {}}
@@ -1548,12 +1551,10 @@
              [namespace which p] \
              [namespace which cmd1] \
              [namespace which ::test_ns_2::cmd2]
     }
 } -result {::foreach ::test_ns_3::p ::test_ns_3::cmd1 ::test_ns_2::cmd2}
-
-# TIP 278: secondary lookup disabled, catch added, result changed
 test namespace-34.7 {NamespaceWhichCmd, variable lookup} -setup {
     catch {namespace delete {*}[namespace children test_ns_*]}
     namespace eval test_ns_1 {
         namespace export cmd*
         proc cmd1 {args} {return "cmd1: $args"}
@@ -1569,16 +1570,16 @@
         variable v3 333
         namespace import ::test_ns_2::*
     }
 } -body {
     namespace eval test_ns_3 {
-        list [catch {namespace which -variable env } msg] $msg \
+        list [namespace which -variable env] \
              [namespace which -variable v3] \
              [namespace which -variable ::test_ns_2::v2] \
              [catch {namespace which -variable ::test_ns_2::noSuchVar} msg] $msg
     }
-} -result {0 {} ::test_ns_3::v3 ::test_ns_2::v2 0 {}}
+} -result {::env ::test_ns_3::v3 ::test_ns_2::v2 0 {}}
 
 test namespace-35.1 {FreeNsNameInternalRep, resulting ref count > 0} -setup {
     catch {namespace delete {*}[namespace children :: test_ns_*]}
 } -body {
     namespace eval test_ns_1 {
@@ -1794,12 +1795,15 @@
 	namespace ensemble create
     }
     list [ns x0 z] [ns x1] [ns x2] [ns x3]
 } -cleanup {
     namespace delete ns
-} -result {{1 ::ns::x0::z} 1 2 3}
-test namespace-42.8 {ensembles: [Bug 1670091]} -setup {
+} -result {{1 z} 1 2 3}
+test namespace-42.8 {
+    ensembles: [Bug 1670091], panic due to pointer to a deallocated List
+    struct.
+} -setup {
     proc demo args {}
     variable target [list [namespace which demo] x]
     proc trial args {variable target; string length $target}
     trace add execution demo enter [namespace code trial]
     namespace ensemble create -command foo -map [list bar $target]
@@ -1810,10 +1814,38 @@
     rename demo {}
     rename trial {}
     rename foo {}
 } -result {}
 
+test namespace-42.9 {
+    ensembles: [Bug 4f6a1ebd64], segmentation fault due to pointer to a
+    deallocated List struct.
+} -setup {
+    namespace eval n {namespace ensemble create}
+    set lst [dict create one ::two]
+    namespace ensemble configure n -subcommands $lst -map $lst
+} -body {
+    n one
+} -cleanup {
+    namespace delete n
+    unset -nocomplain lst
+} -returnCodes error -match glob -result {invalid command name*}
+
+test namespace-42.10 {
+    ensembles: [Bug 4f6a1ebd64] segmentation fault due to pointer to a
+    deallocated List struct (this time with duplicate of one in "dict").
+} -setup {
+    namespace eval n {namespace ensemble create}
+    set lst [list one ::two one ::three]
+    namespace ensemble configure n -subcommands $lst -map $lst
+} -body {
+    n one
+} -cleanup {
+    namespace delete n
+    unset -nocomplain lst
+} -returnCodes error -match glob -result {invalid command name *three*}
+
 test namespace-43.1 {ensembles: dict-driven} {
     namespace eval ns {
 	namespace export x*
 	proc x1 {} {format 1}
 	proc x2 {} {format 2}
@@ -1930,11 +1962,11 @@
     namespace ensemble create -command foobar -subcommands {foobarcget foobarconfigure}
 } -body {
     foobar foobarcon
 } -cleanup {
     rename foobar {}
-} -returnCodes error -result {invalid command name "::foobarconfigure"}
+} -returnCodes error -result {invalid command name "foobarconfigure"}
 test namespace-44.6 {ensemble: errors} -returnCodes error -body {
     namespace ensemble create gorp
 } -result {wrong # args: should be "namespace ensemble create ?option value ...?"}
 
 test namespace-45.1 {ensemble: introspection} {
@@ -2094,11 +2126,11 @@
     lappend result [catch {ns a b c} msg] $msg
     lappend result [catch {ns b c d} msg] $msg
     lappend result [catch {ns c d e} msg] $msg
     lappend result [catch {ns Magic foo bar spong wibble} msg] $msg
     list $result [lsort [info commands ::ns::*]] $log [namespace delete ns]
-} {{0 2 0 2 0 2 0 2 1 {unknown or protected subcommand "Magic"}} {::ns::Magic ::ns::a ::ns::b ::ns::c} {{making a} {running ::ns::a b c} {running ::ns::a b c} {making b} {running ::ns::b c d} {making c} {running ::ns::c d e} {unknown Magic - args = foo bar spong wibble}} {}}
+} {{0 2 0 2 0 2 0 2 1 {unknown or protected subcommand "Magic"}} {::ns::Magic ::ns::a ::ns::b ::ns::c} {{making a} {running a b c} {running a b c} {making b} {running b c d} {making c} {running c d e} {unknown Magic - args = foo bar spong wibble}} {}}
 test namespace-47.2 {ensemble: unknown handler} {
     namespace eval ns {
 	namespace export {[a-z]*}
 	proc Magic {ensemble subcmd args} {
 	    error foobar
@@ -3193,11 +3225,11 @@
 } -result\
    {0 0\
     1 {wrong # args: should be "ns z1 x a1"}\
     1 {wrong # args: should be "ns z2 x a1 a2"}\
     1 {wrong # args: should be "ns z2 x a1 a2"}\
-    1 {wrong # args: should be "::ns::x::z0"}\
+    1 {wrong # args: should be "z0"}\
     0 {1 v}\
     1 {wrong # args: should be "ns v x z2 a2"}\
     0 {2 v v2}}
 test namespace-53.11 {ensembles: nested rewrite} -setup {
     namespace eval ns {
@@ -3277,10 +3309,22 @@
 	} finally {
 	    namespace delete ::testing
 	}
     }
 } {::testing::abc::def ::testing::abc::ghi}
+
+test namespace-56.4 {bug 16fe1b5807: names starting with ":"} {
+namespace eval : {
+    namespace ensemble create
+    namespace export *
+    proc p1 {} {
+	    return 16fe1b5807
+    }
+}
+
+: p1
+} 16fe1b5807
 
 # cleanup
 catch {rename cmd1 {}}
 catch {unset l}
 catch {unset msg}

Index: tests/obj.test
==================================================================
--- tests/obj.test
+++ tests/obj.test
@@ -28,11 +28,10 @@
     foreach {t} {
 	bytearray
 	bytecode
 	cmdName
 	dict
-	end-offset
 	regexp
 	string
     } {
         set first [string first $t [testobj types]]
         set r [expr {$r && ($first != -1)}]
@@ -50,19 +49,10 @@
     lappend result [testobj convert 1 bytearray]
     lappend result [testobj type 1]
     lappend result [testobj refcount 1]
 } {{} 12 12 bytearray 3}
 
-test obj-3.1 {Tcl_ConvertToType error} testobj {
-    list [testdoubleobj set 1 12.34] \
-	[catch {testobj convert 1 end-offset} msg] \
-	 $msg
-} {12.34 1 {bad index "12.34": must be end?[+-]integer?}}
-test obj-3.2 {Tcl_ConvertToType error, "empty string" object} testobj {
-    list [testobj newobj 1] [catch {testobj convert 1 end-offset} msg] $msg
-} {{} 1 {bad index "": must be end?[+-]integer?}}
-
 test obj-4.1 {Tcl_NewObj and AllocateFreeObjects} testobj {
     set result ""
     lappend result [testobj freeallvars]
     lappend result [testobj newobj 1]
     lappend result [testobj type 1]
@@ -549,47 +539,10 @@
     lappend result [testobj refcount 1]
     lappend result [testobj refcount 2]
 } {{} 1024 1024 int 4 4 0 int 3 2}
 
 
-test obj-31.1 {regenerate string rep of "end"} testobj {
-    testobj freeallvars
-    teststringobj set 1 end
-    testobj convert 1 end-offset
-    testobj invalidateStringRep 1
-} end
-test obj-31.2 {regenerate string rep of "end-1"} testobj {
-    testobj freeallvars
-    teststringobj set 1 end-0x1
-    testobj convert 1 end-offset
-    testobj invalidateStringRep 1
-} end-1
-test obj-31.3 {regenerate string rep of "end--1"} testobj {
-    testobj freeallvars
-    teststringobj set 1 end--0x1
-    testobj convert 1 end-offset
-    testobj invalidateStringRep 1
-} end--1
-test obj-31.4 {regenerate string rep of "end-bigInteger"} testobj {
-    testobj freeallvars
-    teststringobj set 1 end-0x7fffffff
-    testobj convert 1 end-offset
-    testobj invalidateStringRep 1
-} end-2147483647
-test obj-31.5 {regenerate string rep of "end--bigInteger"} testobj {
-    testobj freeallvars
-    teststringobj set 1 end--0x7fffffff
-    testobj convert 1 end-offset
-    testobj invalidateStringRep 1
-} end--2147483647
-test obj-31.6 {regenerate string rep of "end--bigInteger"} {testobj longIs32bit} {
-    testobj freeallvars
-    teststringobj set 1 end--0x80000000
-    testobj convert 1 end-offset
-    testobj invalidateStringRep 1
-} end--2147483648
-
 test obj-32.1 {freeing very large object trees} {
     set x {}
     for {set i 0} {$i<100000} {incr i} {
 	set x [list $x {}]
     }

Index: tests/oo.test
==================================================================
--- tests/oo.test
+++ tests/oo.test
@@ -10,10 +10,17 @@
 package require TclOO 1.0.3
 package require tcltest 2
 if {"::tcltest" in [namespace children]} {
     namespace import -force ::tcltest::*
 }
+
+
+# The foundational objects oo::object and oo::class are sensitive to reference
+# counting errors and are deallocated only when an interp is deleted, so in
+# this test suite, interp creation and interp deletion are often used in
+# leaktests in order to leverage this sensitivity.
+
 
 testConstraint memory [llength [info commands memory]]
 if {[testConstraint memory]} {
     proc getbytes {} {
 	set lines [split [memory info] \n]
@@ -45,21 +52,27 @@
     }
     interp delete $i
 } {}
 test oo-0.3 {basic test of OO's ability to clean up its initial state} -body {
     leaktest {
-	[oo::object new] destroy
+        [oo::object new] destroy
     }
 } -constraints memory -result 0
 test oo-0.4 {basic test of OO's ability to clean up its initial state} -body {
     leaktest {
 	oo::class create foo
 	foo new
 	foo destroy
     }
 } -constraints memory -result 0
-test oo-0.5 {testing literal leak on interp delete} memory {
+test oo-0.5.1 {testing object foundation cleanup} memory {
+    leaktest {
+	interp create foo
+	interp delete foo
+    }
+} 0
+test oo-0.5.2 {testing literal leak on interp delete} memory {
     leaktest {
 	interp create foo
 	foo eval {oo::object new}
 	interp delete foo
     }
@@ -126,10 +139,17 @@
     while executing
 \"oo::define oo::object method missingArgs\""
 test oo-1.4 {basic test of OO functionality} -body {
     oo::object create {}
 } -returnCodes 1 -result {object name must not be empty}
+test oo-1.4.1 {fully-qualified nested name} -body {
+    oo::object create ::one::two::three
+} -result {::one::two::three}
+test oo-1.4.2 {automatic command name has same name as namespace} -body {
+    set obj [oo::object new]
+    expr {[info object namespace $obj] == $obj}
+} -result 1
 test oo-1.5 {basic test of OO functionality} -body {
     oo::object doesnotexist
 } -returnCodes 1 -result {unknown method "doesnotexist": must be create, destroy or new}
 test oo-1.5.1 {basic test of OO functionality} -setup {
     oo::object create aninstance
@@ -256,11 +276,25 @@
     B create C
 } -cleanup {
     rename test-oo-1.18 {}
     A destroy
 } -result ::C
-test oo-1.18.1 {Bug 75b8433707: memory leak in oo-1.18} -setup {
+test oo-1.18.1 {no memory leak: superclass} -setup {
+} -constraints memory -body {
+
+    leaktest {
+	interp create t
+	t eval {
+	    oo::class create A {
+		superclass oo::class
+	    }
+	}
+	interp delete t
+    }
+} -cleanup {
+} -result 0
+test oo-1.18.2 {Bug 75b8433707: memory leak in oo-1.18} -setup {
     proc test-oo-1.18 {} return
 } -constraints memory -body {
     leaktest {
 	oo::class create A
 	oo::class create B {superclass A}
@@ -269,11 +303,11 @@
 	A destroy
     }
 } -cleanup {
     rename test-oo-1.18 {}
 } -result 0
-test oo-1.18.2 {Bug 21c144f0f5} -setup {
+test oo-1.18.3 {Bug 21c144f0f5} -setup {
     interp create slave
 } -body {
     slave eval {
 	oo::define [oo::class create foo] superclass oo::class
 	oo::class destroy
@@ -1493,27 +1527,78 @@
     rename obj1 {}
     # No segmentation fault
     return done
 } done
 
-test oo-11.6 {
+test oo-11.6.1 {
+    OO: cleanup of when an class is mixed into itself
+} -constraints memory -body {
+    leaktest {
+	interp create interp1
+	oo::class create obj1
+	::oo::define obj1 {self mixin [uplevel 1 {namespace which obj1}]}
+	rename obj1 {}
+	interp delete interp1
+    }
+} -result 0 -cleanup {
+}
+
+test oo-11.6.2 {
+    OO: cleanup ReleaseClassContents() where class is mixed into one of its
+    instances
+} -constraints memory -body {
+    leaktest {
+	interp create interp1
+	interp1 eval {
+	    oo::class create obj1
+	    ::oo::copy obj1 obj2
+	    rename obj2 {}
+	    rename obj1 {}
+	}
+	interp delete interp1
+    }
+} -result 0 -cleanup {
+}
+
+test oo-11.6.3 {
+    OO: cleanup ReleaseClassContents() where class is mixed into one of its
+    instances
+} -constraints memory -body {
+    leaktest {
+	interp create interp1
+	interp1 eval {
+	    oo::class create obj1
+	    ::oo::define obj1 {self mixin [uplevel 1 {namespace which obj1}]}
+
+	    ::oo::copy obj1 obj2
+	    rename obj2 {}
+	    rename obj1 {}
+	}
+	interp delete interp1
+    }
+} -result 0 -cleanup {
+}
+
+test oo-11.6.4 {
     OO: cleanup ReleaseClassContents() where class is mixed into one of its
     instances
-} {
+} -body {
     oo::class create obj1
     ::oo::define obj1 {self mixin [self]}
 
     ::oo::copy obj1 obj2
     ::oo::objdefine obj2 {mixin [self]}
 
     ::oo::copy obj2 obj3
-    trace add command obj3 delete [list obj3 dying]
+    rename obj3 {}
     rename obj2 {}
 
     # No segmentation fault
     return done
-} done
+} -result done -cleanup {
+    rename obj1 {}
+}
 
 test oo-12.1 {OO: filters} {
     oo::class create Aclass
     Aclass create Aobject
     oo::define Aclass {
@@ -1696,17 +1781,17 @@
 test oo-13.2 {OO: changing an object's class} -body {
     oo::object create foo
     oo::objdefine foo class oo::class
 } -cleanup {
     foo destroy
-} -returnCodes 1 -result {may not change a non-class object into a class object}
+} -result {}
 test oo-13.3 {OO: changing an object's class} -body {
     oo::class create foo
     oo::objdefine foo class oo::object
 } -cleanup {
     foo destroy
-} -returnCodes 1 -result {may not change a class object into a non-class object}
+} -result {}
 test oo-13.4 {OO: changing an object's class} -body {
     oo::class create foo {
 	method m {} {
 	    set result [list [self class] [info object class [self]]]
 	    oo::objdefine [self] class ::bar
@@ -2054,11 +2139,24 @@
     oo::copy Cls {} ::existing
 } -returnCodes error -cleanup {
     Super destroy
     catch {namespace delete ::existing}
 } -result {::existing refers to an existing namespace}
-test oo-15.13 {OO: object cloning with target NS} -setup {
+test oo-15.13.1 {
+    OO: object cloning with target NS
+    Valgrind will report a leak if the reference count of the namespace isn't
+    properly incremented.
+} -setup {
+    oo::class create Cls {}
+} -body {
+    oo::copy Cls Cls2 ::dupens
+    return done
+} -cleanup {
+    Cls destroy
+    Cls2 destroy
+} -result done 
+test oo-15.13.2 {OO: object cloning with target NS} -setup {
     oo::class create Super
     oo::class create Cls {superclass Super}
 } -body {
     list [namespace exist ::dupens] [oo::copy Cls Cls2 ::dupens] [namespace exist ::dupens]
 } -cleanup {
@@ -3650,103 +3748,114 @@
     list [leaktest {[cls new] destroy}] [info class instances cls]
 } -cleanup {
     cls destroy
 } -result {0 {}}
 
-oo::class create SampleSlot {
-    superclass oo::Slot
-    constructor {} {
-	variable contents {a b c} ops {}
-    }
-    method contents {} {variable contents; return $contents}
-    method ops {} {variable ops; return $ops}
-    method Get {} {
-	variable contents
-	variable ops
-	lappend ops [info level] Get
-	return $contents
-    }
-    method Set {lst} {
-	variable contents $lst
-	variable ops
-	lappend ops [info level] Set $lst
-	return
-    }
-}
-
-test oo-32.1 {TIP 380: slots - class test} -setup {
-    SampleSlot create sampleSlot
-} -body {
-    list [info level] [sampleSlot contents] [sampleSlot ops]
-} -cleanup {
-    rename sampleSlot {}
-} -result {0 {a b c} {}}
-test oo-32.2 {TIP 380: slots - class test} -setup {
-    SampleSlot create sampleSlot
-} -body {
-    list [info level] [sampleSlot -clear] \
-	[sampleSlot contents] [sampleSlot ops]
-} -cleanup {
-    rename sampleSlot {}
-} -result {0 {} {} {1 Set {}}}
-test oo-32.3 {TIP 380: slots - class test} -setup {
-    SampleSlot create sampleSlot
-} -body {
-    list [info level] [sampleSlot -append g h i] \
-	[sampleSlot contents] [sampleSlot ops]
-} -cleanup {
-    rename sampleSlot {}
-} -result {0 {} {a b c g h i} {1 Get 1 Set {a b c g h i}}}
-test oo-32.4 {TIP 380: slots - class test} -setup {
-    SampleSlot create sampleSlot
-} -body {
+proc SampleSlotSetup script {
+    set script0 {
+	oo::class create SampleSlot {
+	    superclass oo::Slot
+	    constructor {} {
+		variable contents {a b c} ops {}
+	    }
+	    method contents {} {variable contents; return $contents}
+	    method ops {} {variable ops; return $ops}
+	    method Get {} {
+		variable contents
+		variable ops
+		lappend ops [info level] Get
+		return $contents
+	    }
+	    method Set {lst} {
+		variable contents $lst
+		variable ops
+		lappend ops [info level] Set $lst
+		return
+	    }
+	}
+    }
+    append script0 \n$script
+}
+
+proc SampleSlotCleanup script {
+    set script0 {
+	SampleSlot destroy
+    }
+    append script \n$script0
+}
+
+test oo-32.1 {TIP 380: slots - class test} -setup [SampleSlotSetup {
+    SampleSlot create sampleSlot
+}] -body {
+    list [info level] [sampleSlot contents] [sampleSlot ops]
+} -cleanup [SampleSlotCleanup {
+    rename sampleSlot {}
+}] -result {0 {a b c} {}}
+test oo-32.2 {TIP 380: slots - class test} -setup [SampleSlotSetup {
+    SampleSlot create sampleSlot
+}] -body {
+    list [info level] [sampleSlot -clear] \
+	[sampleSlot contents] [sampleSlot ops]
+} -cleanup [SampleSlotCleanup {
+    rename sampleSlot {}
+}] -result {0 {} {} {1 Set {}}}
+test oo-32.3 {TIP 380: slots - class test} -setup [SampleSlotSetup {
+    SampleSlot create sampleSlot
+}] -body {
+    list [info level] [sampleSlot -append g h i] \
+	[sampleSlot contents] [sampleSlot ops]
+} -cleanup [SampleSlotCleanup {
+    rename sampleSlot {}
+}] -result {0 {} {a b c g h i} {1 Get 1 Set {a b c g h i}}}
+test oo-32.4 {TIP 380: slots - class test} -setup [SampleSlotSetup {
+    SampleSlot create sampleSlot
+}] -body {
     list [info level] [sampleSlot -set d e f] \
 	[sampleSlot contents] [sampleSlot ops]
-} -cleanup {
+} -cleanup [SampleSlotCleanup {
     rename sampleSlot {}
-} -result {0 {} {d e f} {1 Set {d e f}}}
-test oo-32.5 {TIP 380: slots - class test} -setup {
+}] -result {0 {} {d e f} {1 Set {d e f}}}
+test oo-32.5 {TIP 380: slots - class test} -setup [SampleSlotSetup {
     SampleSlot create sampleSlot
-} -body {
+}] -body {
     list [info level] [sampleSlot -set d e f] [sampleSlot -append g h i] \
 	[sampleSlot contents] [sampleSlot ops]
-} -cleanup {
+} -cleanup [SampleSlotCleanup {
     rename sampleSlot {}
-} -result {0 {} {} {d e f g h i} {1 Set {d e f} 1 Get 1 Set {d e f g h i}}}
+}] -result {0 {} {} {d e f g h i} {1 Set {d e f} 1 Get 1 Set {d e f g h i}}}
 
-test oo-33.1 {TIP 380: slots - defaulting} -setup {
+test oo-33.1 {TIP 380: slots - defaulting} -setup [SampleSlotSetup {
     set s [SampleSlot new]
-} -body {
+}] -body {
     list [$s x y] [$s contents]
-} -cleanup {
+} -cleanup [SampleSlotCleanup {
     rename $s {}
-} -result {{} {a b c x y}}
-test oo-33.2 {TIP 380: slots - defaulting} -setup {
+}] -result {{} {a b c x y}}
+test oo-33.2 {TIP 380: slots - defaulting} -setup [SampleSlotSetup {
     set s [SampleSlot new]
-} -body {
+}] -body {
     list [$s destroy; $s unknown] [$s contents]
-} -cleanup {
+} -cleanup [SampleSlotCleanup {
     rename $s {}
-} -result {{} {a b c destroy unknown}}
-test oo-33.3 {TIP 380: slots - defaulting} -setup {
+}] -result {{} {a b c destroy unknown}}
+test oo-33.3 {TIP 380: slots - defaulting} -setup [SampleSlotSetup {
     set s [SampleSlot new]
-} -body {
+}] -body {
     oo::objdefine $s forward --default-operation  my -set
     list [$s destroy; $s unknown] [$s contents] [$s ops]
-} -cleanup {
+} -cleanup [SampleSlotCleanup {
     rename $s {}
-} -result {{} unknown {1 Set destroy 1 Set unknown}}
-test oo-33.4 {TIP 380: slots - errors} -setup {
+}] -result {{} unknown {1 Set destroy 1 Set unknown}}
+test oo-33.4 {TIP 380: slots - errors} -setup [SampleSlotSetup {
     set s [SampleSlot new]
-} -body {
+}] -body {
     # Method names beginning with "-" are special to slots
     $s -grill q
-} -returnCodes error -cleanup {
+} -returnCodes error -cleanup [SampleSlotCleanup {
     rename $s {}
-} -result {unknown method "-grill": must be -append, -clear, -set, contents or ops}
-
-SampleSlot destroy
+}] -result \
+    {unknown method "-grill": must be -append, -clear, -set, contents or ops}
 
 test oo-34.1 {TIP 380: slots - presence} -setup {
     set obj [oo::object new]
     set result {}
 } -body {
@@ -3862,10 +3971,32 @@
     E create e1
     list [lsort [info class methods E -all]] [lsort [info object methods e1 -all]]
 } -cleanup {
     base destroy
 } -result {{c d e} {c d e}}
+test oo-35.6 {
+    Bug : teardown of an object that is a class that is an instance of itself
+} -setup {
+    oo::class create obj
+
+    oo::copy obj obj1 obj1
+    oo::objdefine obj1 {
+	mixin obj1 obj
+    }
+    oo::copy obj1 obj2
+    oo::objdefine obj2 {
+	mixin obj2 obj1
+    }
+} -body {
+    rename obj2 {}
+    rename obj1 {}
+    # doesn't crash
+    return done
+} -cleanup {
+    rename obj {}
+} -result done
+
 test oo-36.1 {TIP #470: introspection within oo::define} {
     oo::define oo::object self
 } ::oo::object
 test oo-36.2 {TIP #470: introspection within oo::define} -setup {
     oo::class create Cls

Index: tests/package.test
==================================================================
--- tests/package.test
+++ tests/package.test
@@ -18,22 +18,23 @@
 }
 
 ::tcltest::loadTestedCommands
 catch [list package require -exact Tcltest [info patchlevel]]
 
-testConstraint testpreferstable [llength [info commands testpreferstable]]
-
 # Do all this in a slave interp to avoid garbaging the package list
 set i [interp create]
 tcltest::loadIntoSlaveInterpreter $i {*}$argv
+load {} Tcltest $i
 interp eval $i {
 namespace import -force ::tcltest::*
-package forget {*}[package names]
+#package forget {*}[package names]
 set oldPkgUnknown [package unknown]
 package unknown {}
 set oldPath $auto_path
 set auto_path ""
+
+testConstraint testpreferstable [llength [info commands testpreferstable]]
 
 test package-1.1 {pkg::create gives error on insufficient args} -body {
     ::pkg::create
 } -returnCodes error -match glob -result {wrong # args: should be "*"}
 test package-1.2 {pkg::create gives error on bad args} -body {
@@ -137,51 +138,51 @@
 } -body {
     foreach i {1.4 3.4 2.3 2.4 2.2} {
 	package ifneeded t $i "set x $i; package provide t $i"
     }
     package require t
-    return $x
+    set x
 } -result {3.4}
 test package-3.2 {Tcl_PkgRequire procedure, picking best version} -setup {
     package forget t
     set x xxx
 } -body {
     foreach i {1.4 3.4 2.3 2.4 2.2 3.5 3.2} {
 	package ifneeded t $i "set x $i; package provide t $i"
     }
     package require t
-    return $x
+    set x
 } -result {3.5}
 test package-3.3 {Tcl_PkgRequire procedure, picking best version} -setup {
     package forget t
     set x xxx
 } -body {
     foreach i {3.5 2.1 2.3} {
 	package ifneeded t $i "set x $i; package provide t $i"
     }
     package require t 2.2
-    return $x
+    set x
 } -result {2.3}
 test package-3.4 {Tcl_PkgRequire procedure, picking best version} -setup {
     package forget t
     set x xxx
 } -body {
     foreach i {1.4 3.4 2.3 2.4 2.2} {
 	package ifneeded t $i "set x $i; package provide t $i"
     }
     package require -exact t 2.3
-    return $x
+    set x
 } -result {2.3}
 test package-3.5 {Tcl_PkgRequire procedure, picking best version} -setup {
     package forget t
     set x xxx
 } -body {
     foreach i {1.4 3.4 2.3 2.4 2.2} {
 	package ifneeded t $i "set x $i; package provide t $i"
     }
     package require t 2.1
-    return $x
+    set x
 } -result {2.4}
 test package-3.6 {Tcl_PkgRequire procedure, can't find suitable version} -setup {
     package forget t
 } -returnCodes error -body {
     package unknown {}
@@ -236,11 +237,11 @@
     package forget t
     set x xxx
 } -body {
     package ifneeded t 1.2 "package forget t; set x 1.2; package provide t 1.2"
     package require t 1.2
-    return $x
+    set x
 } -result {1.2}
 test package-3.13 {Tcl_PkgRequire procedure, "package unknown" support} -setup {
     package forget t
     set x xxx
 } -body {
@@ -254,11 +255,11 @@
     foreach i {1.4 3.4 2.3 2.4 2.2} {
 	package ifneeded t $i "set x $i"
     }
     package unknown pkgUnknown
     package require -exact t 1.5
-    return $x
+    set x
 } -cleanup {
     package unknown {}
 } -result {t 1.5-1.5}
 test package-3.14 {Tcl_PkgRequire procedure, "package unknown" support} -setup {
     package forget t
@@ -281,11 +282,11 @@
 	global x
 	set x $args
 	package provide [lindex $args 0] 2.0
     }
     package require {a b}
-    return $x
+    set x
 } -cleanup {
     package unknown {}
 } -result {{a b} 0-}
 test package-3.16 {Tcl_PkgRequire procedure, "package unknown" error} -setup {
     package forget t
@@ -573,73 +574,131 @@
     package require -exact demo 1.2
 } -returnCodes error -cleanup {
     package forget demo
 } -result {version conflict for package "demo": have 1.2.3, need exactly 1.2}
 test package-3.50 {Tcl_PkgRequire procedure, picking best stable version} -constraints testpreferstable -setup {
+    interp create child
+    load {} Tcltest child
+    child eval {
     testpreferstable
     package forget t
     set x xxx
+    }
 } -body {
+    child eval {
     foreach i {1.4 3.4 4.0a1 2.3 2.4 2.2} {
 	package ifneeded t $i "set x $i; package provide t $i"
     }
     package require t
-    return $x
+    set x
+    }
+} -cleanup {
+    interp delete child
 } -result {3.4}
 test package-3.51 {Tcl_PkgRequire procedure, picking best stable version} -setup {
     package forget t
     set x xxx
 } -body {
     foreach i {1.2b1 1.2 1.3a2 1.3} {
 	package ifneeded t $i "set x $i; package provide t $i"
     }
     package require t
-    return $x
+    set x
 } -result {1.3}
 test package-3.52 {Tcl_PkgRequire procedure, picking best stable version} -setup {
     package forget t
     set x xxx
 } -body {
     foreach i {1.2b1 1.2 1.3 1.3a2} {
 	package ifneeded t $i "set x $i; package provide t $i"
     }
     package require t
-    return $x
+    set x
 } -result {1.3}
+test pkg-3.53 {Tcl_PkgRequire procedure, picking best stable version} -constraints testpreferstable -setup {
+    testpreferstable
+    package forget t
+    set x xxx
+} -body {
+    foreach i {1.2b1 1.1} {
+        package ifneeded t $i "set x $i; package provide t $i"
+    }
+    package require t
+    set x
+} -result {1.1}
+test package-3.54 {Tcl_PkgRequire procedure, coroutine support} -setup {
+    package forget t
+} -body {
+    coroutine coro1 apply {{} {
+	package ifneeded t 2.1 {
+	    yield 
+	    package provide t 2.1
+	}
+	package require t 2.1
+    }}
+    list [catch {coro1} msg] $msg
+} -match glob -result {0 2.1} 
+
 
 test package-4.1 {Tcl_PackageCmd procedure} -returnCodes error -body {
     package
 } -result {wrong # args: should be "package option ?arg ...?"}
-test package-4.2 {Tcl_PackageCmd procedure, "forget" option} {
+test package-4.2 {Tcl_PackageCmd procedure, "forget" option} -setup {
+    interp create child
+} -body {
+    child eval {
     package forget {*}[package names]
     package names
-} {}
-test package-4.3 {Tcl_PackageCmd procedure, "forget" option} {
+    }
+} -cleanup {
+    interp delete child
+} -result {}
+test package-4.3 {Tcl_PackageCmd procedure, "forget" option} -setup {
+    interp create child
+} -body {
+    child eval {
     package forget {*}[package names]
     package forget foo
-} {}
+    }
+} -cleanup {
+    interp delete child
+} -result {}
 test package-4.4 {Tcl_PackageCmd procedure, "forget" option} -setup {
+    interp create child
+    child eval {
     package forget {*}[package names]
     set result {}
+    }
 } -body {
+    child eval {
     package ifneeded t 1.1 {first script}
     package ifneeded t 2.3 {second script}
     package ifneeded x 1.4 {x's script}
     lappend result [lsort [package names]] [package versions t]
     package forget t
     lappend result [lsort [package names]] [package versions t]
+    }
+} -cleanup {
+    interp delete child
 } -result {{t x} {1.1 2.3} x {}}
 test package-4.5 {Tcl_PackageCmd procedure, "forget" option} -setup {
+    interp create child
+    child eval {
     package forget {*}[package names]
+    }
 } -body {
+    child eval {
     package ifneeded a 1.1 {first script}
     package ifneeded b 2.3 {second script}
     package ifneeded c 1.4 {third script}
     package forget
     set result [list [lsort [package names]]]
     package forget a c
     lappend result [lsort [package names]]
+    }
+} -cleanup {
+    interp delete child
 } -result {{a b c} b}
 test package-4.5.1 {Tcl_PackageCmd procedure, "forget" option} -body {
     # Test for Bug 415273
     package ifneeded a 1 "I should have been forgotten"
     package forget no-such-package a
@@ -654,32 +713,59 @@
     package ifneeded a b c d
 } -returnCodes error -result {wrong # args: should be "package ifneeded package version ?script?"}
 test package-4.8 {Tcl_PackageCmd procedure, "ifneeded" option} -body {
     package ifneeded t xyz
 } -returnCodes error -result {expected version number but got "xyz"}
-test package-4.9 {Tcl_PackageCmd procedure, "ifneeded" option} {
+test package-4.9 {Tcl_PackageCmd procedure, "ifneeded" option} -setup {
+    interp create child
+} -body {
+    child eval {
     package forget {*}[package names]
     list [package ifneeded foo 1.1] [package names]
-} {{} {}}
+    }
+} -cleanup {
+    interp delete child
+} -result {{} {}}
 test package-4.10 {Tcl_PackageCmd procedure, "ifneeded" option} -setup {
-    package forget t
+    interp create child
+    child eval {
+    package forget {*}[package names]
+    }
 } -body {
+    child eval {
     package ifneeded t 1.4 "script for t 1.4"
     list [package names] [package ifneeded t 1.4] [package versions t]
+    }
+} -cleanup {
+    interp delete child
 } -result {t {script for t 1.4} 1.4}
 test package-4.11 {Tcl_PackageCmd procedure, "ifneeded" option} -setup {
-    package forget t
+    interp create child
+    child eval {
+    package forget {*}[package names]
+    }
 } -body {
+    child eval {
     package ifneeded t 1.4 "script for t 1.4"
     list [package ifneeded t 1.5] [package names] [package versions t]
+    }
+} -cleanup {
+    interp delete child
 } -result {{} t 1.4}
 test package-4.12 {Tcl_PackageCmd procedure, "ifneeded" option} -setup {
-    package forget t
+    interp create child
+    child eval {
+    package forget {*}[package names]
+    }
 } -body {
+    child eval {
     package ifneeded t 1.4 "script for t 1.4"
     package ifneeded t 1.4 "second script for t 1.4"
     list [package ifneeded t 1.4] [package names] [package versions t]
+    }
+} -cleanup {
+    interp delete child
 } -result {{second script for t 1.4} t 1.4}
 test package-4.13 {Tcl_PackageCmd procedure, "ifneeded" option} -setup {
     package forget t
 } -body {
     package ifneeded t 1.4 "script for t 1.4"
@@ -688,22 +774,35 @@
     list [package ifneeded t 1.2] [package versions t]
 } -result {{second script} {1.4 1.2 3.1}}
 test package-4.14 {Tcl_PackageCmd procedure, "names" option} -body {
     package names a
 } -returnCodes error -result {wrong # args: should be "package names"}
-test package-4.15 {Tcl_PackageCmd procedure, "names" option} {
+test package-4.15 {Tcl_PackageCmd procedure, "names" option} -setup {
+    interp create child
+} -body {
+    child eval {
     package forget {*}[package names]
     package names
-} {}
+    }
+} -cleanup {
+    interp delete child
+} -result {}
 test package-4.16 {Tcl_PackageCmd procedure, "names" option} -setup {
+    interp create child
+    child eval {
     package forget {*}[package names]
+    }
 } -body {
+    child eval {
     package ifneeded x 1.2 {dummy}
     package provide x 1.3
     package provide y 2.4
     catch {package require z 47.16}
     lsort [package names]
+    }
+} -cleanup {
+    interp delete child
 } -result {x y}
 test package-4.17 {Tcl_PackageCmd procedure, "provide" option} -body {
     package provide
 } -returnCodes error -result {wrong # args: should be "package provide package ?version?"}
 test package-4.18 {Tcl_PackageCmd procedure, "provide" option} -body {
@@ -1237,15 +1336,13 @@
     } finally {
 	interp delete $ip
     }
 }
 
-test package-13.0 {package prefer defaults} -constraints testpreferstable -setup {
-    testpreferstable
-} -body {
+test package-13.0 {package prefer defaults} -body {
     prefer
-} -result stable
+} -result [expr {[string match {*[ab]*} [package provide Tcl]] ? "latest" : "stable"}]
 test package-13.1 {package prefer defaults} -body {
     set ::env(TCL_PKG_PREFER_LATEST) stable	;# value not relevant!
     prefer
 } -cleanup {
     unset -nocomplain ::env(TCL_PKG_PREFER_LATEST)
@@ -1258,27 +1355,29 @@
     package prefer foo
 } -result {bad preference "foo": must be latest or stable}
 
 test package-15.0 {set, keep} -constraints testpreferstable -setup {
     testpreferstable
-} -body {package prefer stable} -result stable
+} -body {package prefer} -result stable
 test package-15.1 {set stable, keep} -constraints testpreferstable -setup {
     testpreferstable
-} -body {prefer stable} -result {stable stable}
+} -body {package prefer stable} -result stable
 test package-15.2 {set latest, change} -constraints testpreferstable -setup {
     testpreferstable
-} -body {prefer latest} -result {stable latest}
+} -body {package prefer latest} -result latest
 test package-15.3 {set latest, keep} -constraints testpreferstable -setup {
     testpreferstable
 } -body {
-    prefer latest latest
-} -result {stable latest latest}
+    package prefer latest
+    package prefer latest
+} -result latest
 test package-15.4 {set stable, rejected} -constraints testpreferstable -setup {
     testpreferstable
 } -body {
-    prefer latest stable
-} -result {stable latest latest}
+    package prefer latest
+    package prefer stable
+} -result latest
 
 rename prefer {}
 
 set auto_path $oldPath
 package unknown $oldPkgUnknown

Index: tests/parse.test
==================================================================
--- tests/parse.test
+++ tests/parse.test
@@ -374,16 +374,16 @@
 	set aresult $result
 	set acode $code
 	return "new result"
     }
     set handler1 [testasync create async1]
-    set ::aresult xxx
-    set ::acode yyy
+    set aresult xxx
+    set acode yyy
 } -cleanup {
     testasync delete
 } -body {
-    list [testevalobjv 0 testasync mark $handler1 original 0] $::acode $::aresult
+    list [testevalobjv 0 testasync mark $handler1 original 0] $acode $aresult
 } -result {{new result} 0 original}
 test parse-8.9 {Tcl_EvalObjv procedure, exceptional return} testevalobjv {
     list [catch {testevalobjv 0 error message} msg] $msg
 } {1 message}
 test parse-8.10 {Tcl_EvalObjv procedure, TCL_EVAL_GLOBAL} testevalobjv {

ADDED   tests/process.test
Index: tests/process.test
==================================================================
--- /dev/null
+++ tests/process.test
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+# process.test --
+#
+# This file contains a collection of tests for the tcl::process ensemble.
+# Sourcing this file into Tcl runs the tests and generates output for
+# errors.  No output means no errors were found.
+#
+# Copyright (c) 2017 Frederic Bonnet
+# See the file "license.terms" for information on usage and redistribution of
+# this file, and for a DISCLAIMER OF ALL WARRANTIES.
+
+if {[lsearch [namespace children] ::tcltest] == -1} {
+    package require tcltest 2
+    namespace import -force ::tcltest::*
+}
+
+test process-1.1 {tcl::process command basic syntax} -returnCodes error -body {
+    tcl::process
+} -result {wrong # args: should be "tcl::process subcommand ?arg ...?"}
+test process-1.2 {tcl::process command basic syntax} -returnCodes error -body {
+    tcl::process ?
+} -match glob -result {unknown or ambiguous subcommand "?": must be autopurge, list, purge, or status}
+
+test process-2.1 {tcl::process autopurge get} {tcl::process autopurge} {1}
+test process-2.2 {tcl::process autopurge set true} {
+    tcl::process autopurge true
+    tcl::process autopurge
+} {1}
+test process-2.3 {tcl::process autopurge set false} {
+    tcl::process autopurge false
+    tcl::process autopurge
+} {0}

Index: tests/result.test
==================================================================
--- tests/result.test
+++ tests/result.test
@@ -29,11 +29,11 @@
 test result-1.2 {Tcl_SaveInterpResult} {testsaveresult} {
     testsaveresult append {set x 42} 0
 } {append result}
 test result-1.3 {Tcl_SaveInterpResult} {testsaveresult} {
     testsaveresult dynamic {set x 42} 0
-} {dynamic result freed}
+} {dynamic result presentOrFreed}
 test result-1.4 {Tcl_SaveInterpResult} {testsaveresult} {
     testsaveresult object {set x 42} 0
 } {object result same}
 test result-1.5 {Tcl_SaveInterpResult} {testsaveresult} {
     testsaveresult small {set x 42} 1
@@ -41,11 +41,11 @@
 test result-1.6 {Tcl_SaveInterpResult} {testsaveresult} {
     testsaveresult append {set x 42} 1
 } {42}
 test result-1.7 {Tcl_SaveInterpResult} {testsaveresult} {
     testsaveresult dynamic {set x 42} 1
-} {42 freed}
+} {42 presentOrFreed}
 test result-1.8 {Tcl_SaveInterpResult} {testsaveresult} {
     testsaveresult object {set x 42} 1
 } {42 different}
 
 # Tcl_RestoreInterpResult is mostly tested by the previous tests except

Index: tests/safe.test
==================================================================
--- tests/safe.test
+++ tests/safe.test
@@ -72,11 +72,11 @@
 } -body {
     interp create a -safe
     lsort [a aliases]
 } -cleanup {
     interp delete a
-} -result {::tcl::mathfunc::max ::tcl::mathfunc::min clock}
+} -result {clock}
 
 test safe-3.1 {calling safe::interpInit is safe} -setup {
     catch {safe::interpDelete a}
     interp create a -safe
 } -body {
@@ -178,21 +178,21 @@
 
 # More test should be added to check that hostname, nameofexecutable, aren't
 # leaking infos, but they still do...
 
 # high level general test
-test safe-7.1 {tests that everything works at high level} {
+test safe-7.1 {tests that everything works at high level} -body {
     set i [safe::interpCreate]
     # no error shall occur:
     # (because the default access_path shall include 1st level sub dirs so
     #  package require in a slave works like in the master)
-    set v [interp eval $i {package require http 1}]
+    set v [interp eval $i {package require http 2}]
     # no error shall occur:
-    interp eval $i {http_config}
+    interp eval $i {http::config}
     safe::interpDelete $i
     set v
-} 1.0
+} -match glob -result 2.*
 test safe-7.2 {tests specific path and interpFind/AddToAccessPath} -body {
     set i [safe::interpCreate -nostat -nested 1 -accessPath [list [info library]]]
     # should not add anything (p0)
     set token1 [safe::interpAddToAccessPath $i [info library]]
     # should add as p1

Index: tests/scan.test
==================================================================
--- tests/scan.test
+++ tests/scan.test
@@ -551,16 +551,16 @@
     set a {};
 } -body {
     list [scan "-207698809136909011942886895" \
 	    %llu a] $a
 } -returnCodes 1 -result {unsigned bignum scans are invalid}
-test scan-5.18 {bigint scanning invalid} -setup {
+test scan-5.19 {bigint scanning invalid} -setup {
     set a {};
 } -body {
     list [scan "207698809136909011942886895" \
-	    %llu a] $a
-} -returnCodes 1 -result {unsigned bignum scans are invalid}
+           %llu a] $a
+} -result {1 207698809136909011942886895}
 
 test scan-6.1 {floating-point scanning} -setup {
     set a {}; set b {}; set c {}; set d {}
 } -body {
     list [scan "2.1 -3.0e8 .99962 a" "%f%g%e%f" a b c d] $a $b $c $d

Index: tests/split.test
==================================================================
--- tests/split.test
+++ tests/split.test
@@ -68,10 +68,13 @@
     split "12,34,56," {,}
 } {12 34 56 {}}
 test split-1.14 {basic split commands} {
     split ",12,,,34,56," {,}
 } {{} 12 {} {} 34 56 {}}
+test split-1.15 {basic split commands} -body {
+    split "a\U01f4a9b" {}
+} -result "a \U01f4a9 b"
 
 test split-2.1 {split errors} {
     list [catch split msg] $msg $errorCode
 } {1 {wrong # args: should be "split string ?splitChars?"} {TCL WRONGARGS}}
 test split-2.2 {split errors} {

Index: tests/string.test
==================================================================
--- tests/string.test
+++ tests/string.test
@@ -22,10 +22,11 @@
 
 # Some tests require the testobj command
 
 testConstraint testobj [expr {[info commands testobj] != {}}]
 testConstraint testindexobj [expr {[info commands testindexobj] != {}}]
+testConstraint fullutf [expr {[format %c 0x010000] != "\ufffd"}]
 
 # Used for constraining memory leak tests
 testConstraint memory [llength [info commands memory]]
 
 proc representationpoke s {
@@ -290,14 +291,14 @@
     binary scan $str H* dump
     string compare [string index $str 10] \x00
 } 0
 test string-5.17 {string index, bad integer} -body {
     list [catch {string index "abc" 0o8} msg] $msg
-} -match glob -result {1 {*}}
+} -match glob -result {1 {*invalid octal number*}}
 test string-5.18 {string index, bad integer} -body {
     list [catch {string index "abc" end-0o0289} msg] $msg
-} -match glob -result {1 {*}}
+} -match glob -result {1 {*invalid octal number*}}
 test string-5.19 {string index, bytearray object out of bounds} {
     string index [binary format I* {0x50515253 0x52}] -1
 } {}
 test string-5.20 {string index, bytearray object out of bounds} {
     string index [binary format I* {0x50515253 0x52}] 20
@@ -1201,10 +1202,13 @@
 	    [string match *a*l*\u0000*123 $longString] \
 	    [string match *a*l*\u0000*123* $longString] \
 	    [string match *a*l*\u0000*cba* $longString] \
 	    [string match *===* $longString]
 } {0 1 1 1 0 0}
+test string-11.55 {string match, invalid binary optimization} {
+    [format string] match \u0141 [binary format c 65]
+} 0
 
 test string-12.1 {string range} {
     list [catch {string range} msg] $msg
 } {1 {wrong # args: should be "string range string first last"}}
 test string-12.2 {string range} {
@@ -1286,10 +1290,13 @@
 test string-12.22 {string range, shimmering binary/index} {
     set s 0000000001
     binary scan $s a* x
     string range $s $s end
 } 000000001
+test string-12.23 {string range, surrogates, bug [11ae2be95dac9417]} fullutf {
+    list [string range a\U100000b 1 1] [string range a\U100000b 2 2] [string range a\U100000b 3 3]
+} [list \U100000 {} b]
 
 test string-13.1 {string repeat} {
     list [catch {string repeat} msg] $msg
 } {1 {wrong # args: should be "string repeat string count"}}
 test string-13.2 {string repeat} {
@@ -1384,10 +1391,13 @@
     string replace abcdefghijklmnop end end-1
 } {abcdefghijklmnop}
 test string-14.18 {string replace} {
     string replace abcdefghijklmnop 10 9 XXX
 } {abcdefghijklmnop}
+test string-14.19 {string replace} {
+    string replace {} -1 0 A
+} A
 
 test string-15.1 {string tolower too few args} {
     list [catch {string tolower} msg] $msg
 } {1 {wrong # args: should be "string tolower string ?first? ?last?"}}
 test string-15.2 {string tolower bad args} {

Index: tests/stringComp.test
==================================================================
--- tests/stringComp.test
+++ tests/stringComp.test
@@ -353,15 +353,15 @@
     foo
 } 0
 test stringComp-5.17 {string index, bad integer} -body {
     proc foo {} {string index "abc" 0o8}
     list [catch {foo} msg] $msg
-} -match glob -result {1 {*}}
+} -match glob -result {1 {*invalid octal number*}}
 test stringComp-5.18 {string index, bad integer} -body {
     proc foo {} {string index "abc" end-0o0289}
     list [catch {foo} msg] $msg
-} -match glob -result {1 {*}}
+} -match glob -result {1 {*invalid octal number*}}
 test stringComp-5.19 {string index, bytearray object out of bounds} {
     proc foo {} {string index [binary format I* {0x50515253 0x52}] -1}
     foo
 } {}
 test stringComp-5.20 {string index, bytearray object out of bounds} {

Index: tests/tcltest.test
==================================================================
--- tests/tcltest.test
+++ tests/tcltest.test
@@ -542,11 +542,10 @@
 # Test non-writeable directories, non-readable directories with directory flags
 set notReadableDir [file join [temporaryDirectory] notreadable]
 set notWriteableDir [file join [temporaryDirectory] notwriteable]
 makeDirectory notreadable
 makeDirectory notwriteable
-
 switch -- $::tcl_platform(platform) {
     unix {
 	file attributes $notReadableDir -permissions 00333
 	file attributes $notWriteableDir -permissions 00555
     }

Index: tests/unixFCmd.test
==================================================================
--- tests/unixFCmd.test
+++ tests/unixFCmd.test
@@ -219,16 +219,16 @@
 } -result {fifo fifo}
 test unixFCmd-2.5 {TclpCopyFile: copy attributes} -setup {
     cleanup
 } -constraints {unix notRoot} -body {
     close [open tf1 a]
-    file attributes tf1 -permissions 0472
+    file attributes tf1 -permissions 0o472
     file copy tf1 tf2
     file attributes tf2 -permissions
 } -cleanup {
     cleanup
-} -result 00472 ;# i.e. perms field of [exec ls -l tf2] is -r--rwx-w-
+} -result 0o472 ;# i.e. perms field of [exec ls -l tf2] is -r--rwx-w-
 
 test unixFCmd-3.1 {CopyFile not done} {emptyTest unix notRoot} {
 } {}
 
 test unixFCmd-4.1 {TclpDeleteFile not done} {emptyTest unix notRoot} {
@@ -373,15 +373,15 @@
 	lappend result [file attributes foo.test -permissions]
       }
       set result
     } $expected
 }
-permcheck unixFCmd-17.5   rwxrwxrwx	00777
-permcheck unixFCmd-17.6   r--r---w-	00442
-permcheck unixFCmd-17.7   {0 u+rwx,g+r u-w o+rwx} {00000 00740 00540 00547}
-permcheck unixFCmd-17.11  --x--x--x	00111
-permcheck unixFCmd-17.12  {0 a+rwx} {00000 00777}
+permcheck unixFCmd-17.5   rwxrwxrwx	0o777
+permcheck unixFCmd-17.6   r--r---w-	0o442
+permcheck unixFCmd-17.7   {0 u+rwx,g+r u-w o+rwx} {00000 0o740 0o540 0o547}
+permcheck unixFCmd-17.11  --x--x--x	0o111
+permcheck unixFCmd-17.12  {0 a+rwx} {00000 0o777}
 file delete -force -- foo.test
 
 test unixFCmd-18.1 {Unix pwd} -constraints {unix notRoot nonPortable} -setup {
     set cd [pwd]
 } -body {

Index: tests/utf.test
==================================================================
--- tests/utf.test
+++ tests/utf.test
@@ -84,10 +84,13 @@
 
 test utf-3.1 {Tcl_UtfCharComplete} {
 } {}
 
 testConstraint testnumutfchars [llength [info commands testnumutfchars]]
+testConstraint testfindfirst [llength [info commands testfindfirst]]
+testConstraint testfindlast [llength [info commands testfindlast]]
+
 test utf-4.1 {Tcl_NumUtfChars: zero length} testnumutfchars {
     testnumutfchars ""
 } {0}
 test utf-4.2 {Tcl_NumUtfChars: length 1} {testnumutfchars testbytestring} {
     testnumutfchars [testbytestring "\xC2\xA2"]
@@ -116,12 +119,16 @@
 } {2}
 test utf-4.10 {Tcl_NumUtfChars: #u0000, calc len, overcomplete} {testnumutfchars testbytestring} {
     testnumutfchars [testbytestring "\x00"] 2
 } {2}
 
-test utf-5.1 {Tcl_UtfFindFirsts} {
-} {}
+test utf-5.1 {Tcl_UtfFindFirst} {testfindfirst testbytestring} {
+    testfindfirst [testbytestring "abcbc"] 98
+} {bcbc}
+test utf-5.2 {Tcl_UtfFindLast} {testfindlast testbytestring} {
+    testfindlast [testbytestring "abcbc"] 98
+} {bc}
 
 test utf-6.1 {Tcl_UtfNext} {
 } {}
 
 test utf-7.1 {Tcl_UtfPrev} {

Index: tests/var.test
==================================================================
--- tests/var.test
+++ tests/var.test
@@ -245,15 +245,14 @@
     set a 456
     namespace eval test_ns_var {
 	catch {unset ::test_ns_var::vv}
 	proc p {} {
 	    # create namespace var vv linked to global a
-	    testupvar 2 a {} vv namespace 
+	    testupvar 1 a {} vv namespace
 	}
 	p
     }
-    # Modified: that should create a global var according to the docs!
     list $test_ns_var::vv [set test_ns_var::vv 123] $a
 } -result {456 123 123}
 test var-3.5 {MakeUpvar, no call frame so my var will be in global :: ns} -setup {
     catch {unset aaaaa}
     catch {unset xxxxx}
@@ -441,11 +440,11 @@
     set a ""
     set five 555
     set six  666
     namespace eval test_ns_var {
         variable five 5 six
-        lappend ::a $five
+        lappend a $five
     }
     lappend a $test_ns_var::five \
         [set test_ns_var::six 6] [set test_ns_var::six] $six
 } -cleanup {
     catch {unset five}
@@ -468,13 +467,13 @@
 } -result {can't define "sev:::en": parent namespace doesn't exist}
 test var-7.8 {Tcl_VariableObjCmd, if var already exists and no value is given, leave value unchanged} {
     set a ""
     namespace eval test_ns_var {
         variable eight 8
-        lappend ::a $eight
+        lappend a $eight
         variable eight
-        lappend ::a $eight
+        lappend a $eight
     }
     set a
 } {8 8}
 test var-7.9 {Tcl_VariableObjCmd, mark as namespace var so var persists until namespace is destroyed or var is unset} -setup {
     catch {namespace delete test_ns_var2}

Index: tests/while-old.test
==================================================================
--- tests/while-old.test
+++ tests/while-old.test
@@ -90,11 +90,11 @@
     list $err $msg
 } {1 {wrong # args: should be "while test command"}}
 test while-old-4.4 {errors in while loops} {
     set err [catch {while {"a"+"b"} {error "loop aborted"}} msg]
     list $err $msg
-} {1 {can't use non-numeric string "a" as operand of "+"}}
+} {1 {can't use non-numeric string as operand of "+"}}
 test while-old-4.5 {errors in while loops} {
     catch {unset x}
     set x 1
     set err [catch {while {$x} {set x foo}} msg]
     list $err $msg

Index: tests/while.test
==================================================================
--- tests/while.test
+++ tests/while.test
@@ -30,11 +30,11 @@
 } -cleanup {
     unset i
 } -match glob -result {*"while {$i<} break"}
 test while-1.3 {TclCompileWhileCmd: error in test expression} -body {
     while {"a"+"b"} {error "loop aborted"}
-} -returnCodes error -result {can't use non-numeric string "a" as operand of "+"}
+} -returnCodes error -result {can't use non-numeric string as operand of "+"}
 test while-1.4 {TclCompileWhileCmd: multiline test expr} -body {
     set value 1
     while {($tcl_platform(platform) != "foobar1") && \
 	    ($tcl_platform(platform) != "foobar2")} {
         incr value
@@ -341,11 +341,11 @@
     unset i z
 } -result {*"$z {$i<} {set x 1}"}
 test while-4.4 {while (not compiled): error in test expression} -body {
     set z while
     $z {"a"+"b"} {error "loop aborted"}
-} -returnCodes error -result {can't use non-numeric string "a" as operand of "+"}
+} -returnCodes error -result {can't use non-numeric string as operand of "+"}
 test while-4.5 {while (not compiled): multiline test expr} -body {
     set value 1
     set z while
     $z {($tcl_platform(platform) != "foobar1") && \
 	    ($tcl_platform(platform) != "foobar2")} {

Index: tools/README
==================================================================
--- tools/README
+++ tools/README
@@ -10,11 +10,11 @@
 
 Generating HTML files.
 The tcl-tk-man-html.tcl script from Robert Critchlow
 generates a nice set of HTML with good cross references.
 Use it like
-    tclsh tcl-tk-man-html.tcl --htmldir=/tmp/tcl9.0
+    tclsh tcl-tk-man-html.tcl --htmldir=/tmp/tcl8.2
 This script is very picky about the organization of man pages,
 effectively acting as a style enforcer.
 
 Generating Windows Help Files:
 1) Build tcl in the ../unix directory

Index: tools/checkLibraryDoc.tcl
==================================================================
--- tools/checkLibraryDoc.tcl
+++ tools/checkLibraryDoc.tcl
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
 # checkLibraryDoc.tcl --
 #
 # This script attempts to determine what APIs exist in the source base that
 # have not been documented.  By grepping through all of the doc/*.3 man
 # pages, looking for "Pkg_*" (e.g., Tcl_ or Tk_), and comparing this list
-# against the list of Pkg_ APIs found in the source (e.g., tcl9.0/*/*.[ch])
+# against the list of Pkg_ APIs found in the source (e.g., tcl8.2/*/*.[ch])
 # we create six lists:
 #      1) APIs in Source not in Docs.
 #      2) APIs in Docs not in Source.
 #      3) Internal APIs and structs.
 #      4) Misc APIs and structs that we are not documenting.
@@ -104,11 +104,11 @@
 
     set len [llength $argv]
     if {($len != 2) && ($len != 3)} {
 	puts "usage: $argv0 pkgName pkgDir \[outFile\]"
 	puts "   pkgName == Tcl,Tk"
-	puts "   pkgDir  == /home/surles/cvs/tcl9.0"
+	puts "   pkgDir  == /home/surles/cvs/tcl8.2"
 	exit 1
     }
 
     set pkg [lindex $argv 0]
     set dir [lindex $argv 1]

Index: tools/configure
==================================================================
--- tools/configure
+++ tools/configure
@@ -1679,11 +1679,11 @@
 #--------------------------------------------------------------------
 #       See if there was a command-line option for where Tcl is;  if
 #       not, assume that its top-level directory is a sibling of ours.
 #--------------------------------------------------------------------
 
-DEF_VER=9.0
+DEF_VER=8.7
 
 
 # Check whether --with-tcl was given.
 if test "${with_tcl+set}" = set; then :
   withval=$with_tcl; TCL_BIN_DIR=$withval

Index: tools/configure.ac
==================================================================
--- tools/configure.ac
+++ tools/configure.ac
@@ -9,11 +9,11 @@
 #--------------------------------------------------------------------
 #       See if there was a command-line option for where Tcl is;  if
 #       not, assume that its top-level directory is a sibling of ours.
 #--------------------------------------------------------------------
 
-DEF_VER=9.0
+DEF_VER=8.7
 
 AC_ARG_WITH(tcl, [  --with-tcl=DIR          use Tcl $DEF_VER binaries from DIR], TCL_BIN_DIR=$withval, TCL_BIN_DIR=`cd ../../tcl$DEF_VER$TCL_PATCH_LEVEL/unix; pwd`)
 if test ! -d $TCL_BIN_DIR; then
     AC_MSG_ERROR(Tcl directory $TCL_BIN_DIR doesn't exist)
 fi

Index: tools/tcl.hpj.in
==================================================================
--- tools/tcl.hpj.in
+++ tools/tcl.hpj.in
@@ -3,13 +3,13 @@
 [OPTIONS]
 HCW=0
 LCID=0x409 0x0 0x0 ;English (United States)
 REPORT=Yes
 TITLE=Tcl/Tk Reference Manual
-CNT=tcl90.cnt
+CNT=tcl87.cnt
 COPYRIGHT=Copyright © 2000 Ajuba Solutions
-HLP=tcl90.hlp
+HLP=tcl87.hlp
 
 [FILES]
 tcl.rtf
 
 [WINDOWS]

Index: tools/tcltk-man2html.tcl
==================================================================
--- tools/tcltk-man2html.tcl
+++ tools/tcltk-man2html.tcl
@@ -2,11 +2,11 @@
 
 if {[catch {package require Tcl 8.6-} msg]} {
     puts stderr "ERROR: $msg"
     puts stderr "If running this script from 'make html', set the\
 	NATIVE_TCLSH environment\nvariable to point to an installed\
-	tclsh9.0 (or the equivalent tclsh90.exe\non Windows)."
+	tclsh8.7 (or the equivalent tclsh87.exe\non Windows)."
     exit 1
 }
 
 # Convert Ousterhout format man pages into highly crosslinked hypertext.
 #
@@ -20,11 +20,11 @@
 # try to use this, you'll be very much on your own.
 #
 # Copyright (c) 1995-1997 Roger E. Critchlow Jr
 # Copyright (c) 2004-2010 Donal K. Fellows
 
-set ::Version "50/9.0"
+set ::Version "50/8.7"
 set ::CSSFILE "docs.css"
 
 ##
 ## Source the utility functions that provide most of the
 ## implementation of the transformation from nroff to html.

Index: unix/Makefile.in
==================================================================
--- unix/Makefile.in
+++ unix/Makefile.in
@@ -301,11 +301,11 @@
 	tclIORChan.o tclIORTrans.o tclIOGT.o tclIOSock.o tclIOUtil.o \
 	tclLink.o tclListObj.o \
 	tclLiteral.o tclLoad.o tclMain.o tclNamesp.o tclNotify.o \
 	tclObj.o tclOptimize.o tclPanic.o tclParse.o tclPathObj.o tclPipe.o \
 	tclPkg.o tclPkgConfig.o tclPosixStr.o \
-	tclPreserve.o tclProc.o tclRegexp.o \
+	tclPreserve.o tclProc.o tclProcess.o tclRegexp.o \
 	tclResolve.o tclResult.o tclScan.o tclStringObj.o \
 	tclStrToD.o tclThread.o \
 	tclThreadAlloc.o tclThreadJoin.o tclThreadStorage.o tclStubInit.o \
 	tclTimer.o tclTrace.o tclUtf.o tclUtil.o tclVar.o tclZlib.o \
 	tclTomMathInterface.o
@@ -442,10 +442,11 @@
 	$(GENERIC_DIR)/tclPkg.c \
 	$(GENERIC_DIR)/tclPkgConfig.c \
 	$(GENERIC_DIR)/tclPosixStr.c \
 	$(GENERIC_DIR)/tclPreserve.c \
 	$(GENERIC_DIR)/tclProc.c \
+	$(GENERIC_DIR)/tclProcess.c \
 	$(GENERIC_DIR)/tclRegexp.c \
 	$(GENERIC_DIR)/tclResolve.c \
 	$(GENERIC_DIR)/tclResult.c \
 	$(GENERIC_DIR)/tclScan.c \
 	$(GENERIC_DIR)/tclStubInit.c \
@@ -827,11 +828,11 @@
 		echo "Making directory $$i"; \
 		$(INSTALL_DATA_DIR) "$$i"; \
 		else true; \
 		fi; \
 	    done;
-	@for i in opt0.4 http1.0 encoding ../tcl9 ../tcl9/9.0  ../tcl9/9.0/platform; \
+	@for i in opt0.4 encoding ../tcl8 ../tcl8/8.4  ../tcl8/8.4/platform ../tcl8/8.5 ../tcl8/8.6; \
 	    do \
 	    if [ ! -d "$(SCRIPT_INSTALL_DIR)"/$$i ] ; then \
 		echo "Making directory $(SCRIPT_INSTALL_DIR)/$$i"; \
 		$(INSTALL_DATA_DIR) "$(SCRIPT_INSTALL_DIR)"/$$i; \
 		else true; \
@@ -841,31 +842,26 @@
 	@for i in $(TOP_DIR)/library/*.tcl $(TOP_DIR)/library/tclIndex \
 		$(UNIX_DIR)/tclAppInit.c @LDAIX_SRC@ @DTRACE_SRC@; \
 	    do \
 	    $(INSTALL_DATA) $$i "$(SCRIPT_INSTALL_DIR)"; \
 	    done;
-	@echo "Installing package http1.0 files to $(SCRIPT_INSTALL_DIR)/http1.0/";
-	@for i in $(TOP_DIR)/library/http1.0/*.tcl ; \
-	    do \
-	    $(INSTALL_DATA) $$i "$(SCRIPT_INSTALL_DIR)"/http1.0; \
-	    done;
 	@echo "Installing package http 2.8.12 as a Tcl Module";
-	@$(INSTALL_DATA) $(TOP_DIR)/library/http/http.tcl "$(SCRIPT_INSTALL_DIR)"/../tcl9/9.0/http-2.8.12.tm;
+	@$(INSTALL_DATA) $(TOP_DIR)/library/http/http.tcl "$(SCRIPT_INSTALL_DIR)"/../tcl8/8.6/http-2.8.12.tm;
 	@echo "Installing package opt0.4 files to $(SCRIPT_INSTALL_DIR)/opt0.4/";
 	@for i in $(TOP_DIR)/library/opt/*.tcl ; \
 	    do \
 	    $(INSTALL_DATA) $$i "$(SCRIPT_INSTALL_DIR)"/opt0.4; \
 	    done;
-	@echo "Installing package msgcat 1.6.1 as a Tcl Module";
-	@$(INSTALL_DATA) $(TOP_DIR)/library/msgcat/msgcat.tcl "$(SCRIPT_INSTALL_DIR)"/../tcl9/9.0/msgcat-1.6.1.tm;
+	@echo "Installing package msgcat 1.7.0 as a Tcl Module";
+	@$(INSTALL_DATA) $(TOP_DIR)/library/msgcat/msgcat.tcl "$(SCRIPT_INSTALL_DIR)"/../tcl8/8.7/msgcat-1.7.0.tm;
 	@echo "Installing package tcltest 2.4.1 as a Tcl Module";
-	@$(INSTALL_DATA) $(TOP_DIR)/library/tcltest/tcltest.tcl "$(SCRIPT_INSTALL_DIR)"/../tcl9/9.0/tcltest-2.4.1.tm;
+	@$(INSTALL_DATA) $(TOP_DIR)/library/tcltest/tcltest.tcl "$(SCRIPT_INSTALL_DIR)"/../tcl8/8.5/tcltest-2.4.1.tm;
 
 	@echo "Installing package platform 1.0.14 as a Tcl Module";
-	@$(INSTALL_DATA) $(TOP_DIR)/library/platform/platform.tcl "$(SCRIPT_INSTALL_DIR)"/../tcl9/9.0/platform-1.0.14.tm;
+	@$(INSTALL_DATA) $(TOP_DIR)/library/platform/platform.tcl "$(SCRIPT_INSTALL_DIR)"/../tcl8/8.4/platform-1.0.14.tm;
 	@echo "Installing package platform::shell 1.1.4 as a Tcl Module";
-	@$(INSTALL_DATA) $(TOP_DIR)/library/platform/shell.tcl "$(SCRIPT_INSTALL_DIR)"/../tcl9/9.0/platform/shell-1.1.4.tm;
+	@$(INSTALL_DATA) $(TOP_DIR)/library/platform/shell.tcl "$(SCRIPT_INSTALL_DIR)"/../tcl8/8.4/platform/shell-1.1.4.tm;
 
 	@echo "Installing encoding files to $(SCRIPT_INSTALL_DIR)/encoding/";
 	@for i in $(TOP_DIR)/library/encoding/*.enc ; do \
 		$(INSTALL_DATA) $$i "$(SCRIPT_INSTALL_DIR)"/encoding; \
 	done;
@@ -1291,10 +1287,13 @@
 	$(CC) -c $(CC_SWITCHES) $(GENERIC_DIR)/tclPreserve.c
 
 tclProc.o: $(GENERIC_DIR)/tclProc.c $(COMPILEHDR) $(NREHDR)
 	$(CC) -c $(CC_SWITCHES) $(GENERIC_DIR)/tclProc.c
 
+tclProcess.o: $(GENERIC_DIR)/tclProcess.c
+	$(CC) -c $(CC_SWITCHES) $(GENERIC_DIR)/tclProcess.c
+
 tclRegexp.o: $(GENERIC_DIR)/tclRegexp.c $(TCLREHDRS)
 	$(CC) -c $(CC_SWITCHES) $(GENERIC_DIR)/tclRegexp.c
 
 tclResolve.o: $(GENERIC_DIR)/tclResolve.c
 	$(CC) -c $(CC_SWITCHES) $(GENERIC_DIR)/tclResolve.c
@@ -2008,11 +2007,11 @@
 		$(TOP_DIR)/ChangeLog.[12]??? $(TOP_DIR)/license.terms \
 		$(DISTDIR)
 	@mkdir $(DISTDIR)/library
 	cp -p $(TOP_DIR)/license.terms $(TOP_DIR)/library/*.tcl \
 		$(TOP_DIR)/library/tclIndex $(DISTDIR)/library
-	for i in http1.0 http opt msgcat reg dde tcltest platform; \
+	for i in http opt msgcat reg dde tcltest platform; \
 	    do \
 		mkdir $(DISTDIR)/library/$$i ;\
 		cp -p $(TOP_DIR)/library/$$i/*.tcl $(DISTDIR)/library/$$i; \
 	    done;
 	@mkdir $(DISTDIR)/library/encoding
@@ -2048,13 +2047,11 @@
 		$(TOP_DIR)/win/tclsh.exe.manifest.in \
 		$(DISTDIR)/win
 	cp -p $(TOP_DIR)/win/*.[ch] $(TOP_DIR)/win/*.ico $(TOP_DIR)/win/*.rc \
 		$(DISTDIR)/win
 	cp -p $(TOP_DIR)/win/*.bat $(DISTDIR)/win
-	cp -p $(TOP_DIR)/win/makefile.* $(DISTDIR)/win
-	cp -p $(TOP_DIR)/win/rules.vc $(DISTDIR)/win
-	cp -p $(TOP_DIR)/win/coffbase.txt $(DISTDIR)/win
+	cp -p $(TOP_DIR)/win/*.vc $(DISTDIR)/win
 	cp -p $(TOP_DIR)/win/tcl.hpj.in $(DISTDIR)/win
 	cp -p $(TOP_DIR)/win/tcl.ds* $(DISTDIR)/win
 	cp -p $(TOP_DIR)/win/README $(DISTDIR)/win
 	cp -p $(TOP_DIR)/license.terms $(DISTDIR)/win
 	@mkdir $(DISTDIR)/macosx
@@ -2095,11 +2092,11 @@
 		gzip -9 $(DISTNAME)-src.tar; zip -qr8 $(ZIPNAME) $(DISTNAME)
 
 #--------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # This target creates the HTML folder for Tcl & Tk and places it in
 # DISTDIR/html. It uses the tcltk-man2html.tcl tool from the Tcl group's tool
-# workspace. It depends on the Tcl & Tk being in directories called tcl9.* &
+# workspace. It depends on the Tcl & Tk being in directories called tcl8.* &
 # tk8.* up two directories from the TOOL_DIR.
 #
 # Note that for platforms where this is important, it is more common to use a
 # build of this HTML documentation that has already been placed online. As
 # such, this rule is not guaranteed to work well on all systems; it only needs

Index: unix/configure
==================================================================
--- unix/configure
+++ unix/configure
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 #! /bin/sh
 # Guess values for system-dependent variables and create Makefiles.
-# Generated by GNU Autoconf 2.69 for tcl 9.0.
+# Generated by GNU Autoconf 2.69 for tcl 8.7.
 #
 #
 # Copyright (C) 1992-1996, 1998-2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
 #
 #
@@ -575,12 +575,12 @@
 MAKEFLAGS=
 
 # Identity of this package.
 PACKAGE_NAME='tcl'
 PACKAGE_TARNAME='tcl'
-PACKAGE_VERSION='9.0'
-PACKAGE_STRING='tcl 9.0'
+PACKAGE_VERSION='8.7'
+PACKAGE_STRING='tcl 8.7'
 PACKAGE_BUGREPORT=''
 PACKAGE_URL=''
 
 # Factoring default headers for most tests.
 ac_includes_default="\
@@ -1317,11 +1317,11 @@
 #
 if test "$ac_init_help" = "long"; then
   # Omit some internal or obsolete options to make the list less imposing.
   # This message is too long to be a string in the A/UX 3.1 sh.
   cat <<_ACEOF
-\`configure' configures tcl 9.0 to adapt to many kinds of systems.
+\`configure' configures tcl 8.7 to adapt to many kinds of systems.
 
 Usage: $0 [OPTION]... [VAR=VALUE]...
 
 To assign environment variables (e.g., CC, CFLAGS...), specify them as
 VAR=VALUE.  See below for descriptions of some of the useful variables.
@@ -1378,11 +1378,11 @@
 _ACEOF
 fi
 
 if test -n "$ac_init_help"; then
   case $ac_init_help in
-     short | recursive ) echo "Configuration of tcl 9.0:";;
+     short | recursive ) echo "Configuration of tcl 8.7:";;
    esac
   cat <<\_ACEOF
 
 Optional Features:
   --disable-option-checking  ignore unrecognized --enable/--with options
@@ -1492,11 +1492,11 @@
 fi
 
 test -n "$ac_init_help" && exit $ac_status
 if $ac_init_version; then
   cat <<\_ACEOF
-tcl configure 9.0
+tcl configure 8.7
 generated by GNU Autoconf 2.69
 
 Copyright (C) 2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
 This configure script is free software; the Free Software Foundation
 gives unlimited permission to copy, distribute and modify it.
@@ -1968,11 +1968,11 @@
 } # ac_fn_c_check_member
 cat >config.log <<_ACEOF
 This file contains any messages produced by compilers while
 running configure, to aid debugging if configure makes a mistake.
 
-It was created by tcl $as_me 9.0, which was
+It was created by tcl $as_me 8.7, which was
 generated by GNU Autoconf 2.69.  Invocation command line was
 
   $ $0 $@
 
 _ACEOF
@@ -2320,14 +2320,14 @@
 
 
 
 
 
-TCL_VERSION=9.0
-TCL_MAJOR_VERSION=9
-TCL_MINOR_VERSION=0
-TCL_PATCH_LEVEL="a0"
+TCL_VERSION=8.7
+TCL_MAJOR_VERSION=8
+TCL_MINOR_VERSION=7
+TCL_PATCH_LEVEL="a2"
 VERSION=${TCL_VERSION}
 
 EXTRA_INSTALL_BINARIES=${EXTRA_INSTALL_BINARIES:-"@:"}
 EXTRA_BUILD_HTML=${EXTRA_BUILD_HTML:-"@:"}
 
@@ -3730,30 +3730,10 @@
     if test $tcl_cv_dirent_h = no; then
 
 $as_echo "#define NO_DIRENT_H 1" >>confdefs.h
 
     fi
-
-    ac_fn_c_check_header_mongrel "$LINENO" "float.h" "ac_cv_header_float_h" "$ac_includes_default"
-if test "x$ac_cv_header_float_h" = xyes; then :
-
-else
-
-$as_echo "#define NO_FLOAT_H 1" >>confdefs.h
-
-fi
-
-
-    ac_fn_c_check_header_mongrel "$LINENO" "values.h" "ac_cv_header_values_h" "$ac_includes_default"
-if test "x$ac_cv_header_values_h" = xyes; then :
-
-else
-
-$as_echo "#define NO_VALUES_H 1" >>confdefs.h
-
-fi
-
 
     ac_fn_c_check_header_mongrel "$LINENO" "stdlib.h" "ac_cv_header_stdlib_h" "$ac_includes_default"
 if test "x$ac_cv_header_stdlib_h" = xyes; then :
   tcl_ok=1
 else
@@ -4278,55 +4258,19 @@
 
 
     #--------------------------------------------------------------------
     # On a few very rare systems, all of the libm.a stuff is
     # already in libc.a.  Set compiler flags accordingly.
-    # Also, Linux requires the "ieee" library for math to work
-    # right (and it must appear before "-lm").
     #--------------------------------------------------------------------
 
     ac_fn_c_check_func "$LINENO" "sin" "ac_cv_func_sin"
 if test "x$ac_cv_func_sin" = xyes; then :
   MATH_LIBS=""
 else
   MATH_LIBS="-lm"
 fi
 
-    { $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: checking for main in -lieee" >&5
-$as_echo_n "checking for main in -lieee... " >&6; }
-if ${ac_cv_lib_ieee_main+:} false; then :
-  $as_echo_n "(cached) " >&6
-else
-  ac_check_lib_save_LIBS=$LIBS
-LIBS="-lieee  $LIBS"
-cat confdefs.h - <<_ACEOF >conftest.$ac_ext
-/* end confdefs.h.  */
-
-
-int
-main ()
-{
-return main ();
-  ;
-  return 0;
-}
-_ACEOF
-if ac_fn_c_try_link "$LINENO"; then :
-  ac_cv_lib_ieee_main=yes
-else
-  ac_cv_lib_ieee_main=no
-fi
-rm -f core conftest.err conftest.$ac_objext \
-    conftest$ac_exeext conftest.$ac_ext
-LIBS=$ac_check_lib_save_LIBS
-fi
-{ $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: result: $ac_cv_lib_ieee_main" >&5
-$as_echo "$ac_cv_lib_ieee_main" >&6; }
-if test "x$ac_cv_lib_ieee_main" = xyes; then :
-  MATH_LIBS="-lieee $MATH_LIBS"
-fi
-
 
     #--------------------------------------------------------------------
     # Interactive UNIX requires -linet instead of -lsocket, plus it
     # needs net/errno.h to define the socket-related error codes.
     #--------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -5317,11 +5261,11 @@
 	    ;;
 	Haiku*)
 	    LDFLAGS="$LDFLAGS -Wl,--export-dynamic"
 	    SHLIB_CFLAGS="-fPIC"
 	    SHLIB_SUFFIX=".so"
-	    SHLIB_LD='${CC} -shared ${CFLAGS} ${LDFLAGS}'
+	    SHLIB_LD='${CC} ${CFLAGS} ${LDFLAGS} -shared'
 	    DL_OBJS="tclLoadDl.o"
 	    DL_LIBS="-lroot"
 	    { $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: checking for inet_ntoa in -lnetwork" >&5
 $as_echo_n "checking for inet_ntoa in -lnetwork... " >&6; }
 if ${ac_cv_lib_network_inet_ntoa+:} false; then :
@@ -5639,11 +5583,11 @@
 	    # egcs-2.91.66 on Redhat Linux 6.0 generates lots of warnings
 	    # when you inline the string and math operations.  Turn this off to
 	    # get rid of the warnings.
 	    #CFLAGS_OPTIMIZE="${CFLAGS_OPTIMIZE} -D__NO_STRING_INLINES -D__NO_MATH_INLINES"
 
-	    SHLIB_LD='${CC} -shared ${CFLAGS} ${LDFLAGS}'
+	    SHLIB_LD='${CC} ${CFLAGS} ${LDFLAGS} -shared'
 	    DL_OBJS="tclLoadDl.o"
 	    DL_LIBS="-ldl"
 	    LDFLAGS="$LDFLAGS -Wl,--export-dynamic"
 	    if test $doRpath = yes; then :
 
@@ -5726,11 +5670,11 @@
 		;;
 	    *)
 		SHLIB_CFLAGS="-fpic"
 		;;
 	    esac
-	    SHLIB_LD='${CC} -shared ${SHLIB_CFLAGS}'
+	    SHLIB_LD='${CC} ${SHLIB_CFLAGS} -shared'
 	    SHLIB_SUFFIX=".so"
 	    DL_OBJS="tclLoadDl.o"
 	    DL_LIBS=""
 	    if test $doRpath = yes; then :
 
@@ -5753,11 +5697,11 @@
 	    TCL_LIB_VERSIONS_OK=nodots
 	    ;;
 	NetBSD-*)
 	    # NetBSD has ELF and can use 'cc -shared' to build shared libs
 	    SHLIB_CFLAGS="-fPIC"
-	    SHLIB_LD='${CC} -shared ${SHLIB_CFLAGS}'
+	    SHLIB_LD='${CC} ${SHLIB_CFLAGS} -shared'
 	    SHLIB_SUFFIX=".so"
 	    DL_OBJS="tclLoadDl.o"
 	    DL_LIBS=""
 	    LDFLAGS="$LDFLAGS -export-dynamic"
 	    if test $doRpath = yes; then :
@@ -6926,11 +6870,11 @@
   tcl_type_64bit=__int64
 else
   tcl_type_64bit="long long"
 fi
 rm -f core conftest.err conftest.$ac_objext conftest.$ac_ext
-	# See if we should use long anyway  Note that we substitute in the
+	# See if we could use long anyway  Note that we substitute in the
 	# type that is our current guess for a 64-bit type inside this check
 	# program, so it should be modified only carefully...
         cat confdefs.h - <<_ACEOF >conftest.$ac_ext
 /* end confdefs.h.  */
 
@@ -6952,12 +6896,12 @@
 
     if test "${tcl_cv_type_64bit}" = none ; then
 
 $as_echo "#define TCL_WIDE_INT_IS_LONG 1" >>confdefs.h
 
-	{ $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: result: using long" >&5
-$as_echo "using long" >&6; }
+	{ $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: result: yes" >&5
+$as_echo "yes" >&6; }
     else
 
 cat >>confdefs.h <<_ACEOF
 #define TCL_WIDE_INT_TYPE ${tcl_cv_type_64bit}
 _ACEOF
@@ -10964,11 +10908,11 @@
 cat >>$CONFIG_STATUS <<\_ACEOF || ac_write_fail=1
 # Save the log message, to keep $0 and so on meaningful, and to
 # report actual input values of CONFIG_FILES etc. instead of their
 # values after options handling.
 ac_log="
-This file was extended by tcl $as_me 9.0, which was
+This file was extended by tcl $as_me 8.7, which was
 generated by GNU Autoconf 2.69.  Invocation command line was
 
   CONFIG_FILES    = $CONFIG_FILES
   CONFIG_HEADERS  = $CONFIG_HEADERS
   CONFIG_LINKS    = $CONFIG_LINKS
@@ -11021,11 +10965,11 @@
 
 _ACEOF
 cat >>$CONFIG_STATUS <<_ACEOF || ac_write_fail=1
 ac_cs_config="`$as_echo "$ac_configure_args" | sed 's/^ //; s/[\\""\`\$]/\\\\&/g'`"
 ac_cs_version="\\
-tcl config.status 9.0
+tcl config.status 8.7
 configured by $0, generated by GNU Autoconf 2.69,
   with options \\"\$ac_cs_config\\"
 
 Copyright (C) 2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
 This config.status script is free software; the Free Software Foundation

Index: unix/configure.ac
==================================================================
--- unix/configure.ac
+++ unix/configure.ac
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
 #! /bin/bash -norc
 dnl	This file is an input file used by the GNU "autoconf" program to
 dnl	generate the file "configure", which is run during Tcl installation
 dnl	to configure the system for the local environment.
 
-AC_INIT([tcl],[9.0])
+AC_INIT([tcl],[8.7])
 AC_PREREQ(2.69)
 
 dnl This is only used when included from macosx/configure.ac
 m4_ifdef([SC_USE_CONFIG_HEADERS], [
     AC_CONFIG_HEADERS([tclConfig.h:../unix/tclConfig.h.in])
@@ -20,14 +20,14 @@
     /* override */ #undef PACKAGE_STRING
     /* override */ #undef PACKAGE_TARNAME
     #endif /* _TCLCONFIG */])
 ])
 
-TCL_VERSION=9.0
-TCL_MAJOR_VERSION=9
-TCL_MINOR_VERSION=0
-TCL_PATCH_LEVEL="a0"
+TCL_VERSION=8.7
+TCL_MAJOR_VERSION=8
+TCL_MINOR_VERSION=7
+TCL_PATCH_LEVEL="a2"
 VERSION=${TCL_VERSION}
 
 EXTRA_INSTALL_BINARIES=${EXTRA_INSTALL_BINARIES:-"@:"}
 EXTRA_BUILD_HTML=${EXTRA_BUILD_HTML:-"@:"}
 

Index: unix/tcl.m4
==================================================================
--- unix/tcl.m4
+++ unix/tcl.m4
@@ -1248,11 +1248,11 @@
 	    ;;
 	Haiku*)
 	    LDFLAGS="$LDFLAGS -Wl,--export-dynamic"
 	    SHLIB_CFLAGS="-fPIC"
 	    SHLIB_SUFFIX=".so"
-	    SHLIB_LD='${CC} -shared ${CFLAGS} ${LDFLAGS}'
+	    SHLIB_LD='${CC} ${CFLAGS} ${LDFLAGS} -shared'
 	    DL_OBJS="tclLoadDl.o"
 	    DL_LIBS="-lroot"
 	    AC_CHECK_LIB(network, inet_ntoa, [LIBS="$LIBS -lnetwork"])
 	    ;;
 	HP-UX-*.11.*)
@@ -1392,11 +1392,11 @@
 	    # egcs-2.91.66 on Redhat Linux 6.0 generates lots of warnings
 	    # when you inline the string and math operations.  Turn this off to
 	    # get rid of the warnings.
 	    #CFLAGS_OPTIMIZE="${CFLAGS_OPTIMIZE} -D__NO_STRING_INLINES -D__NO_MATH_INLINES"
 
-	    SHLIB_LD='${CC} -shared ${CFLAGS} ${LDFLAGS}'
+	    SHLIB_LD='${CC} ${CFLAGS} ${LDFLAGS} -shared'
 	    DL_OBJS="tclLoadDl.o"
 	    DL_LIBS="-ldl"
 	    LDFLAGS="$LDFLAGS -Wl,--export-dynamic"
 	    AS_IF([test $doRpath = yes], [
 		CC_SEARCH_FLAGS='-Wl,-rpath,${LIB_RUNTIME_DIR}'])
@@ -1442,11 +1442,11 @@
 		;;
 	    *)
 		SHLIB_CFLAGS="-fpic"
 		;;
 	    esac
-	    SHLIB_LD='${CC} -shared ${SHLIB_CFLAGS}'
+	    SHLIB_LD='${CC} ${SHLIB_CFLAGS} -shared'
 	    SHLIB_SUFFIX=".so"
 	    DL_OBJS="tclLoadDl.o"
 	    DL_LIBS=""
 	    AS_IF([test $doRpath = yes], [
 		CC_SEARCH_FLAGS='-Wl,-rpath,${LIB_RUNTIME_DIR}'])
@@ -1465,11 +1465,11 @@
 	    TCL_LIB_VERSIONS_OK=nodots
 	    ;;
 	NetBSD-*)
 	    # NetBSD has ELF and can use 'cc -shared' to build shared libs
 	    SHLIB_CFLAGS="-fPIC"
-	    SHLIB_LD='${CC} -shared ${SHLIB_CFLAGS}'
+	    SHLIB_LD='${CC} ${SHLIB_CFLAGS} -shared'
 	    SHLIB_SUFFIX=".so"
 	    DL_OBJS="tclLoadDl.o"
 	    DL_LIBS=""
 	    LDFLAGS="$LDFLAGS -export-dynamic"
 	    AS_IF([test $doRpath = yes], [
@@ -2038,11 +2038,10 @@
 #
 # Results:
 #
 #	Defines some of the following vars:
 #		NO_DIRENT_H
-#		NO_VALUES_H
 #		NO_STDLIB_H
 #		NO_STRING_H
 #		NO_SYS_WAIT_H
 #		NO_DLFCN_H
 #		HAVE_SYS_PARAM_H
@@ -2076,12 +2075,10 @@
 
     if test $tcl_cv_dirent_h = no; then
 	AC_DEFINE(NO_DIRENT_H, 1, [Do we have <dirent.h>?])
     fi
 
-    AC_CHECK_HEADER(float.h, , [AC_DEFINE(NO_FLOAT_H, 1, [Do we have <float.h>?])])
-    AC_CHECK_HEADER(values.h, , [AC_DEFINE(NO_VALUES_H, 1, [Do we have <values.h>?])])
     AC_CHECK_HEADER(stdlib.h, tcl_ok=1, tcl_ok=0)
     AC_EGREP_HEADER(strtol, stdlib.h, , tcl_ok=0)
     AC_EGREP_HEADER(strtoul, stdlib.h, , tcl_ok=0)
     AC_EGREP_HEADER(strtod, stdlib.h, , tcl_ok=0)
     if test $tcl_ok = 0; then
@@ -2371,16 +2368,13 @@
 
 AC_DEFUN([SC_TCL_LINK_LIBS], [
     #--------------------------------------------------------------------
     # On a few very rare systems, all of the libm.a stuff is
     # already in libc.a.  Set compiler flags accordingly.
-    # Also, Linux requires the "ieee" library for math to work
-    # right (and it must appear before "-lm").
     #--------------------------------------------------------------------
 
     AC_CHECK_FUNC(sin, MATH_LIBS="", MATH_LIBS="-lm")
-    AC_CHECK_LIB(ieee, main, [MATH_LIBS="-lieee $MATH_LIBS"])
 
     #--------------------------------------------------------------------
     # Interactive UNIX requires -linet instead of -lsocket, plus it
     # needs net/errno.h to define the socket-related error codes.
     #--------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -2493,19 +2487,19 @@
     AC_CACHE_VAL(tcl_cv_type_64bit,[
 	tcl_cv_type_64bit=none
 	# See if the compiler knows natively about __int64
 	AC_TRY_COMPILE(,[__int64 value = (__int64) 0;],
 	    tcl_type_64bit=__int64, tcl_type_64bit="long long")
-	# See if we should use long anyway  Note that we substitute in the
+	# See if we could use long anyway  Note that we substitute in the
 	# type that is our current guess for a 64-bit type inside this check
 	# program, so it should be modified only carefully...
         AC_TRY_COMPILE(,[switch (0) {
             case 1: case (sizeof(]${tcl_type_64bit}[)==sizeof(long)): ;
         }],tcl_cv_type_64bit=${tcl_type_64bit})])
     if test "${tcl_cv_type_64bit}" = none ; then
-	AC_DEFINE(TCL_WIDE_INT_IS_LONG, 1, [Are wide integers to be implemented with C 'long's?])
-	AC_MSG_RESULT([using long])
+	AC_DEFINE(TCL_WIDE_INT_IS_LONG, 1, [Do 'long' and 'long long' have the same size (64-bit)?])
+	AC_MSG_RESULT([yes])
     else
 	AC_DEFINE_UNQUOTED(TCL_WIDE_INT_TYPE,${tcl_cv_type_64bit},
 	    [What type should be used to define wide integers?])
 	AC_MSG_RESULT([${tcl_cv_type_64bit}])
 

Index: unix/tcl.spec
==================================================================
--- unix/tcl.spec
+++ unix/tcl.spec
@@ -2,11 +2,11 @@
 
 %{!?directory:%define directory /usr/local}
 
 Name:          tcl
 Summary:       Tcl scripting language development environment
-Version:       9.0a0
+Version:       8.7a2
 Release:       2
 License:       BSD
 Group:         Development/Languages
 Source:        http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/tcl/tcl%{version}-src.tar.gz
 URL:           http://www.tcl.tk/

Index: unix/tclConfig.h.in
==================================================================
--- unix/tclConfig.h.in
+++ unix/tclConfig.h.in
@@ -293,13 +293,10 @@
 #undef NO_DLFCN_H
 
 /* Do we have fd_set? */
 #undef NO_FD_SET
 
-/* Do we have <float.h>? */
-#undef NO_FLOAT_H
-
 /* Do we have fstatfs()? */
 #undef NO_FSTATFS
 
 /* Do we have gettimeofday()? */
 #undef NO_GETTOD
@@ -332,13 +329,10 @@
 #undef NO_UNAME
 
 /* Do we have a usable 'union wait'? */
 #undef NO_UNION_WAIT
 
-/* Do we have <values.h>? */
-#undef NO_VALUES_H
-
 /* Do we have wait3() */
 #undef NO_WAIT3
 
 /* Define to the address where bug reports for this package should be sent. */
 #undef PACKAGE_BUGREPORT
@@ -398,11 +392,11 @@
 #undef TCL_UNLOAD_DLLS
 
 /* Does this platform have wide high-resolution clicks? */
 #undef TCL_WIDE_CLICKS
 
-/* Are wide integers to be implemented with C 'long's? */
+/* Do Tcl_WideInt, 'long' and 'long long' all have the same size (64-bit) ? */
 #undef TCL_WIDE_INT_IS_LONG
 
 /* What type should be used to define wide integers? */
 #undef TCL_WIDE_INT_TYPE
 

Index: unix/tclUnixInit.c
==================================================================
--- unix/tclUnixInit.c
+++ unix/tclUnixInit.c
@@ -37,15 +37,10 @@
 DLLIMPORT extern __stdcall void *GetModuleHandleW(const void *);
 DLLIMPORT extern __stdcall void FreeLibrary(void *);
 DLLIMPORT extern __stdcall void *GetProcAddress(void *, const char *);
 DLLIMPORT extern __stdcall void GetSystemInfo(void *);
 
-#define NUMPLATFORMS 4
-static const char *const platforms[NUMPLATFORMS] = {
-    "Win32s", "Windows 95", "Windows NT", "Windows CE"
-};
-
 #define NUMPROCESSORS 11
 static const char *const processors[NUMPROCESSORS] = {
     "intel", "mips", "alpha", "ppc", "shx", "arm", "ia64", "alpha64", "msil",
     "amd64", "ia32_on_win64"
 };
@@ -451,11 +446,11 @@
  */
 
 void
 TclpInitLibraryPath(
     char **valuePtr,
-    size_t *lengthPtr,
+    unsigned int *lengthPtr,
     Tcl_Encoding *encodingPtr)
 {
 #define LIBRARY_SIZE	    32
     Tcl_Obj *pathPtr, *objPtr;
     const char *str;
@@ -580,16 +575,10 @@
     Tcl_SetSystemEncoding(NULL,
 	    Tcl_GetEncodingNameFromEnvironment(&encodingName));
     Tcl_DStringFree(&encodingName);
 }
 
-void
-TclpSetInterfaces(void)
-{
-    /* do nothing */
-}
-
 static const char *
 SearchKnownEncodings(
     const char *encoding)
 {
     int left = 0;
@@ -888,14 +877,11 @@
 	osInfoInitialized = 1;
     }
 
     GetSystemInfo(&sysInfo);
 
-    if (osInfo.dwPlatformId < NUMPLATFORMS) {
-	Tcl_SetVar2(interp, "tcl_platform", "os",
-		platforms[osInfo.dwPlatformId], TCL_GLOBAL_ONLY);
-    }
+    Tcl_SetVar2(interp, "tcl_platform", "os", "Windows NT", TCL_GLOBAL_ONLY);
     sprintf(buffer, "%d.%d", osInfo.dwMajorVersion, osInfo.dwMinorVersion);
     Tcl_SetVar2(interp, "tcl_platform", "osVersion", buffer, TCL_GLOBAL_ONLY);
     if (sysInfo.wProcessorArchitecture < NUMPROCESSORS) {
 	Tcl_SetVar2(interp, "tcl_platform", "machine",
 		processors[sysInfo.wProcessorArchitecture],

Index: unix/tclUnixNotfy.c
==================================================================
--- unix/tclUnixNotfy.c
+++ unix/tclUnixNotfy.c
@@ -530,17 +530,17 @@
 	    }
 	}
 	numFound = poll(pollFds, 1, pollTimeout);
 	if (numFound == 1) {
 	    result = 0;
-	    if (pollFds[0].events & (POLLIN | POLLHUP)) {
+	    if (pollFds[0].revents & (POLLIN | POLLHUP)) {
 		result |= TCL_READABLE;
 	    }
-	    if (pollFds[0].events & POLLOUT) {
+	    if (pollFds[0].revents & POLLOUT) {
 		result |= TCL_WRITABLE;
 	    }
-	    if (pollFds[0].events & POLLERR) {
+	    if (pollFds[0].revents & POLLERR) {
 		result |= TCL_EXCEPTION;
 	    }
 	    if (result) {
 		break;
 	    }

Index: unix/tclUnixPort.h
==================================================================
--- unix/tclUnixPort.h
+++ unix/tclUnixPort.h
@@ -85,12 +85,12 @@
 #   define SOCKET unsigned int
 #   define WSAEWOULDBLOCK 10035
     typedef unsigned short WCHAR;
     __declspec(dllimport) extern __stdcall int GetModuleHandleExW(unsigned int, const char *, void *);
     __declspec(dllimport) extern __stdcall int GetModuleFileNameW(void *, const char *, int);
-    __declspec(dllimport) extern __stdcall int WideCharToMultiByte(int, int, const char *, int,
-	    const char *, int, const char *, const char *);
+    __declspec(dllimport) extern __stdcall int WideCharToMultiByte(int, int, const void *, int,
+	    char *, int, const char *, void *);
     __declspec(dllimport) extern __stdcall int MultiByteToWideChar(int, int, const char *, int,
 	    WCHAR *, int);
     __declspec(dllimport) extern __stdcall void OutputDebugStringW(const WCHAR *);
     __declspec(dllimport) extern __stdcall int IsDebuggerPresent();
     __declspec(dllimport) extern __stdcall int GetLastError();
@@ -179,17 +179,11 @@
  * for an alternative definition. If no other alternative is available we use
  * a reasonable guess.
  *---------------------------------------------------------------------------
  */
 
-#ifndef NO_FLOAT_H
-#   include <float.h>
-#else
-#ifndef NO_VALUES_H
-#   include <values.h>
-#endif
-#endif
+#include <float.h>
 
 #ifndef FLT_MAX
 #   ifdef MAXFLOAT
 #	define FLT_MAX	MAXFLOAT
 #   else

Index: unix/tclUnixSock.c
==================================================================
--- unix/tclUnixSock.c
+++ unix/tclUnixSock.c
@@ -215,11 +215,11 @@
  */
 
 static void
 InitializeHostName(
     char **valuePtr,
-    size_t *lengthPtr,
+    unsigned int *lengthPtr,
     Tcl_Encoding *encodingPtr)
 {
     const char *native = NULL;
 
 #ifndef NO_UNAME

Index: unix/tclUnixThrd.c
==================================================================
--- unix/tclUnixThrd.c
+++ unix/tclUnixThrd.c
@@ -13,15 +13,17 @@
 
 #include "tclInt.h"
 
 #ifdef TCL_THREADS
 
+#ifndef TCL_NO_DEPRECATED
 typedef struct {
     char nabuf[16];
 } ThreadSpecificData;
 
 static Tcl_ThreadDataKey dataKey;
+#endif
 
 /*
  * masterLock is used to serialize creation of mutexes, condition variables,
  * and thread local storage. This is the only place that can count on the
  * ability to statically initialize the mutex.

Index: win/Makefile.in
==================================================================
--- win/Makefile.in
+++ win/Makefile.in
@@ -283,10 +283,11 @@
 	tclPkg.$(OBJEXT) \
 	tclPkgConfig.$(OBJEXT) \
 	tclPosixStr.$(OBJEXT) \
 	tclPreserve.$(OBJEXT) \
 	tclProc.$(OBJEXT) \
+	tclProcess.$(OBJEXT) \
 	tclRegexp.$(OBJEXT) \
 	tclResolve.$(OBJEXT) \
 	tclResult.$(OBJEXT) \
 	tclScan.$(OBJEXT) \
 	tclStringObj.$(OBJEXT) \
@@ -398,11 +399,12 @@
 REG_OBJS = tclWinReg.$(OBJEXT)
 
 STUB_OBJS = \
 	tclStubLib.$(OBJEXT) \
 	tclTomMathStubLib.$(OBJEXT) \
-	tclOOStubLib.$(OBJEXT)
+	tclOOStubLib.$(OBJEXT) \
+	tclWinPanic.$(OBJEXT)
 
 TCLSH_OBJS = tclAppInit.$(OBJEXT)
 
 ZLIB_OBJS = \
 	adler32.$(OBJEXT) \
@@ -535,10 +537,13 @@
 	$(CC) -c $(CC_SWITCHES) -DSTATIC_BUILD @DEPARG@ $(CC_OBJNAME)
 
 tclOOStubLib.${OBJEXT}: tclOOStubLib.c
 	$(CC) -c $(CC_SWITCHES) -DSTATIC_BUILD @DEPARG@ $(CC_OBJNAME)
 
+tclWinPanic.${OBJEXT}: tclWinPanic.c
+	$(CC) -c $(CC_SWITCHES) -DSTATIC_BUILD @DEPARG@ $(CC_OBJNAME)
+
 # Implicit rule for all object files that will end up in the Tcl library
 
 %.${OBJEXT}: %.c
 	$(CC) -c $(CC_SWITCHES) -DBUILD_tcl @DEPARG@ $(CC_OBJNAME)
 
@@ -628,11 +633,11 @@
 		echo "Making directory $$i"; \
 		$(MKDIR) $$i; \
 		else true; \
 		fi; \
 	    done;
-	@for i in http1.0 opt0.4 encoding ../tcl9 ../tcl9/9.0 ../tcl9/9.0/platform; \
+	@for i in opt0.4 encoding ../tcl8 ../tcl8/8.4  ../tcl8/8.4/platform ../tcl8/8.5 ../tcl8/8.6; \
 	    do \
 	    if [ ! -d $(SCRIPT_INSTALL_DIR)/$$i ] ; then \
 		echo "Making directory $(SCRIPT_INSTALL_DIR)/$$i"; \
 		$(MKDIR) $(SCRIPT_INSTALL_DIR)/$$i; \
 		else true; \
@@ -650,30 +655,25 @@
 	@echo "Installing library files to $(SCRIPT_INSTALL_DIR)";
 	@for i in $(ROOT_DIR)/library/*.tcl $(ROOT_DIR)/library/tclIndex; \
 	    do \
 	    $(COPY) "$$i" "$(SCRIPT_INSTALL_DIR)"; \
 	    done;
-	@echo "Installing library http1.0 directory";
-	@for j in $(ROOT_DIR)/library/http1.0/*.tcl; \
-	    do \
-	    $(COPY) "$$j" "$(SCRIPT_INSTALL_DIR)/http1.0"; \
-	    done;
 	@echo "Installing package http 2.8.12 as a Tcl Module";
-	@$(COPY) $(ROOT_DIR)/library/http/http.tcl $(SCRIPT_INSTALL_DIR)/../tcl9/9.0/http-2.8.12.tm;
+	@$(COPY) $(ROOT_DIR)/library/http/http.tcl $(SCRIPT_INSTALL_DIR)/../tcl8/8.6/http-2.8.12.tm;
 	@echo "Installing library opt0.4 directory";
 	@for j in $(ROOT_DIR)/library/opt/*.tcl; \
 	    do \
 	    $(COPY) "$$j" "$(SCRIPT_INSTALL_DIR)/opt0.4"; \
 	    done;
-	@echo "Installing package msgcat 1.6.1 as a Tcl Module";
-	@$(COPY) $(ROOT_DIR)/library/msgcat/msgcat.tcl $(SCRIPT_INSTALL_DIR)/../tcl9/9.0/msgcat-1.6.1.tm;
+	@echo "Installing package msgcat 1.7.0 as a Tcl Module";
+	@$(COPY) $(ROOT_DIR)/library/msgcat/msgcat.tcl $(SCRIPT_INSTALL_DIR)/../tcl8/8.7/msgcat-1.7.0.tm;
 	@echo "Installing package tcltest 2.4.0 as a Tcl Module";
-	@$(COPY) $(ROOT_DIR)/library/tcltest/tcltest.tcl $(SCRIPT_INSTALL_DIR)/../tcl9/9.0/tcltest-2.4.0.tm;
+	@$(COPY) $(ROOT_DIR)/library/tcltest/tcltest.tcl $(SCRIPT_INSTALL_DIR)/../tcl8/8.5/tcltest-2.4.0.tm;
 	@echo "Installing package platform 1.0.14 as a Tcl Module";
-	@$(COPY) $(ROOT_DIR)/library/platform/platform.tcl $(SCRIPT_INSTALL_DIR)/../tcl9/9.0/platform-1.0.14.tm;
+	@$(COPY) $(ROOT_DIR)/library/platform/platform.tcl $(SCRIPT_INSTALL_DIR)/../tcl8/8.4/platform-1.0.14.tm;
 	@echo "Installing package platform::shell 1.1.4 as a Tcl Module";
-	@$(COPY) $(ROOT_DIR)/library/platform/shell.tcl $(SCRIPT_INSTALL_DIR)/../tcl9/9.0/platform/shell-1.1.4.tm;
+	@$(COPY) $(ROOT_DIR)/library/platform/shell.tcl $(SCRIPT_INSTALL_DIR)/../tcl8/8.4/platform/shell-1.1.4.tm;
 	@echo "Installing encodings";
 	@for i in $(ROOT_DIR)/library/encoding/*.enc ; do \
 		$(COPY) "$$i" "$(SCRIPT_INSTALL_DIR)/encoding"; \
 	done;
 
@@ -856,11 +856,11 @@
 	    "$(GENERIC_DIR_NATIVE)/tclOO.decls"
 
 #
 # This target creates the HTML folder for Tcl & Tk and places it in
 # DISTDIR/html. It uses the tcltk-man2html.tcl tool from the Tcl group's tool
-# workspace. It depends on the Tcl & Tk being in directories called tcl9.* &
+# workspace. It depends on the Tcl & Tk being in directories called tcl8.* &
 # tk8.* up two directories from the TOOL_DIR.
 #
 
 TOOL_DIR=$(ROOT_DIR)/tools
 HTML_INSTALL_DIR=$(ROOT_DIR)/html

Index: win/README
==================================================================
--- win/README
+++ win/README
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
-Tcl 9.0 for Windows
+Tcl 8.7 for Windows
 
 1. Introduction
 ---------------
 
 This is the directory where you configure and compile the Windows
@@ -14,11 +14,11 @@
 2. Compiling Tcl
 ----------------
 
 In order to compile Tcl for Windows, you need the following:
 
-	Tcl 9.0 Source Distribution (plus any patches)
+	Tcl 8.7 Source Distribution (plus any patches)
 
 	and
 
 	Visual C++ 6 or newer
 
@@ -77,13 +77,13 @@
 
 Use the Makefile "install" target to install Tcl.  It will install it
 according to the prefix options you provided in the correct directory
 structure.
 
-Note that in order to run tclsh90.exe, you must ensure that tcl90.dll is
+Note that in order to run tclsh87.exe, you must ensure that tcl87.dll is
 on your path, in the system directory, or in the directory containing
-tclsh90.exe.
+tclsh87.exe.
 
 Note: Tcl no longer provides support for Win32s.
 
 3. Test suite
 -------------

Index: win/buildall.vc.bat
==================================================================
--- win/buildall.vc.bat
+++ win/buildall.vc.bat
@@ -36,11 +36,13 @@
 :: We need to run the development environment batch script that comes
 :: with developer studio (v4,5,6,7,etc...)  All have it.  This path
 :: might not be correct.  You should call it yourself prior to running
 :: this batchfile.
 ::
-call "C:\Program Files\Microsoft Developer Studio\vc98\bin\vcvars32.bat"
+REM call "C:\Program Files\Microsoft Developer Studio\vc98\bin\vcvars32.bat"
+set "VSCMD_START_DIR=%CD%"
+call "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Community\Common7\Tools\VsDevCmd.bat"
 if errorlevel 1 (goto no_vcvars)
 
 :startBuilding
 
 echo.

DELETED win/coffbase.txt
Index: win/coffbase.txt
==================================================================
--- win/coffbase.txt
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,43 +0,0 @@
-;
-; This file defines the virtual base addresses for the Dynamic Link Libraries
-; that are part of the Tcl system.  The first token on a line is the key (or name
-; of the DLL) and the second token is the virtual base address, in hexidecimal.
-; The third token is the maximum size of the DLL image file, including symbols.
-;
-; Using a specified "prefered load address" should speed loading time by avoiding
-; relocations (NT supported only).  It is assumed extension authors will contribute
-; their modules to this grand-master list.  You can use the dumpbin utility with
-; the /headers option to get the "size of image" data (already in hex).  If the
-; maximum size is too small a linker warning will occur.  Modules can overlap when
-; they're mutually exclusive.  This info is placed in the DLL's PE header by the
-; linker with the `-base:@$(TCLDIR)\win\coffbase.txt,<key>` option.
-
-tcl		0x10000000	0x00200000
-tcldde		0x10200000	0x00010000
-tclreg		0x10210000	0x00010000
-tk		0x10220000	0x00200000
-expect		0x10480000	0x00080000
-itcl		0x10500000	0x00080000
-itk		0x10580000	0x00080000
-bltlite		0x10600000	0x00080000
-blt		0x10680000	0x00080000
-iocpsock	0x10700000	0x00080000
-tls		0x10780000	0x00100000
-winico		0x10880000	0x00010000
-sample		0x108B0000	0x00010000
-tile		0x10900000	0x00080000
-memchan		0x109D0000	0x00010000
-tdom		0x109E0000	0x00080000
-tclvfs		0x10A70000	0x00010000
-tkvideo		0x10B00000	0x00010000
-tclsdl		0x10B20000	0x00080000
-vqtcl		0x10C00000	0x00010000
-tdbc		0x10C40000	0x00010000
-thread		0x10C80000	0x00020000
-nsf		0x10ca0000	0x00080000
-;
-; insert new packages here
-;
-snack		0x1E000000	0x00400000
-sound		0x1E400000	0x00400000
-snackogg	0x1E800000	0x00200000

Index: win/configure
==================================================================
--- win/configure
+++ win/configure
@@ -704,11 +704,10 @@
 ZLIB_DLL_FILE
 CFLAGS_WARNING
 CFLAGS_OPTIMIZE
 CFLAGS_DEBUG
 DL_LIBS
-CELIB_DIR
 CYGPATH
 TCL_THREADS
 SET_MAKE
 RC
 RANLIB
@@ -766,12 +765,10 @@
 enable_option_checking
 enable_threads
 with_encoding
 enable_shared
 enable_64bit
-enable_wince
-with_celib
 enable_symbols
 enable_embedded_manifest
 '
       ac_precious_vars='build_alias
 host_alias
@@ -1390,20 +1387,18 @@
   --disable-FEATURE       do not include FEATURE (same as --enable-FEATURE=no)
   --enable-FEATURE[=ARG]  include FEATURE [ARG=yes]
   --enable-threads        build with threads (default: on)
   --enable-shared         build and link with shared libraries (default: on)
   --enable-64bit          enable 64bit support (where applicable)
-  --enable-wince          enable Win/CE support (where applicable)
   --enable-symbols        build with debugging symbols (default: off)
   --enable-embedded-manifest
                           embed manifest if possible (default: yes)
 
 Optional Packages:
   --with-PACKAGE[=ARG]    use PACKAGE [ARG=yes]
   --without-PACKAGE       do not use PACKAGE (same as --with-PACKAGE=no)
   --with-encoding         encoding for configuration values
-  --with-celib=DIR        use Windows/CE support library from DIR
 
 Some influential environment variables:
   CC          C compiler command
   CFLAGS      C compiler flags
   LDFLAGS     linker flags, e.g. -L<lib dir> if you have libraries in a
@@ -2097,14 +2092,14 @@
 # The following define is needed when building with Cygwin since newer
 # versions of autoconf incorrectly set SHELL to /bin/bash instead of
 # /bin/sh. The bash shell seems to suffer from some strange failures.
 SHELL=/bin/sh
 
-TCL_VERSION=9.0
-TCL_MAJOR_VERSION=9
-TCL_MINOR_VERSION=0
-TCL_PATCH_LEVEL="a0"
+TCL_VERSION=8.7
+TCL_MAJOR_VERSION=8
+TCL_MINOR_VERSION=7
+TCL_PATCH_LEVEL="a2"
 VER=$TCL_MAJOR_VERSION$TCL_MINOR_VERSION
 
 TCL_DDE_VERSION=1.4
 TCL_DDE_MAJOR_VERSION=1
 TCL_DDE_MINOR_VERSION=4
@@ -3809,37 +3804,10 @@
 fi
 
     { $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: result: $do64bit" >&5
 $as_echo "$do64bit" >&6; }
 
-    # Cross-compiling options for Windows/CE builds
-
-    { $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: checking if Windows/CE build is requested" >&5
-$as_echo_n "checking if Windows/CE build is requested... " >&6; }
-    # Check whether --enable-wince was given.
-if test "${enable_wince+set}" = set; then :
-  enableval=$enable_wince; doWince=$enableval
-else
-  doWince=no
-fi
-
-    { $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: result: $doWince" >&5
-$as_echo "$doWince" >&6; }
-
-    { $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: checking for Windows/CE celib directory" >&5
-$as_echo_n "checking for Windows/CE celib directory... " >&6; }
-
-# Check whether --with-celib was given.
-if test "${with_celib+set}" = set; then :
-  withval=$with_celib; CELIB_DIR=$withval
-else
-  CELIB_DIR=NO_CELIB
-fi
-
-    { $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: result: $CELIB_DIR" >&5
-$as_echo "$CELIB_DIR" >&6; }
-
     # Set some defaults (may get changed below)
     EXTRA_CFLAGS=""
 
 $as_echo "#define MODULE_SCOPE extern" >>confdefs.h
 
@@ -4334,111 +4302,11 @@
 	    CFLAGS_OPTIMIZE="-nologo -O2 ${runtime}"
 	    lflags="${lflags} -nologo"
 	    LINKBIN="link"
 	fi
 
-	if test "$doWince" != "no" ; then
-	    # Set defaults for common evc4/PPC2003 setup
-	    # Currently Tcl requires 300+, possibly 420+ for sockets
-	    CEVERSION=420; 		# could be 211 300 301 400 420 ...
-	    TARGETCPU=ARMV4;	# could be ARMV4 ARM MIPS SH3 X86 ...
-	    ARCH=ARM;		# could be ARM MIPS X86EM ...
-	    PLATFORM="Pocket PC 2003"; # or "Pocket PC 2002"
-	    if test "$doWince" != "yes"; then
-		# If !yes then the user specified something
-		# Reset ARCH to allow user to skip specifying it
-		ARCH=
-		eval `echo $doWince | awk -F "," '{ \
-	if (length($1)) { printf "CEVERSION=\"%s\"\n", $1; \
-	if ($1 < 400)	  { printf "PLATFORM=\"Pocket PC 2002\"\n" } }; \
-	if (length($2)) { printf "TARGETCPU=\"%s\"\n", toupper($2) }; \
-	if (length($3)) { printf "ARCH=\"%s\"\n", toupper($3) }; \
-	if (length($4)) { printf "PLATFORM=\"%s\"\n", $4 }; \
-		}'`
-		if test "x${ARCH}" = "x" ; then
-		    ARCH=$TARGETCPU;
-		fi
-	    fi
-	    OSVERSION=WCE$CEVERSION;
-	    if test "x${WCEROOT}" = "x" ; then
-		WCEROOT="C:/Program Files/Microsoft eMbedded C++ 4.0"
-		if test ! -d "${WCEROOT}" ; then
-		    WCEROOT="C:/Program Files/Microsoft eMbedded Tools"
-		fi
-	    fi
-	    if test "x${SDKROOT}" = "x" ; then
-		SDKROOT="C:/Program Files/Windows CE Tools"
-		if test ! -d "${SDKROOT}" ; then
-		    SDKROOT="C:/Windows CE Tools"
-		fi
-	    fi
-	    # The space-based-path will work for the Makefile, but will
-	    # not work if AC_TRY_COMPILE is called.
-	    WCEROOT=`echo "$WCEROOT" | sed -e 's!\\\!/!g'`
-	    SDKROOT=`echo "$SDKROOT" | sed -e 's!\\\!/!g'`
-	    CELIB_DIR=`echo "$CELIB_DIR" | sed -e 's!\\\!/!g'`
-	    if test ! -d "${CELIB_DIR}/inc"; then
-		as_fn_error $? "Invalid celib directory \"${CELIB_DIR}\"" "$LINENO" 5
-	    fi
-	    if test ! -d "${SDKROOT}/${OSVERSION}/${PLATFORM}/Lib/${TARGETCPU}"\
-		-o ! -d "${WCEROOT}/EVC/${OSVERSION}/bin"; then
-		as_fn_error $? "could not find PocketPC SDK or target compiler to enable WinCE mode $CEVERSION,$TARGETCPU,$ARCH,$PLATFORM" "$LINENO" 5
-	    else
-		CEINCLUDE="${SDKROOT}/${OSVERSION}/${PLATFORM}/include"
-		if test -d "${CEINCLUDE}/${TARGETCPU}" ; then
-		    CEINCLUDE="${CEINCLUDE}/${TARGETCPU}"
-		fi
-		CELIBPATH="${SDKROOT}/${OSVERSION}/${PLATFORM}/Lib/${TARGETCPU}"
-	    fi
-	fi
-
-	if test "$doWince" != "no" ; then
-	    CEBINROOT="${WCEROOT}/EVC/${OSVERSION}/bin"
-	    if test "${TARGETCPU}" = "X86"; then
-		CC="${CEBINROOT}/cl.exe"
-	    else
-		CC="${CEBINROOT}/cl${ARCH}.exe"
-	    fi
-	    CC="\"${CC}\" -I\"${CELIB_DIR}/inc\" -I\"${CEINCLUDE}\""
-	    RC="\"${WCEROOT}/Common/EVC/bin/rc.exe\""
-	    arch=`echo ${ARCH} | awk '{print tolower($0)}'`
-	    defs="${ARCH} _${ARCH}_ ${arch} PALM_SIZE _MT _DLL _WINDOWS"
-	    for i in $defs ; do
-		cat >>confdefs.h <<_ACEOF
-#define $i 1
-_ACEOF
-
-	    done
-#	    if test "${ARCH}" = "X86EM"; then
-#		AC_DEFINE_UNQUOTED(_WIN32_WCE_EMULATION)
-#	    fi
-	    cat >>confdefs.h <<_ACEOF
-#define _WIN32_WCE $CEVERSION
-_ACEOF
-
-	    cat >>confdefs.h <<_ACEOF
-#define UNDER_CE $CEVERSION
-_ACEOF
-
-	    CFLAGS_DEBUG="-nologo -Zi -Od"
-	    CFLAGS_OPTIMIZE="-nologo -O2"
-	    lversion=`echo ${CEVERSION} | sed -e 's/\(.\)\(..\)/\1\.\2/'`
-	    lflags="-nodefaultlib -MACHINE:${ARCH} -LIBPATH:\"${CELIBPATH}\" -subsystem:windowsce,${lversion} -nologo"
-	    LINKBIN="\"${CEBINROOT}/link.exe\""
-
-	    if test "${CEVERSION}" -lt 400 ; then
-		LIBS="coredll.lib corelibc.lib winsock.lib"
-	    else
-		LIBS="coredll.lib corelibc.lib ws2.lib"
-	    fi
-	    # celib currently stuck at wce300 status
-	    #LIBS="$LIBS \${CELIB_DIR}/wince-${ARCH}-pocket-${OSVERSION}-release/celib.lib"
-	    LIBS="$LIBS \"\${CELIB_DIR}/wince-${ARCH}-pocket-wce300-release/celib.lib\""
-	    LIBS_GUI="commctrl.lib commdlg.lib"
-	else
-	    LIBS_GUI="gdi32.lib comdlg32.lib imm32.lib comctl32.lib shell32.lib uuid.lib"
-	fi
+	LIBS_GUI="gdi32.lib comdlg32.lib imm32.lib comctl32.lib shell32.lib uuid.lib"
 
 	SHLIB_LD="${LINKBIN} -dll -incremental:no ${lflags}"
 	SHLIB_LD_LIBS='${LIBS}'
 	# link -lib only works when -lib is the first arg
 	STLIB_LD="${LINKBIN} -lib ${lflags}"
@@ -4465,11 +4333,11 @@
 	CC_OBJNAME="-Fo\$@"
 	CC_EXENAME="-Fe\"\$(shell \$(CYGPATH) '\$@')\""
 
 	# Specify linker flags depending on the type of app being
 	# built -- Console vs. Window.
-	if test "$doWince" != "no" -a "${TARGETCPU}" != "X86"; then
+	if test "${TARGETCPU}" != "X86"; then
 	    LDFLAGS_CONSOLE="-link ${lflags}"
 	    LDFLAGS_WINDOW=${LDFLAGS_CONSOLE}
 	else
 	    LDFLAGS_CONSOLE="-link -subsystem:console ${lflags}"
 	    LDFLAGS_WINDOW="-link -subsystem:windows ${lflags}"

Index: win/configure.ac
==================================================================
--- win/configure.ac
+++ win/configure.ac
@@ -9,14 +9,14 @@
 # The following define is needed when building with Cygwin since newer
 # versions of autoconf incorrectly set SHELL to /bin/bash instead of
 # /bin/sh. The bash shell seems to suffer from some strange failures.
 SHELL=/bin/sh
 
-TCL_VERSION=9.0
-TCL_MAJOR_VERSION=9
-TCL_MINOR_VERSION=0
-TCL_PATCH_LEVEL="a0"
+TCL_VERSION=8.7
+TCL_MAJOR_VERSION=8
+TCL_MINOR_VERSION=7
+TCL_PATCH_LEVEL="a2"
 VER=$TCL_MAJOR_VERSION$TCL_MINOR_VERSION
 
 TCL_DDE_VERSION=1.4
 TCL_DDE_MAJOR_VERSION=1
 TCL_DDE_MINOR_VERSION=4

Index: win/makefile.vc
==================================================================
--- win/makefile.vc
+++ win/makefile.vc
@@ -1,49 +1,27 @@
-#-------------------------------------------------------------
-# makefile.vc --
+#------------------------------------------------------------- -*- makefile -*-
 #
-#	Microsoft Visual C++ makefile for use with nmake.exe v1.62+ (VC++ 5.0+)
+#	Microsoft Visual C++ makefile for building Tcl with nmake
 #
 # See the file "license.terms" for information on usage and redistribution
 # of this file, and for a DISCLAIMER OF ALL WARRANTIES.
 #
 # Copyright (c) 1995-1996 Sun Microsystems, Inc.
 # Copyright (c) 1998-2000 Ajuba Solutions.
 # Copyright (c) 2001-2005 ActiveState Corporation.
 # Copyright (c) 2001-2004 David Gravereaux.
 # Copyright (c) 2003-2008 Pat Thoyts.
-#------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-
-# Check to see we are configured to build with MSVC (MSDEVDIR, MSVCDIR or
-# VCINSTALLDIR) or with the MS Platform SDK (MSSDK or WindowsSDKDir)
-!if !defined(MSDEVDIR) && !defined(MSVCDIR) && !defined(VCINSTALLDIR) && !defined(MSSDK) && !defined(WINDOWSSDKDIR)
-MSG = ^
-You need to run vcvars32.bat from Developer Studio or setenv.bat from the^
-Platform SDK first to setup the environment.  Jump to this line to read^
-the build instructions.
-!error $(MSG)
-!endif
-
-#------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-# HOW TO USE this makefile:
-#
-# 1)  It is now necessary to have MSVCDir, MSDevDir or MSSDK set in the
-#     environment.  This is used as a check to see if vcvars32.bat had been
-#     run prior to running nmake or during the installation of Microsoft
-#     Visual C++, MSVCDir had been set globally and the PATH adjusted.
-#     Either way is valid.
-#
-#     You'll need to run vcvars32.bat contained in the MsDev's vc(98)/bin
-#     directory to setup the proper environment, if needed, for your
-#     current setup.  This is a needed bootstrap requirement and allows the
-#     swapping of different environments to be easier.
-#
-# 2)  To use the Platform SDK (not expressly needed), run setenv.bat after
-#     vcvars32.bat according to the instructions for it.  This can also
-#     turn on the 64-bit compiler, if your SDK has it.
-#
-# 3)  Targets are:
+# Copyright (c) 2017 Ashok P. Nadkarni
+#------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+# General usage:
+#   nmake [-nologo] -f makefile.vc [TARGET|MACRODEF [TARGET|MACRODEF] [...]]
+#
+# For MACRODEF, see TIP 477 (https://core.tcl.tk/tips/doc/trunk/tip/477.md)
+# or examine Sections 6-8 in rules.vc.
+#
+# Possible values of TARGET are:
 #	release  -- Builds the core, the shell and the dlls. (default)
 #	dlls     -- Just builds the windows extensions
 #	shell    -- Just builds the shell and the core.
 #	core     -- Only builds the core [tclXX.(dll|lib)].
 #	all      -- Builds everything.
@@ -59,183 +37,96 @@
 #		    headers like tclInt.h just get small changes.
 #	htmlhelp -- Builds a Windows .chm help file for Tcl and Tk from the
 #		    troff manual pages found in $(ROOT)\doc. You need to
 #		    have installed the HTML Help Compiler package from Microsoft
 #		    to produce the .chm file.
-#	winhelp  -- (deprecated) Builds the windows .hlp file for Tcl from
-#		    the troff man files found in $(ROOT)\doc. This type of
-#		    help file is deprecated by Microsoft in favour of html
-#		    help files (.chm)
-#
-# 4)  Macros usable on the commandline:
-#	INSTALLDIR=<path>
-#		Sets where to install Tcl from the built binaries.
-#		C:\Progra~1\Tcl is assumed when not specified.
-#
-#	OPTS=loimpact,msvcrt,nothreads,pdbs,profile,static,staticpkg,symbols,thrdalloc,tclalloc,unchecked,none
-#		Sets special options for the core.  The default is for none.
-#		Any combination of the above may be used (comma separated).
-#		'none' will over-ride everything to nothing.
-#
-#		loimpact = Adds a flag for how NT treats the heap to keep memory
-#			   in use, low.  This is said to impact alloc performance.
-#		msvcrt   = Affects the static option only to switch it from
-#			   using libcmt(d) as the C runtime [by default] to
-#			   msvcrt(d). This is useful for static embedding
-#			   support.
-#		nothreads= Turns off full multithreading support.
-#		pdbs     = Build detached symbols for release builds.
-#		profile  = Adds profiling hooks.  Map file is assumed.
-#		static   = Builds a static library of the core instead of a
-#			   dll.  The static library will contain the dde and reg
-#			   extensions. External applications who want to use
-#			   this, need to link with the stub library as well as
-#			   the static Tcl library.The shell will be static (and
-#			   large), as well.
-#		staticpkg = Affects the static option only to switch
-#			   tclshXX.exe to have the dde and reg extension linked
-#			   inside it.
-#		symbols  = Debug build. Links to the debug C runtime, disables
-#			   optimizations and creates pdb symbols files.
-#		thrdalloc = Use the thread allocator (shared global free pool)
-#			   This is the default on threaded builds.
-#		tclalloc = Use the old non-thread allocator
-#		unchecked= Allows a symbols build to not use the debug
-#			   enabled runtime (msvcrt.dll not msvcrtd.dll
-#			   or libcmt.lib not libcmtd.lib).
-#
-#	STATS=compdbg,memdbg,none
-#		Sets optional memory and bytecode compiler debugging code added
-#		to the core.  The default is for none.  Any combination of the
-#		above may be used (comma separated).  'none' will over-ride
-#		everything to nothing.
-#
-#		compdbg  = Enables byte compilation logging.
-#		memdbg   = Enables the debugging memory allocator.
-#
-#	CHECKS=64bit,fullwarn,nodep,none
-#		Sets special macros for checking compatibility.
-#
-#		64bit    = Enable 64bit portability warnings (if available)
-#		fullwarn = Builds with full compiler and link warnings enabled.
-#			    Very verbose.
-#		nodep	 = Turns off compatibility macros to ensure the core
-#			    isn't being built with deprecated functions.
-#
-#	MACHINE=(ARM|AMD64|IA64|IX86)
-#		Set the machine type used for the compiler, linker, and
-#		resource compiler.  This hook is needed to tell the tools
-#		when alternate platforms are requested.  IX86 is the default
-#		when not specified. If the CPU environment variable has been
-#		set (ie: recent Platform SDK) then MACHINE is set from CPU.
-#
-#	TMP_DIR=<path>
-#	OUT_DIR=<path>
-#		Hooks to allow the intermediate and output directories to be
-#		changed.  $(OUT_DIR) is assumed to be
-#		$(BINROOT)\(Release|Debug) based on if symbols are requested.
-#		$(TMP_DIR) will de $(OUT_DIR)\<buildtype> by default.
-#
-#	TESTPAT=<file>
-#		Reads the tests requested to be run from this file.
-#
-#	CFG_ENCODING=encoding
-#		name of encoding for configuration information. Defaults
-#		to cp1252
-#
-# 5)  Examples:
-#
-#	Basic syntax of calling nmake looks like this:
-#	nmake [-nologo] -f makefile.vc [target|macrodef [target|macrodef] [...]]
-#
-#                        Standard (no frills)
-#       c:\tcl_src\win\>c:\progra~1\micros~1\vc98\bin\vcvars32.bat
-#       Setting environment for using Microsoft Visual C++ tools.
-#       c:\tcl_src\win\>nmake -f makefile.vc release
-#       c:\tcl_src\win\>nmake -f makefile.vc install INSTALLDIR=c:\progra~1\tcl
-#
-#                         Building for Win64
-#       c:\tcl_src\win\>c:\progra~1\micros~1\vc98\bin\vcvars32.bat
-#       Setting environment for using Microsoft Visual C++ tools.
-#       c:\tcl_src\win\>c:\progra~1\platfo~1\setenv.bat /pre64 /RETAIL
-#       Targeting Windows pre64 RETAIL
-#       c:\tcl_src\win\>nmake -f makefile.vc MACHINE=IA64
-#
-#------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-#==============================================================================
-###############################################################################
-
-
-#    //==================================================================\\
-#   >>[               -> Do not modify below this line. <-               ]<<
-#   >>[  Please, use the commandline macros to modify how Tcl is built.  ]<<
-#   >>[  If you need more features, send us a patch for more macros.     ]<<
-#    \\==================================================================//
-
-
-###############################################################################
-#==============================================================================
-#------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-
-!if !exist("makefile.vc")
-MSG = ^
-You must run this makefile only from the directory it is in.^
-Please `cd` to its location first.
-!error $(MSG)
-!endif
-
-PROJECT = tcl
+#
+# The steps to setup a Visual C++ environment depend on which
+# version of Visual Studio and/or the Windows SDK you are building
+# against and are not described here. The simplest method is generally
+# to start a command shell using one of the short cuts installed by
+# Visual Studio/Windows SDK for the appropriate target architecture.
+#
+# NOTE: For older (Visual C++ 6 or the 2003 SDK), to use the Platform
+# SDK (not expressly needed), run setenv.bat after
+# vcvars32.bat according to the instructions for it.  This can also
+# turn on the 64-bit compiler, if your SDK has it.
+#
+# Examples:
+#       c:\tcl_src\win\>nmake -f makefile.vc release
+#       c:\tcl_src\win\>nmake -f makefile.vc test
+#       c:\tcl_src\win\>nmake -f makefile.vc install INSTALLDIR=c:\progra~1\tcl
+#       c:\tcl_src\win\>nmake -f makefile.vc release OPTS=pdbs 
+#       c:\tcl_src\win\>nmake -f makefile.vc release OPTS=symbols
+#
+
+# NOTE:
+# Before modifying this file, check whether the modification is applicable
+# to building extensions as well and if so, modify rules.vc instead.
+
+# The PROJECT macro is used by rules.vc for generating appropriate
+# macros and rules.
+PROJECT = tcl
+
+# Default target to build if no target is specified. If unspecified, the
+# rules.vc file will set up "all" as the target.
+DEFAULT_BUILD_TARGET = release
+
+# We want to use our own resource file, not the standard template one.
+RCFILE = tcl.rc
+
+# The rules.vc file does most of the hard work in terms of defining
+# the build configuration, macros, output directories etc.
 !include "rules.vc"
 
-STUBPREFIX      = $(PROJECT)stub
+# Tcl version info based on macros set up by rules.vc
 DOTVERSION      = $(TCL_MAJOR_VERSION).$(TCL_MINOR_VERSION)
 VERSION         = $(TCL_MAJOR_VERSION)$(TCL_MINOR_VERSION)
+
+# We need versions of various core packages to generate appropriate
+# file names during installation.
+!if [echo REM = This file is generated from makefile.vc > versions.vc]
+!endif
+!if [echo PKG_HTTP_VER = \>> versions.vc] \
+   && [nmakehlp -V ..\library\http\pkgIndex.tcl http >> versions.vc]
+!endif
+!if [echo PKG_TCLTEST_VER = \>> versions.vc] \
+   && [nmakehlp -V ..\library\tcltest\pkgIndex.tcl tcltest >> versions.vc]
+!endif
+!if [echo PKG_MSGCAT_VER = \>> versions.vc] \
+   && [nmakehlp -V ..\library\msgcat\pkgIndex.tcl msgcat >> versions.vc]
+!endif
+!if [echo PKG_PLATFORM_VER = \>> versions.vc] \
+   && [nmakehlp -V ..\library\platform\pkgIndex.tcl "platform " >> versions.vc]
+!endif
+!if [echo PKG_SHELL_VER = \>> versions.vc] \
+   && [nmakehlp -V ..\library\platform\pkgIndex.tcl "platform::shell" >> versions.vc]
+!endif
+!if [echo PKG_DDE_VER = \>> versions.vc] \
+   && [nmakehlp -V ..\library\dde\pkgIndex.tcl "dde " >> versions.vc]
+!endif
+!if [echo PKG_REG_VER =\>> versions.vc] \
+   && [nmakehlp -V ..\library\reg\pkgIndex.tcl registry >> versions.vc]
+!endif
+
+!include versions.vc
 
 DDEDOTVERSION = 1.4
 DDEVERSION = $(DDEDOTVERSION:.=)
 
 REGDOTVERSION = 1.3
 REGVERSION = $(REGDOTVERSION:.=)
 
-BINROOT		= $(MAKEDIR)     # originally .
-ROOT		= $(MAKEDIR)\..  # originally ..
-
-TCLIMPLIB	= $(OUT_DIR)\$(PROJECT)$(VERSION)$(SUFX).lib
-TCLLIBNAME	= $(PROJECT)$(VERSION)$(SUFX).$(EXT)
-TCLLIB		= $(OUT_DIR)\$(TCLLIBNAME)
-
-TCLSTUBLIBNAME	= $(STUBPREFIX)$(VERSION).lib
-TCLSTUBLIB	= $(OUT_DIR)\$(TCLSTUBLIBNAME)
-
-TCLSHNAME	= $(PROJECT)sh$(VERSION)$(SUFX).exe
-TCLSH		= $(OUT_DIR)\$(TCLSHNAME)
-
 TCLREGLIBNAME	= $(PROJECT)reg$(REGVERSION)$(SUFX:t=).$(EXT)
 TCLREGLIB	= $(OUT_DIR)\$(TCLREGLIBNAME)
 
 TCLDDELIBNAME	= $(PROJECT)dde$(DDEVERSION)$(SUFX:t=).$(EXT)
 TCLDDELIB	= $(OUT_DIR)\$(TCLDDELIBNAME)
 
 TCLTEST		= $(OUT_DIR)\$(PROJECT)test.exe
 CAT32		= $(OUT_DIR)\cat32.exe
 
-# Can we run what we build? IX86 runs on all architectures.
-!ifndef TCLSH_NATIVE
-!if "$(MACHINE)" == "IX86" || "$(MACHINE)" == "$(NATIVE_ARCH)"
-TCLSH_NATIVE	= $(TCLSH)
-!else
-!error You must explicitly set TCLSH_NATIVE for cross-compilation
-!endif
-!endif
-
-### Make sure we use backslash only.
-LIB_INSTALL_DIR		= $(_INSTALLDIR)\lib
-BIN_INSTALL_DIR		= $(_INSTALLDIR)\bin
-DOC_INSTALL_DIR		= $(_INSTALLDIR)\doc
-SCRIPT_INSTALL_DIR	= $(_INSTALLDIR)\lib\tcl$(DOTVERSION)
-INCLUDE_INSTALL_DIR	= $(_INSTALLDIR)\include
-
 TCLSHOBJS = \
 	$(TMP_DIR)\tclAppInit.obj \
 !if !$(STATIC_BUILD)
 !if $(TCL_USE_STATIC_PACKAGES)
 	$(TMP_DIR)\tclWinReg.obj \
@@ -325,10 +216,11 @@
 	$(TMP_DIR)\tclPkg.obj \
 	$(TMP_DIR)\tclPkgConfig.obj \
 	$(TMP_DIR)\tclPosixStr.obj \
 	$(TMP_DIR)\tclPreserve.obj \
 	$(TMP_DIR)\tclProc.obj \
+	$(TMP_DIR)\tclProcess.obj \
 	$(TMP_DIR)\tclRegexp.obj \
 	$(TMP_DIR)\tclResolve.obj \
 	$(TMP_DIR)\tclResult.obj \
 	$(TMP_DIR)\tclScan.obj \
 	$(TMP_DIR)\tclStringObj.obj \
@@ -456,126 +348,25 @@
 TCLOBJS = $(COREOBJS) $(ZLIBOBJS) $(TOMMATHOBJS) $(PLATFORMOBJS)
 
 TCLSTUBOBJS = \
 	$(TMP_DIR)\tclStubLib.obj \
 	$(TMP_DIR)\tclTomMathStubLib.obj \
-	$(TMP_DIR)\tclOOStubLib.obj
-
-### The following paths CANNOT have spaces in them.
-COMPATDIR	= $(ROOT)\compat
-DOCDIR		= $(ROOT)\doc
-GENERICDIR	= $(ROOT)\generic
-TOMMATHDIR	= $(ROOT)\libtommath
-TOOLSDIR	= $(ROOT)\tools
-WINDIR		= $(ROOT)\win
+	$(TMP_DIR)\tclOOStubLib.obj \
+	$(TMP_DIR)\tclWinPanic.obj
+
+### The following paths CANNOT have spaces in them as they appear on
+### the left side of implicit rules.
+TOMMATHDIR	= $(ROOT)\libtommath
 PKGSDIR		= $(ROOT)\pkgs
 
-#---------------------------------------------------------------------
-# Compile flags
-#---------------------------------------------------------------------
-
-!if !$(DEBUG)
-!if $(OPTIMIZING)
-### This cranks the optimization level to maximize speed
-cdebug	= -O2 $(OPTIMIZATIONS)
-!else
-cdebug	=
-!endif
-!if $(SYMBOLS)
-cdebug	= $(cdebug) -Zi
-!endif
-!else if "$(MACHINE)" == "IA64" || "$(MACHINE)" == "AMD64"
-### Warnings are too many, can't support warnings into errors.
-cdebug	= -Zi -Od $(DEBUGFLAGS)
-!else
-cdebug	= -Zi -WX $(DEBUGFLAGS)
-!endif
-
-### Common compiler options that are architecture specific
-!if "$(MACHINE)" == "ARM"
-carch = -D_ARM_WINAPI_PARTITION_DESKTOP_SDK_AVAILABLE
-!else
-carch =
-!endif
-
-### Declarations common to all compiler options
-cwarn = $(WARNINGS) -D _CRT_SECURE_NO_DEPRECATE -D _CRT_NONSTDC_NO_DEPRECATE
-cflags = -nologo -c $(COMPILERFLAGS) $(carch) $(cwarn) -Fp$(TMP_DIR)^\
-
-!if $(MSVCRT)
-!if $(DEBUG) && !$(UNCHECKED)
-crt = -MDd
-!else
-crt = -MD
-!endif
-!else
-!if $(DEBUG) && !$(UNCHECKED)
-crt = -MTd
-!else
-crt = -MT
-!endif
-!endif
-
-TCL_INCLUDES	= -I"$(WINDIR)" -I"$(GENERICDIR)" -I"$(TOMMATHDIR)"
-TCL_DEFINES	= -DMP_PREC=4 -Dinline=__inline -DHAVE_ZLIB=1
-BASE_CFLAGS	= $(cflags) $(cdebug) $(crt) $(TCL_INCLUDES) $(TCL_DEFINES)
-CON_CFLAGS	= $(cflags) $(cdebug) $(crt) -DCONSOLE
-TCL_CFLAGS	= $(BASE_CFLAGS) $(OPTDEFINES)
-STUB_CFLAGS     = $(cflags) $(cdebug) $(OPTDEFINES)
-
-
-#---------------------------------------------------------------------
-# Link flags
-#---------------------------------------------------------------------
-
-!if $(DEBUG)
-ldebug	= -debug -debugtype:cv
-!else
-ldebug	= -release -opt:ref -opt:icf,3
-!if $(SYMBOLS)
-ldebug	= $(ldebug) -debug -debugtype:cv
-!endif
-!endif
-
-### Declarations common to all linker options
-lflags	= -nologo -machine:$(MACHINE) $(LINKERFLAGS) $(ldebug)
-
-!if $(PROFILE)
-lflags	= $(lflags) -profile
-!endif
-
-!if $(MSVCRT) && !($(DEBUG) && !$(UNCHECKED)) && $(VCVERSION) >= 1900
-lflags	= $(lflags) -nodefaultlib:libucrt.lib
-!endif
-
-!if $(ALIGN98_HACK) && !$(STATIC_BUILD)
-### Align sections for PE size savings.
-lflags	= $(lflags) -opt:nowin98
-!else if !$(ALIGN98_HACK) && $(STATIC_BUILD)
-### Align sections for speed in loading by choosing the virtual page size.
-lflags	= $(lflags) -align:4096
-!endif
-
-!if $(LOIMPACT)
-lflags	= $(lflags) -ws:aggressive
-!endif
-
-dlllflags = $(lflags) -dll
-conlflags = $(lflags) -subsystem:console
-guilflags = $(lflags) -subsystem:windows
-
-baselibs   = netapi32.lib kernel32.lib user32.lib advapi32.lib userenv.lib ws2_32.lib
-# Avoid 'unresolved external symbol __security_cookie' errors.
-# c.f. http://support.microsoft.com/?id=894573
-!if "$(MACHINE)" == "IA64" || "$(MACHINE)" == "AMD64"
-!if $(VCVERSION) > 1399 && $(VCVERSION) < 1500
-baselibs   = $(baselibs) bufferoverflowU.lib
-!endif
-!endif
-!if $(MSVCRT) && !($(DEBUG) && !$(UNCHECKED)) && $(VCVERSION) >= 1900
-baselibs   = $(baselibs) ucrt.lib
-!endif
+# Additional include and C macro definitions for the implicit rules
+# defined in rules.vc
+PRJ_INCLUDES	= -I"$(TOMMATHDIR)"
+PRJ_DEFINES	= -DTCL_TOMMATH -DMP_PREC=4 -Dinline=__inline -DHAVE_ZLIB=1 -D_CRT_SECURE_NO_DEPRECATE -D_CRT_NONSTDC_NO_DEPRECATE
+
+# Additional Link libraries needed beyond those in rules.vc
+PRJ_LIBS   = netapi32.lib user32.lib userenv.lib ws2_32.lib
 
 #---------------------------------------------------------------------
 # TclTest flags
 #---------------------------------------------------------------------
 
@@ -593,85 +384,73 @@
 shell:	    setup $(TCLSH)
 dlls:	    setup $(TCLREGLIB) $(TCLDDELIB)
 all:	    setup $(TCLSH) $(TCLSTUBLIB) dlls $(CAT32) pkgs
 tcltest:    setup $(TCLTEST) dlls $(CAT32)
 install:    install-binaries install-libraries install-docs install-pkgs
+setup:      default-setup
 
 test: test-core test-pkgs
 test-core: setup $(TCLTEST) dlls $(CAT32)
 	set TCL_LIBRARY=$(ROOT:\=/)/library
-!if "$(OS)" == "Windows_NT"  || "$(MSVCDIR)" == "IDE"
 	$(DEBUGGER) $(TCLTEST) "$(ROOT:\=/)/tests/all.tcl" $(TESTFLAGS) -loadfile <<
 		package ifneeded dde 1.4.0 [list load "$(TCLDDELIB:\=/)" dde]
 		package ifneeded registry 1.3.2 [list load "$(TCLREGLIB:\=/)" registry]
 <<
-!else
-	@echo Please wait while the tests are collected...
-	$(TCLTEST) "$(ROOT:\=/)/tests/all.tcl" $(TESTFLAGS) -loadfile << > tests.log
-		package ifneeded dde 1.4.0 "$(TCLDDELIB:\=/)" dde]
-		package ifneeded registry 1.3.2 "$(TCLREGLIB:\=/)" registry]
-<<
-	type tests.log | more
-!endif
 
 runtest: setup $(TCLTEST) dlls $(CAT32)
 	set TCL_LIBRARY=$(ROOT:\=/)/library
 	$(DEBUGGER) $(TCLTEST) $(SCRIPT)
 
 runshell: setup $(TCLSH) dlls
 	set TCL_LIBRARY=$(ROOT:\=/)/library
 	$(DEBUGGER) $(TCLSH) $(SCRIPT)
 
-setup:
-	@if not exist $(OUT_DIR)\nul mkdir $(OUT_DIR)
-	@if not exist $(TMP_DIR)\nul mkdir $(TMP_DIR)
+!if $(STATIC_BUILD)
 
-!if !$(STATIC_BUILD)
-$(TCLIMPLIB): $(TCLLIB)
-!endif
+$(TCLLIB): $(TCLOBJS)
+	$(LIBCMD) @<<
+$**
+<<
+
+!else
 
 $(TCLLIB): $(TCLOBJS)
-!if $(STATIC_BUILD)
-	$(lib32) -nologo $(LINKERFLAGS) -out:$@ @<<
-$**
-<<
-!else
-	$(link32) $(dlllflags) -base:@$(WINDIR)\coffbase.txt,tcl -out:$@ \
-		$(baselibs) @<<
+	$(DLLCMD) @<<
 $**
 <<
 	$(_VC_MANIFEST_EMBED_DLL)
-!endif
+$(TCLIMPLIB): $(TCLLIB)
+
+!endif # $(STATIC_BUILD)
+
 
 $(TCLSTUBLIB): $(TCLSTUBOBJS)
-	$(lib32) -nologo $(LINKERFLAGS) -nodefaultlib -out:$@ $(TCLSTUBOBJS)
+	$(LIBCMD) -nodefaultlib $(TCLSTUBOBJS)
 
 $(TCLSH): $(TCLSHOBJS) $(TCLSTUBLIB) $(TCLIMPLIB)
-	$(link32) $(conlflags) -stack:2300000 -out:$@ $(baselibs) $**
+	$(CONEXECMD) -stack:2300000 $**
 	$(_VC_MANIFEST_EMBED_EXE)
 
 $(TCLTEST): $(TCLTESTOBJS) $(TCLSTUBLIB) $(TCLIMPLIB)
-	$(link32) $(conlflags) -stack:2300000 -out:$@ $(baselibs) $**
+	$(CONEXECMD) -stack:2300000 $**
 	$(_VC_MANIFEST_EMBED_EXE)
 
 !if $(STATIC_BUILD)
 $(TCLDDELIB): $(TMP_DIR)\tclWinDde.obj
-	$(lib32) -nologo $(LINKERFLAGS) -out:$@ $**
+	$(LIBCMD) $**
 !else
 $(TCLDDELIB): $(TMP_DIR)\tclWinDde.obj $(TCLSTUBLIB)
-	$(link32) $(dlllflags) -base:@$(WINDIR)\coffbase.txt,tcldde -out:$@ \
-		$** $(baselibs)
+	$(DLLCMD) $**
 	$(_VC_MANIFEST_EMBED_DLL)
 !endif
 
 !if $(STATIC_BUILD)
 $(TCLREGLIB): $(TMP_DIR)\tclWinReg.obj
-	$(lib32) -nologo $(LINKERFLAGS) -out:$@ $**
+	$(LIBCMD) $**
 !else
 $(TCLREGLIB): $(TMP_DIR)\tclWinReg.obj $(TCLSTUBLIB)
-	$(link32) $(dlllflags) -base:@$(WINDIR)\coffbase.txt,tclreg -out:$@ \
-		$** $(baselibs)
+	$(DLLCMD) $**
 	$(_VC_MANIFEST_EMBED_DLL)
 !endif
 
 pkgs:
 	@for /d %d in ($(PKGSDIR)\*) do \
@@ -704,13 +483,12 @@
 	    $(MAKE) -$(MAKEFLAGS) -f makefile.vc TCLDIR=$(ROOT) clean &\
 	    popd \
 	  )
 
 $(CAT32): $(WINDIR)\cat.c
-	$(cc32) $(CON_CFLAGS) -Fo$(TMP_DIR)\ $?
-	$(link32) $(conlflags) -out:$@ -stack:16384 $(TMP_DIR)\cat.obj \
-		$(baselibs)
+	$(cc32) $(cflags) $(crt) -D_CRT_NONSTDC_NO_DEPRECATE -DCONSOLE -Fo$(TMP_DIR)\ $?
+	$(CONEXECMD) -stack:16384 $(TMP_DIR)\cat.obj
 	$(_VC_MANIFEST_EMBED_EXE)
 
 #---------------------------------------------------------------------
 # Regenerate the stubs files.  [Development use only]
 #---------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -744,13 +522,16 @@
 
 #---------------------------------------------------------------------
 # Build the Windows HTML help file.
 #---------------------------------------------------------------------
 
-# NOTE: you can define HHC on the command-line to override this
-!ifndef HHC
-HHC=""%ProgramFiles%\HTML Help Workshop\hhc.exe""
+# NOTE: you can define HHC on the command-line to override this.
+# nmake does not set macro values if already set on the command line.
+!if defined(PROCESSOR_ARCHITECTURE) && "$(PROCESSOR_ARCHITECTURE)" == "AMD64"
+HHC="%ProgramFiles(x86)%\HTML Help Workshop\hhc.exe"
+!else
+HHC="%ProgramFiles%\HTML Help Workshop\hhc.exe"
 !endif
 HTMLDIR=$(OUT_DIR)\html
 HTMLBASE=TclTk$(VERSION)
 HHPFILE=$(HTMLDIR)\$(HTMLBASE).hhp
 CHMFILE=$(HTMLDIR)\$(HTMLBASE).chm
@@ -758,20 +539,20 @@
 htmlhelp: chmsetup $(CHMFILE)
 
 $(CHMFILE): $(DOCDIR)\*
 	@$(TCLSH) $(TOOLSDIR)\tcltk-man2html.tcl "--htmldir=$(HTMLDIR)"
 	@echo Compiling HTML help project
-	-$(HHC) <<$(HHPFILE) >NUL
+	-"$(HHC)" <<$(HHPFILE) >NUL
 [OPTIONS]
 Compatibility=1.1 or later
 Compiled file=$(HTMLBASE).chm
 Default topic=contents.htm
 Display compile progress=no
 Error log file=$(HTMLBASE).log
 Full-text search=Yes
 Language=0x409 English (United States)
-Title=Tcl/Tk $(DOT_VERSION) Help
+Title=Tcl/Tk $(DOTVERSION) Help
 [FILES]
 contents.htm
 docs.css
 Keywords\*.htm
 TclCmd\*.htm
@@ -782,114 +563,66 @@
 <<
 
 chmsetup:
 	@if not exist $(HTMLDIR)\nul mkdir $(HTMLDIR)
 
-#-------------------------------------------------------------------------
-# Build the old-style Windows .hlp file
-#-------------------------------------------------------------------------
-
-TCLHLPBASE	= $(PROJECT)$(VERSION)
-HELPFILE	= $(OUT_DIR)\$(TCLHLPBASE).hlp
-HELPCNT		= $(OUT_DIR)\$(TCLHLPBASE).cnt
-DOCTMP_DIR	= $(OUT_DIR)\$(PROJECT)_docs
-HELPRTF		= $(DOCTMP_DIR)\$(PROJECT).rtf
-MAN2HELP	= $(DOCTMP_DIR)\man2help.tcl
-MAN2HELP2	= $(DOCTMP_DIR)\man2help2.tcl
-INDEX		= $(DOCTMP_DIR)\index.tcl
-BMP		= $(DOCTMP_DIR)\feather.bmp
-BMP_NOPATH	= feather.bmp
-MAN2TCL		= $(DOCTMP_DIR)\man2tcl.exe
-
-winhelp: docsetup $(HELPFILE)
-
-docsetup:
-	@if not exist $(DOCTMP_DIR)\nul mkdir $(DOCTMP_DIR)
-
-$(MAN2HELP) $(MAN2HELP2) $(INDEX) $(BMP): $(TOOLSDIR)\$$(@F)
-	@$(CPY) $(TOOLSDIR)\$(@F) $(@D)
-
-$(HELPFILE): $(HELPRTF) $(BMP)
-	cd $(DOCTMP_DIR)
-	start /wait hcrtf.exe -x <<$(PROJECT).hpj
-[OPTIONS]
-COMPRESS=12 Hall Zeck
-LCID=0x409 0x0 0x0 ; English (United States)
-TITLE=Tcl/Tk Reference Manual
-BMROOT=.
-CNT=$(@B).cnt
-HLP=$(@B).hlp
-
-[FILES]
-$(PROJECT).rtf
-
-[WINDOWS]
-main="Tcl/Tk Reference Manual",,27648,(r15263976),(r65535)
-
-[CONFIG]
-BrowseButtons()
-CreateButton(1, "Web", ExecFile("http://www.tcl.tk"))
-CreateButton(2, "SF", ExecFile("http://sf.net/projects/tcl"))
-CreateButton(3, "Wiki", ExecFile("http://wiki.tcl.tk"))
-CreateButton(4, "FAQ", ExecFile("http://www.purl.org/NET/Tcl-FAQ/"))
-<<
-	cd $(MAKEDIR)
-	@$(CPY) "$(DOCTMP_DIR)\$(@B).hlp" "$(OUT_DIR)"
-	@$(CPY) "$(DOCTMP_DIR)\$(@B).cnt" "$(OUT_DIR)"
-
-$(MAN2TCL): $(TOOLSDIR)\$$(@B).c
-	$(cc32) $(TCL_CFLAGS) -Fo$(@D)\ $(TOOLSDIR)\$(@B).c
-	$(link32) $(conlflags) -out:$@ -stack:16384 $(@D)\man2tcl.obj
-	$(_VC_MANIFEST_EMBED_EXE)
-
-$(HELPRTF): $(MAN2TCL) $(MAN2HELP) $(MAN2HELP2) $(INDEX) $(DOCDIR)\*
-	$(TCLSH) $(MAN2HELP) -bitmap $(BMP_NOPATH) $(PROJECT) $(VERSION) $(DOCDIR:\=/)
-
 install-docs:
 !if exist("$(CHMFILE)")
 	@echo Installing compiled HTML help
 	@$(CPY) "$(CHMFILE)" "$(DOC_INSTALL_DIR)\"
 !endif
-!if exist("$(HELPFILE)")
-	@echo Installing Windows help
-	@$(CPY) "$(HELPFILE)" "$(DOC_INSTALL_DIR)\"
-	@$(CPY) "$(HELPCNT)" "$(DOC_INSTALL_DIR)\"
-!endif
+
+# "emacs font-lock highlighting fix
+
+#---------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Generate the tcl.nmake file which contains the options used to build
+# Tcl itself. This is used when building extensions.
+#---------------------------------------------------------------------
+tcl-nmake: $(OUT_DIR)\tcl.nmake
+$(OUT_DIR)\tcl.nmake:
+	@type << >$@
+CORE_MACHINE = $(MACHINE)
+CORE_DEBUG = $(DEBUG)
+CORE_TCL_THREADS = $(TCL_THREADS)
+CORE_USE_THREAD_ALLOC = $(USE_THREAD_ALLOC)
+CORE_USE_WIDECHAR_API = $(USE_WIDECHAR_API)
+<<
 
 #---------------------------------------------------------------------
 # Build tclConfig.sh for the TEA build system.
 #---------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 tclConfig: $(OUT_DIR)\tclConfig.sh
 
+# TBD - is this tclConfig.sh file ever used? The values are incorrect!
 $(OUT_DIR)\tclConfig.sh: $(WINDIR)\tclConfig.sh.in
 	@echo Creating tclConfig.sh
         @nmakehlp -s << $** >$@
 @TCL_DLL_FILE@       $(TCLLIBNAME)
 @TCL_VERSION@        $(DOTVERSION)
 @TCL_MAJOR_VERSION@  $(TCL_MAJOR_VERSION)
 @TCL_MINOR_VERSION@  $(TCL_MINOR_VERSION)
 @TCL_PATCH_LEVEL@    $(TCL_PATCH_LEVEL)
 @CC@                 $(CC)
-@DEFS@               $(TCL_CFLAGS)
+@DEFS@               $(pkgcflags)
 @CFLAGS_DEBUG@       -nologo -c -W3 -YX -Fp$(TMP_DIR)\ -MDd
 @CFLAGS_OPTIMIZE@    -nologo -c -W3 -YX -Fp$(TMP_DIR)\ -MD
 @LDFLAGS_DEBUG@      -nologo -machine:$(MACHINE) -debug -debugtype:cv
 @LDFLAGS_OPTIMIZE@   -nologo -machine:$(MACHINE) -release -opt:ref -opt:icf,3
 @TCL_DBGX@           $(SUFX)
 @TCL_LIB_FILE@       $(PROJECT)$(VERSION)$(SUFX).lib
 @TCL_NEEDS_EXP_FILE@
-@LIBS@               $(baselibs)
+@LIBS@               $(baselibs) $(PRJ_LIBS)
 @prefix@             $(_INSTALLDIR)
 @exec_prefix@        $(BIN_INSTALL_DIR)
 @SHLIB_CFLAGS@
 @STLIB_CFLAGS@
 @CFLAGS_WARNING@     -W3
 @EXTRA_CFLAGS@       -YX
 @SHLIB_LD@           $(link32) $(dlllflags)
 @STLIB_LD@           $(lib32) -nologo
-@SHLIB_LD_LIBS@      $(baselibs)
+@SHLIB_LD_LIBS@      $(baselibs) $(PRJ_LIBS)
 @SHLIB_SUFFIX@       .dll
 @DL_LIBS@
 @LDFLAGS@
 @TCL_CC_SEARCH_FLAGS@
 @TCL_LD_SEARCH_FLAGS@
@@ -936,32 +669,32 @@
 #---------------------------------------------------------------------
 # Special case object file targets
 #---------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 $(TMP_DIR)\testMain.obj: $(WINDIR)\tclAppInit.c
-	$(cc32) $(TCL_CFLAGS) -DTCL_TEST \
+	$(cc32) $(appcflags) -DTCL_TEST \
 	    -DTCL_USE_STATIC_PACKAGES=$(TCL_USE_STATIC_PACKAGES) \
 	    -Fo$@ $?
 
 $(TMP_DIR)\tclMain2.obj: $(GENERICDIR)\tclMain.c
-	$(cc32) $(TCL_CFLAGS) -DBUILD_tcl -DTCL_ASCII_MAIN \
+	$(cc32) $(pkgcflags) -DTCL_ASCII_MAIN \
 	    -Fo$@ $?
 
 $(TMP_DIR)\tclTest.obj: $(GENERICDIR)\tclTest.c
-	$(cc32) $(TCL_CFLAGS) -Fo$@ $?
+	$(cc32) $(appcflags) -Fo$@ $?
 
 $(TMP_DIR)\tclTestObj.obj: $(GENERICDIR)\tclTestObj.c
-	$(cc32) $(TCL_CFLAGS) -Fo$@ $?
+	$(cc32) $(appcflags) -Fo$@ $?
 
 $(TMP_DIR)\tclWinTest.obj: $(WINDIR)\tclWinTest.c
-	$(cc32) $(TCL_CFLAGS) -Fo$@ $?
+	$(CCAPPCMD) $?
 
 $(TMP_DIR)\tclZlib.obj: $(GENERICDIR)\tclZlib.c
-	$(cc32) $(TCL_CFLAGS) -I$(COMPATDIR)\zlib -DBUILD_tcl -Fo$@ $?
+	$(cc32) $(pkgcflags) -I$(COMPATDIR)\zlib -Fo$@ $?
 
 $(TMP_DIR)\tclPkgConfig.obj: $(GENERICDIR)\tclPkgConfig.c
-	$(cc32) -DBUILD_tcl $(TCL_CFLAGS) \
+	$(cc32) $(pkgcflags) \
 	-DCFG_INSTALL_LIBDIR="\"$(LIB_INSTALL_DIR:\=\\)\"" \
 	-DCFG_INSTALL_BINDIR="\"$(BIN_INSTALL_DIR:\=\\)\"" \
 	-DCFG_INSTALL_SCRDIR="\"$(SCRIPT_INSTALL_DIR:\=\\)\"" \
 	-DCFG_INSTALL_INCDIR="\"$(INCLUDE_INSTALL_DIR:\=\\)\"" \
 	-DCFG_INSTALL_DOCDIR="\"$(DOC_INSTALL_DIR:\=\\)\""	\
@@ -971,45 +704,48 @@
 	-DCFG_RUNTIME_INCDIR="\"$(INCLUDE_INSTALL_DIR:\=\\)\"" \
 	-DCFG_RUNTIME_DOCDIR="\"$(DOC_INSTALL_DIR:\=\\)\""     \
 	-Fo$@ $?
 
 $(TMP_DIR)\tclAppInit.obj: $(WINDIR)\tclAppInit.c
-	$(cc32) $(TCL_CFLAGS) \
+	$(cc32) $(appcflags) \
 	    -DTCL_USE_STATIC_PACKAGES=$(TCL_USE_STATIC_PACKAGES) \
 	    -Fo$@ $?
 
 ### The following objects should be built using the stub interfaces
 ### *ALL* extensions need to built with -DTCL_THREADS=1
 
 $(TMP_DIR)\tclWinReg.obj: $(WINDIR)\tclWinReg.c
 !if $(STATIC_BUILD)
-	$(cc32) $(TCL_CFLAGS) -DTCL_THREADS=1 -DSTATIC_BUILD -Fo$@ $?
+	$(cc32) $(appcflags) -DSTATIC_BUILD -Fo$@ $?
 !else
-	$(cc32) $(TCL_CFLAGS) -DTCL_THREADS=1 -DUSE_TCL_STUBS -Fo$@ $?
+	$(cc32) $(appcflags) -DUSE_TCL_STUBS -Fo$@ $?
 !endif
 
 
 $(TMP_DIR)\tclWinDde.obj: $(WINDIR)\tclWinDde.c
 !if $(STATIC_BUILD)
-	$(cc32) $(TCL_CFLAGS) -DTCL_THREADS=1 -DSTATIC_BUILD -Fo$@ $?
+	$(cc32) $(appcflags) -DSTATIC_BUILD -Fo$@ $?
 !else
-	$(cc32) $(TCL_CFLAGS) -DTCL_THREADS=1 -DUSE_TCL_STUBS -Fo$@ $?
+	$(cc32) $(appcflags) -DUSE_TCL_STUBS -Fo$@ $?
 !endif
 
 
 ### The following objects are part of the stub library and should not
 ### be built as DLL objects.  -Zl is used to avoid a dependency on any
 ### specific C run-time.
 
 $(TMP_DIR)\tclStubLib.obj: $(GENERICDIR)\tclStubLib.c
-	$(cc32) $(STUB_CFLAGS) -Zl -DSTATIC_BUILD $(TCL_INCLUDES) -Fo$@ $?
+	$(cc32) $(stubscflags) -Fo$@ $?
 
 $(TMP_DIR)\tclTomMathStubLib.obj: $(GENERICDIR)\tclTomMathStubLib.c
-	$(cc32) $(STUB_CFLAGS) -Zl -DSTATIC_BUILD $(TCL_INCLUDES) -Fo$@ $?
+	$(cc32) $(stubscflags) -Fo$@ $?
 
 $(TMP_DIR)\tclOOStubLib.obj: $(GENERICDIR)\tclOOStubLib.c
-	$(cc32) $(STUB_CFLAGS) -Zl -DSTATIC_BUILD $(TCL_INCLUDES) -Fo$@ $?
+	$(cc32) $(stubscflags) -Fo$@ $?
+
+$(TMP_DIR)\tclWinPanic.obj: $(WINDIR)\tclWinPanic.c
+	$(cc32) $(stubscflags) -Fo$@ $?
 
 $(TMP_DIR)\tclsh.exe.manifest: $(WINDIR)\tclsh.exe.manifest.in
 	@nmakehlp -s << $** >$@
 @MACHINE@	  $(MACHINE:IX86=X86)
 @TCL_WIN_VERSION@  $(DOTVERSION).0.0
@@ -1026,11 +762,11 @@
 depend:
 !if !exist($(TCLSH))
 	@echo Build tclsh first!
 !else
 	$(TCLSH) $(TOOLSDIR:\=/)/mkdepend.tcl -vc32 -out:"$(OUT_DIR)\depend.mk" \
-		-passthru:"-DBUILD_tcl $(TCL_INCLUDES)" $(GENERICDIR),$$(GENERICDIR) \
+		-passthru:"-DBUILD_tcl $(TCL_INCLUDES) $(PRJ_INCLUDES)" $(GENERICDIR),$$(GENERICDIR) \
 		$(COMPATDIR),$$(COMPATDIR) $(TOMMATHDIR),$$(TOMMATHDIR) $(WINDIR),$$(WINDIR) @<<
 $(TCLOBJS)
 <<
 !endif
 
@@ -1048,51 +784,27 @@
 ### add a spacer in the output
 !message
 
 
 #---------------------------------------------------------------------
-# Implicit rules.  A limitation exists with nmake that requires that
+# Implicit rules that are not covered by the common ones defined in
+# rules.vc. A limitation exists with nmake that requires that
 # source directory can not contain spaces in the path.  This an
 # absolute.
 #---------------------------------------------------------------------
 
-{$(WINDIR)}.c{$(TMP_DIR)}.obj::
-	$(cc32) $(TCL_CFLAGS) -DBUILD_tcl -Fo$(TMP_DIR)\ @<<
-$<
-<<
-
 {$(TOMMATHDIR)}.c{$(TMP_DIR)}.obj::
-	$(cc32) $(TCL_CFLAGS) -DBUILD_tcl -Fo$(TMP_DIR)\ @<<
-$<
-<<
-
-{$(GENERICDIR)}.c{$(TMP_DIR)}.obj::
-	$(cc32) $(TCL_CFLAGS) -DBUILD_tcl -Fo$(TMP_DIR)\ @<<
-$<
-<<
-
-{$(COMPATDIR)}.c{$(TMP_DIR)}.obj::
-	$(cc32) $(TCL_CFLAGS) -DBUILD_tcl -Fo$(TMP_DIR)\ @<<
+	$(cc32) $(pkgcflags) -Fo$(TMP_DIR)\ @<<
 $<
 <<
 
 {$(COMPATDIR)\zlib}.c{$(TMP_DIR)}.obj::
-	$(cc32) $(TCL_CFLAGS) -DBUILD_tcl -Fo$(TMP_DIR)\ @<<
+	$(cc32) $(pkgcflags) -Fo$(TMP_DIR)\ @<<
 $<
 <<
 
-{$(WINDIR)}.rc{$(TMP_DIR)}.res:
-	$(rc32) -fo $@ -r -i "$(GENERICDIR)" -i "$(TMP_DIR)" \
-	    -d DEBUG=$(DEBUG) -d UNCHECKED=$(UNCHECKED) \
-	    -d TCL_THREADS=$(TCL_THREADS) \
-	    -d STATIC_BUILD=$(STATIC_BUILD) \
-	    $<
-
-$(TMP_DIR)\tclsh.res: $(TMP_DIR)\tclsh.exe.manifest
-
-.SUFFIXES:
-.SUFFIXES:.c .rc
+$(TMP_DIR)\tclsh.res: $(TMP_DIR)\tclsh.exe.manifest $(WINDIR)\tclsh.rc
 
 
 #---------------------------------------------------------------------
 # Installation.
 #---------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -1109,21 +821,25 @@
 	@$(CPY) "$(TCLSH)" "$(BIN_INSTALL_DIR)\"
 !endif
 	@echo Installing $(TCLSTUBLIBNAME)
 	@$(CPY) "$(TCLSTUBLIB)" "$(LIB_INSTALL_DIR)\"
 
-#" emacs fix
-
-install-libraries: tclConfig install-msgs install-tzdata
-	@if not exist "$(SCRIPT_INSTALL_DIR)$(NULL)" \
+install-libraries: tclConfig tcl-nmake install-msgs install-tzdata
+	@if not exist "$(SCRIPT_INSTALL_DIR)" \
 		$(MKDIR) "$(SCRIPT_INSTALL_DIR)"
-	@if not exist "$(SCRIPT_INSTALL_DIR)\..\tcl9$(NULL)" \
-		$(MKDIR) "$(SCRIPT_INSTALL_DIR)\..\tcl9"
-	@if not exist "$(SCRIPT_INSTALL_DIR)\..\tcl9\9.0$(NULL)" \
-		$(MKDIR) "$(SCRIPT_INSTALL_DIR)\..\tcl9\9.0"
-	@if not exist "$(SCRIPT_INSTALL_DIR)\..\tcl9\9.0\platform$(NULL)" \
-		$(MKDIR) "$(SCRIPT_INSTALL_DIR)\..\tcl9\9.0\platform"
+	@if not exist "$(SCRIPT_INSTALL_DIR)\..\tcl8" \
+		$(MKDIR) "$(SCRIPT_INSTALL_DIR)\..\tcl8"
+	@if not exist "$(SCRIPT_INSTALL_DIR)\..\tcl8\8.4" \
+		$(MKDIR) "$(SCRIPT_INSTALL_DIR)\..\tcl8\8.4"
+	@if not exist "$(SCRIPT_INSTALL_DIR)\..\tcl8\8.4\platform" \
+		$(MKDIR) "$(SCRIPT_INSTALL_DIR)\..\tcl8\8.4\platform"
+	@if not exist "$(SCRIPT_INSTALL_DIR)\..\tcl8\8.5" \
+		$(MKDIR) "$(SCRIPT_INSTALL_DIR)\..\tcl8\8.5"
+	@if not exist "$(SCRIPT_INSTALL_DIR)\..\tcl8\8.6" \
+		$(MKDIR) "$(SCRIPT_INSTALL_DIR)\..\tcl8\8.6"
+	@if not exist "$(LIB_INSTALL_DIR)\nmake" \
+		$(MKDIR) "$(LIB_INSTALL_DIR)\nmake"
 	@echo Installing header files
 	@$(CPY) "$(GENERICDIR)\tcl.h"             "$(INCLUDE_INSTALL_DIR)\"
 	@$(CPY) "$(GENERICDIR)\tclDecls.h"        "$(INCLUDE_INSTALL_DIR)\"
 	@$(CPY) "$(GENERICDIR)\tclOO.h"           "$(INCLUDE_INSTALL_DIR)\"
 	@$(CPY) "$(GENERICDIR)\tclOODecls.h"      "$(INCLUDE_INSTALL_DIR)\"
@@ -1143,31 +859,32 @@
 	@$(CPY) "$(ROOT)\library\package.tcl"     "$(SCRIPT_INSTALL_DIR)\"
 	@$(CPY) "$(ROOT)\library\word.tcl"        "$(SCRIPT_INSTALL_DIR)\"
 	@$(CPY) "$(ROOT)\library\auto.tcl"        "$(SCRIPT_INSTALL_DIR)\"
 	@$(CPY) "$(OUT_DIR)\tclConfig.sh"         "$(LIB_INSTALL_DIR)\"
 	@$(CPY) "$(WINDIR)\tclooConfig.sh"        "$(LIB_INSTALL_DIR)\"
-	@echo Installing library http1.0 directory
-	@$(CPY) "$(ROOT)\library\http1.0\*.tcl" \
-	    "$(SCRIPT_INSTALL_DIR)\http1.0\"
+	@$(CPY) "$(WINDIR)\rules.vc"              "$(LIB_INSTALL_DIR)\nmake\"
+	@$(CPY) "$(WINDIR)\targets.vc"              "$(LIB_INSTALL_DIR)\nmake\"
+	@$(CPY) "$(WINDIR)\nmakehlp.c"            "$(LIB_INSTALL_DIR)\nmake\"
+	@$(CPY) "$(OUT_DIR)\tcl.nmake"            "$(LIB_INSTALL_DIR)\nmake\"
 	@echo Installing library opt0.4 directory
 	@$(CPY) "$(ROOT)\library\opt\*.tcl" \
 	    "$(SCRIPT_INSTALL_DIR)\opt0.4\"
 	@echo Installing package http $(PKG_HTTP_VER) as a Tcl Module
 	@$(COPY) "$(ROOT)\library\http\http.tcl" \
-	    "$(SCRIPT_INSTALL_DIR)\..\tcl9\9.0\http-$(PKG_HTTP_VER).tm"
+	    "$(SCRIPT_INSTALL_DIR)\..\tcl8\8.6\http-$(PKG_HTTP_VER).tm"
 	@echo Installing package msgcat $(PKG_MSGCAT_VER) as a Tcl Module
 	@$(COPY) "$(ROOT)\library\msgcat\msgcat.tcl" \
-	    "$(SCRIPT_INSTALL_DIR)\..\tcl9\9.0\msgcat-$(PKG_MSGCAT_VER).tm"
+	    "$(SCRIPT_INSTALL_DIR)\..\tcl8\8.7\msgcat-$(PKG_MSGCAT_VER).tm"
 	@echo Installing package tcltest $(PKG_TCLTEST_VER) as a Tcl Module
 	@$(COPY) "$(ROOT)\library\tcltest\tcltest.tcl" \
-	    "$(SCRIPT_INSTALL_DIR)\..\tcl9\9.0\tcltest-$(PKG_TCLTEST_VER).tm"
+	    "$(SCRIPT_INSTALL_DIR)\..\tcl8\8.5\tcltest-$(PKG_TCLTEST_VER).tm"
 	@echo Installing package platform $(PKG_PLATFORM_VER) as a Tcl Module
 	@$(COPY) "$(ROOT)\library\platform\platform.tcl" \
-	    "$(SCRIPT_INSTALL_DIR)\..\tcl9\9.0\platform-$(PKG_PLATFORM_VER).tm"
+	    "$(SCRIPT_INSTALL_DIR)\..\tcl8\8.4\platform-$(PKG_PLATFORM_VER).tm"
 	@echo Installing package platform::shell $(PKG_SHELL_VER) as a Tcl Module
 	@$(COPY) "$(ROOT)\library\platform\shell.tcl" \
-	    "$(SCRIPT_INSTALL_DIR)\..\tcl9\9.0\platform\shell-$(PKG_SHELL_VER).tm"
+	    "$(SCRIPT_INSTALL_DIR)\..\tcl8\8.4\platform\shell-$(PKG_SHELL_VER).tm"
 	@echo Installing $(TCLDDELIBNAME)
 !if $(STATIC_BUILD)
 !if !$(TCL_USE_STATIC_PACKAGES)
 	@$(CPY) "$(TCLDDELIB)" "$(LIB_INSTALL_DIR)\"
 !endif
@@ -1187,12 +904,11 @@
 	    "$(LIB_INSTALL_DIR)\reg$(REGDOTVERSION)\"
 !endif
 	@echo Installing encodings
 	@$(CPY) "$(ROOT)\library\encoding\*.enc" \
 		"$(SCRIPT_INSTALL_DIR)\encoding\"
-
-#" emacs fix
+# "emacs font-lock highlighting fix
 
 install-tzdata:
 	@echo Installing time zone data
 	@set TCL_LIBRARY=$(ROOT:\=/)/library
 	@$(TCLSH_NATIVE) "$(ROOT:\=/)/tools/installData.tcl" \
@@ -1222,32 +938,12 @@
 	@echo Removing $(TCLDDELIB) ...
 	@if exist $(TCLDDELIB) del $(TCLDDELIB)
 	@echo Removing $(TCLREGLIB) ...
 	@if exist $(TCLREGLIB) del $(TCLREGLIB)
 
-clean: clean-pkgs
-	@echo Cleaning $(TMP_DIR)\* ...
-	@if exist $(TMP_DIR)\nul $(RMDIR) $(TMP_DIR)
-	@echo Cleaning $(WINDIR)\nmakehlp.obj ...
-	@if exist $(WINDIR)\nmakehlp.obj del $(WINDIR)\nmakehlp.obj
-	@echo Cleaning $(WINDIR)\nmakehlp.exe ...
-	@if exist $(WINDIR)\nmakehlp.exe del $(WINDIR)\nmakehlp.exe
-	@echo Cleaning $(WINDIR)\nmhlp-out.txt ...
-	@if exist $(WINDIR)\nmhlp-out.txt del $(WINDIR)\nmhlp-out.txt
-	@echo Cleaning $(WINDIR)\_junk.pch ...
-	@if exist $(WINDIR)\_junk.pch del $(WINDIR)\_junk.pch
-	@echo Cleaning $(WINDIR)\vercl.x ...
-	@if exist $(WINDIR)\vercl.x del $(WINDIR)\vercl.x
-	@echo Cleaning $(WINDIR)\vercl.i ...
-	@if exist $(WINDIR)\vercl.i del $(WINDIR)\vercl.i
-	@echo Cleaning $(WINDIR)\versions.vc ...
-	@if exist $(WINDIR)\versions.vc del $(WINDIR)\versions.vc
-
+clean: default-clean clean-pkgs
+hose: default-hose
 realclean: hose
 
-hose:
-	@echo Hosing $(OUT_DIR)\* ...
-	@if exist $(OUT_DIR)\nul $(RMDIR) $(OUT_DIR)
-
 # Local Variables:
 # mode: makefile
 # End:

Index: win/nmakehlp.c
==================================================================
--- win/nmakehlp.c
+++ win/nmakehlp.c
@@ -12,17 +12,12 @@
  * ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
  */
 
 #define _CRT_SECURE_NO_DEPRECATE
 #include <windows.h>
-#define NO_SHLWAPI_GDI
-#define NO_SHLWAPI_STREAM
-#define NO_SHLWAPI_REG
-#include <shlwapi.h>
 #pragma comment (lib, "user32.lib")
 #pragma comment (lib, "kernel32.lib")
-#pragma comment (lib, "shlwapi.lib")
 #include <stdio.h>
 #include <math.h>
 
 /*
  * This library is required for x64 builds with _some_ versions of MSVC
@@ -37,18 +32,18 @@
 #ifdef _MSC_VER
 #define   snprintf	_snprintf
 #endif
 
 
-
 /* protos */
 
 static int CheckForCompilerFeature(const char *option);
 static int CheckForLinkerFeature(const char **options, int count);
 static int IsIn(const char *string, const char *substring);
 static int SubstituteFile(const char *substs, const char *filename);
 static int QualifyPath(const char *path);
+static int LocateDependency(const char *keyfile);
 static const char *GetVersionFromFile(const char *filename, const char *match, int numdots);
 static DWORD WINAPI ReadFromPipe(LPVOID args);
 
 /* globals */
 
@@ -72,11 +67,11 @@
     char *argv[])
 {
     char msg[300];
     DWORD dwWritten;
     int chars;
-    char *s;
+    const char *s;
 
     /*
      * Make sure children (cl.exe and link.exe) are kept quiet.
      */
 
@@ -170,10 +165,22 @@
 		WriteFile(GetStdHandle(STD_ERROR_HANDLE), msg, chars,
 		    &dwWritten, NULL);
 		return 2;
 	    }
 	    return QualifyPath(argv[2]);
+
+	case 'L':
+	    if (argc != 3) {
+		chars = snprintf(msg, sizeof(msg) - 1,
+		    "usage: %s -L keypath\n"
+		    "Emit the fully qualified path of directory containing keypath\n"
+		    "exitcodes: 0 == success, 1 == not found, 2 == error\n", argv[0]);
+		WriteFile(GetStdHandle(STD_ERROR_HANDLE), msg, chars,
+		    &dwWritten, NULL);
+		return 2;
+	    }
+	    return LocateDependency(argv[2]);
 	}
     }
     chars = snprintf(msg, sizeof(msg) - 1,
 	    "usage: %s -c|-f|-l|-Q|-s|-V ...\n"
 	    "This is a little helper app to equalize shell differences between WinNT and\n"
@@ -674,10 +681,21 @@
     }
     fclose(fp);
     return 0;
 }
 
+BOOL FileExists(LPCTSTR szPath)
+{
+#ifndef INVALID_FILE_ATTRIBUTES
+    #define INVALID_FILE_ATTRIBUTES ((DWORD)-1) 
+#endif
+    DWORD pathAttr = GetFileAttributes(szPath);
+    return (pathAttr != INVALID_FILE_ATTRIBUTES && 
+	    !(pathAttr & FILE_ATTRIBUTE_DIRECTORY));
+}
+
+
 /*
  * QualifyPath --
  *
  *	This composes the current working directory with a provided path
  *	and returns the fully qualified and normalized path.
@@ -687,20 +705,106 @@
 static int
 QualifyPath(
     const char *szPath)
 {
     char szCwd[MAX_PATH + 1];
-    char szTmp[MAX_PATH + 1];
-    char *p;
-    GetCurrentDirectory(MAX_PATH, szCwd);
-    while ((p = strchr(szPath, '/')) && *p)
-	*p = '\\';
-    PathCombine(szTmp, szCwd, szPath);
-    PathCanonicalize(szCwd, szTmp);
+
+	GetFullPathName(szPath, sizeof(szCwd)-1, szCwd, NULL);
     printf("%s\n", szCwd);
     return 0;
 }
+
+/*
+ * Implements LocateDependency for a single directory. See that command
+ * for an explanation.
+ * Returns 0 if found after printing the directory.
+ * Returns 1 if not found but no errors.
+ * Returns 2 on any kind of error
+ * Basically, these are used as exit codes for the process.
+ */
+static int LocateDependencyHelper(const char *dir, const char *keypath)
+{
+    HANDLE hSearch;
+    char path[MAX_PATH+1];
+    int dirlen, keylen, ret;
+    WIN32_FIND_DATA finfo;
+
+    if (dir == NULL || keypath == NULL)
+	return 2; /* Have no real error reporting mechanism into nmake */
+    dirlen = strlen(dir);
+    if ((dirlen + 3) > sizeof(path))
+	return 2;
+    strncpy(path, dir, dirlen);
+    strncpy(path+dirlen, "\\*", 3);	/* Including terminating \0 */
+    keylen = strlen(keypath);
+
+#if 0 /* This function is not available in Visual C++ 6 */
+    /*
+     * Use numerics 0 -> FindExInfoStandard,
+     * 1 -> FindExSearchLimitToDirectories, 
+     * as these are not defined in Visual C++ 6
+     */
+    hSearch = FindFirstFileEx(path, 0, &finfo, 1, NULL, 0);
+#else
+    hSearch = FindFirstFile(path, &finfo);
+#endif
+    if (hSearch == INVALID_HANDLE_VALUE)
+	return 1; /* Not found */
+
+    /* Loop through all subdirs checking if the keypath is under there */
+    ret = 1; /* Assume not found */
+    do {
+	int sublen;
+	/*
+	 * We need to check it is a directory despite the 
+	 * FindExSearchLimitToDirectories in the above call. See SDK docs
+	 */
+	if ((finfo.dwFileAttributes & FILE_ATTRIBUTE_DIRECTORY) == 0)
+	    continue;
+	sublen = strlen(finfo.cFileName);
+	if ((dirlen+1+sublen+1+keylen+1) > sizeof(path))
+	    continue;		/* Path does not fit, assume not matched */
+	strncpy(path+dirlen+1, finfo.cFileName, sublen);
+	path[dirlen+1+sublen] = '\\';
+	strncpy(path+dirlen+1+sublen+1, keypath, keylen+1);
+	if (FileExists(path)) {
+	    /* Found a match, print to stdout */
+	    path[dirlen+1+sublen] = '\0';
+	    QualifyPath(path);
+	    ret = 0;
+	    break;
+	}
+    } while (FindNextFile(hSearch, &finfo));
+    FindClose(hSearch);
+    return ret;
+}
+
+/*
+ * LocateDependency --
+ *
+ *	Locates a dependency for a package.
+ *        keypath - a relative path within the package directory
+ *          that is used to confirm it is the correct directory.
+ *	The search path for the package directory is currently only
+ *      the parent and grandparent of the current working directory.
+ *      If found, the command prints 
+ *         name_DIRPATH=<full path of located directory>
+ *      and returns 0. If not found, does not print anything and returns 1.
+ */
+static int LocateDependency(const char *keypath)
+{
+    int i, ret;
+    static char *paths[] = {"..", "..\\..", "..\\..\\.."};
+    
+    for (i = 0; i < (sizeof(paths)/sizeof(paths[0])); ++i) {
+	ret = LocateDependencyHelper(paths[i], keypath);
+	if (ret == 0)
+	    return ret;
+    }
+    return ret;
+}
+
 
 /*
  * Local variables:
  *   mode: c
  *   c-basic-offset: 4

ADDED   win/rules-ext.vc
Index: win/rules-ext.vc
==================================================================
--- /dev/null
+++ win/rules-ext.vc
@@ -0,0 +1,118 @@
+# This file should only be included in makefiles for Tcl extensions,
+# NOT in the makefile for Tcl itself.
+
+!ifndef _RULES_EXT_VC
+
+# We need to run from the directory the parent makefile is located in.
+# nmake does not tell us what makefile was used to invoke it so parent
+# makefile has to set the MAKEFILEVC macro or we just make a guess and
+# warn if we think that is not the case.
+!if "$(MAKEFILEVC)" == ""
+
+!if exist("$(PROJECT).vc")
+MAKEFILEVC = $(PROJECT).vc
+!elseif exist("makefile.vc")
+MAKEFILEVC = makefile.vc
+!endif
+!endif # "$(MAKEFILEVC)" == ""
+
+!if !exist("$(MAKEFILEVC)")
+MSG = ^
+You must run nmake from the directory containing the project makefile.^
+If you are doing that and getting this message, set the MAKEFILEVC^
+macro to the name of the project makefile.
+!message WARNING: $(MSG)
+!endif
+
+!if "$(PROJECT)" == "tcl"
+!error The rules-ext.vc file is not intended for Tcl itself.
+!endif
+
+# We extract version numbers using the nmakehlp program. For now use
+# the local copy of nmakehlp. Once we locate Tcl, we will use that
+# one if it is newer.
+!if [$(CC) -nologo "nmakehlp.c" -link -subsystem:console > nul]
+!endif
+
+# First locate the Tcl directory that we are working with.
+!if "$(TCLDIR)" != ""
+
+_RULESDIR = $(TCLDIR:/=\)
+
+!else
+
+# If an installation path is specified, that is also the Tcl directory.
+# Also Tk never builds against an installed Tcl, it needs Tcl sources
+!if defined(INSTALLDIR) && "$(PROJECT)" != "tk"
+_RULESDIR=$(INSTALLDIR:/=\)
+!else
+# Locate Tcl sources
+!if [echo _RULESDIR = \> nmakehlp.out] \
+   || [nmakehlp -L generic\tcl.h >> nmakehlp.out]
+_RULESDIR = ..\..\tcl
+!else
+!include nmakehlp.out
+!endif
+
+!endif # defined(INSTALLDIR)....
+
+!endif # ifndef TCLDIR
+
+# Now look for the targets.vc file under the Tcl root. Note we check this
+# file and not rules.vc because the latter also exists on older systems.
+!if exist("$(_RULESDIR)\lib\nmake\targets.vc") # Building against installed Tcl
+_RULESDIR = $(_RULESDIR)\lib\nmake
+!elseif exist("$(_RULESDIR)\win\targets.vc")   # Building against Tcl sources
+_RULESDIR = $(_RULESDIR)\win
+!else
+# If we have not located Tcl's targets file, most likely we are compiling
+# against an older version of Tcl and so must use our own support files.
+_RULESDIR = .
+!endif
+
+!if "$(_RULESDIR)" != "."
+# Potentially using Tcl's support files. If this extension has its own
+# nmake support files, need to compare the versions and pick newer.
+
+!if exist("rules.vc") # The extension has its own copy
+
+!if [echo TCL_RULES_MAJOR = \> versions.vc] \
+   && [nmakehlp -V "$(_RULESDIR)\rules.vc" RULES_VERSION_MAJOR >> versions.vc]
+!endif
+!if [echo TCL_RULES_MINOR = \>> versions.vc] \
+   && [nmakehlp -V "$(_RULESDIR)\rules.vc" RULES_VERSION_MINOR >> versions.vc]
+!endif
+
+!if [echo OUR_RULES_MAJOR = \>> versions.vc] \
+   && [nmakehlp -V "rules.vc" RULES_VERSION_MAJOR >> versions.vc]
+!endif
+!if [echo OUR_RULES_MINOR = \>> versions.vc] \
+   && [nmakehlp -V "rules.vc" RULES_VERSION_MINOR >> versions.vc]
+!endif
+!include versions.vc
+# We have a newer version of the support files, use them
+!if ($(TCL_RULES_MAJOR) != $(OUR_RULES_MAJOR)) || ($(TCL_RULES_MINOR) < $(OUR_RULES_MINOR))
+_RULESDIR = .
+!endif
+
+!endif # if exist("rules.vc")
+
+!endif # if $(_RULESDIR) != "."
+
+# Let rules.vc know what copy of nmakehlp.c to use.
+NMAKEHLPC = $(_RULESDIR)\nmakehlp.c
+
+# Get rid of our internal defines before calling rules.vc
+!undef TCL_RULES_MAJOR
+!undef TCL_RULES_MINOR
+!undef OUR_RULES_MAJOR
+!undef OUR_RULES_MINOR
+
+!if exist("$(_RULESDIR)\rules.vc")
+!message *** Using $(_RULESDIR)\rules.vc
+!include "$(_RULESDIR)\rules.vc"
+!else
+!error *** Could not locate rules.vc in $(_RULESDIR)
+!endif
+
+!endif # _RULES_EXT_VC

Index: win/rules.vc
==================================================================
--- win/rules.vc
+++ win/rules.vc
@@ -1,62 +1,437 @@
-#------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+#------------------------------------------------------------- -*- makefile -*-
 # rules.vc --
 #
-#	Microsoft Visual C++ makefile include for decoding the commandline
-#	macros.  This file does not need editing to build Tcl.
+# Part of the nmake based build system for Tcl and its extensions.
+# This file does all the hard work in terms of parsing build options,
+# compiler switches, defining common targets and macros. The Tcl makefile
+# directly includes this. Extensions include it via "rules-ext.vc".
+#
+# See TIP 477 (https://core.tcl.tk/tips/doc/trunk/tip/477.md) for
+# detailed documentation.
 #
 # See the file "license.terms" for information on usage and redistribution
 # of this file, and for a DISCLAIMER OF ALL WARRANTIES.
 #
 # Copyright (c) 2001-2003 David Gravereaux.
 # Copyright (c) 2003-2008 Patrick Thoyts
+# Copyright (c) 2017      Ashok P. Nadkarni
 #------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 !ifndef _RULES_VC
 _RULES_VC = 1
 
-cc32		= $(CC)   # built-in default.
-link32		= link
-lib32		= lib
-rc32		= $(RC)   # built-in default.
-
-!ifndef INSTALLDIR
-### Assume the normal default.
-_INSTALLDIR	= C:\Program Files\Tcl
+# The following macros define the version of the rules.vc nmake build system
+# For modifications that are not backward-compatible, you *must* change
+# the major version.
+RULES_VERSION_MAJOR = 1
+RULES_VERSION_MINOR = 2
+
+# The PROJECT macro must be defined by parent makefile.
+!if "$(PROJECT)" == ""
+!error *** Error: Macro PROJECT not defined! Please define it before including rules.vc
+!endif
+
+!if "$(PRJ_PACKAGE_TCLNAME)" == ""
+PRJ_PACKAGE_TCLNAME = $(PROJECT)
+!endif
+
+# Also special case Tcl and Tk to save some typing later
+DOING_TCL = 0
+DOING_TK  = 0
+!if "$(PROJECT)" == "tcl"
+DOING_TCL = 1
+!elseif "$(PROJECT)" == "tk"
+DOING_TK = 1
+!endif
+
+!ifndef NEED_TK
+# Backwards compatibility
+!ifdef PROJECT_REQUIRES_TK
+NEED_TK = $(PROJECT_REQUIRES_TK)
+!else
+NEED_TK = 0
+!endif
+!endif
+
+!ifndef NEED_TCL_SOURCE
+NEED_TCL_SOURCE = 0
+!endif
+
+!ifdef NEED_TK_SOURCE
+!if $(NEED_TK_SOURCE)
+NEED_TK = 1
+!endif
 !else
-### Fix the path separators.
-_INSTALLDIR	= $(INSTALLDIR:/=\)
+NEED_TK_SOURCE = 0
 !endif
+
+################################################################
+# Nmake is a pretty weak environment in syntax and capabilities
+# so this file is necessarily verbose. It's broken down into
+# the following parts.
+#
+# 0. Sanity check that compiler environment is set up and initialize
+#    any built-in settings from the parent makefile
+# 1. First define the external tools used for compiling, copying etc.
+#    as this is independent of everything else.
+# 2. Figure out our build structure in terms of the directory, whether
+#    we are building Tcl or an extension, etc.
+# 3. Determine the compiler and linker versions
+# 4. Build the nmakehlp helper application
+# 5. Determine the supported compiler options and features
+# 6. Parse the OPTS macro value for user-specified build configuration
+# 7. Parse the STATS macro value for statistics instrumentation
+# 8. Parse the CHECKS macro for additional compilation checks
+# 9. Extract Tcl, and possibly Tk, version numbers from the headers
+# 10. Based on this selected configuration, construct the output
+#     directory and file paths
+# 11. Construct the paths where the package is to be installed
+# 12. Set up the actual options passed to compiler and linker based
+#     on the information gathered above.
+# 13. Define some standard build targets and implicit rules. These may
+#     be optionally disabled by the parent makefile.
+# 14. (For extensions only.) Compare the configuration of the target
+#     Tcl and the extensions and warn against discrepancies.
+#
+# One final note about the macro names used. They are as they are
+# for historical reasons. We would like legacy extensions to
+# continue to work with this make include file so be wary of
+# changing them for consistency or clarity.
+
+# 0. Sanity check compiler environment
+
+# Check to see we are configured to build with MSVC (MSDEVDIR, MSVCDIR or
+# VCINSTALLDIR) or with the MS Platform SDK (MSSDK or WindowsSDKDir)
+
+!if !defined(MSDEVDIR) && !defined(MSVCDIR) && !defined(VCINSTALLDIR) && !defined(MSSDK) && !defined(WINDOWSSDKDIR)
+MSG = ^
+Visual C++ compiler environment not initialized.
+!error $(MSG)
+!endif
+
+# We need to run from the directory the parent makefile is located in.
+# nmake does not tell us what makefile was used to invoke it so parent
+# makefile has to set the MAKEFILEVC macro or we just make a guess and
+# warn if we think that is not the case.
+!if "$(MAKEFILEVC)" == ""
+
+!if exist("$(PROJECT).vc")
+MAKEFILEVC = $(PROJECT).vc
+!elseif exist("makefile.vc")
+MAKEFILEVC = makefile.vc
+!endif
+!endif # "$(MAKEFILEVC)" == ""
+
+!if !exist("$(MAKEFILEVC)")
+MSG = ^
+You must run nmake from the directory containing the project makefile.^
+If you are doing that and getting this message, set the MAKEFILEVC^
+macro to the name of the project makefile.
+!message WARNING: $(MSG)
+!endif
+
+
+################################################################
+# 1. Define external programs being used
 
 #----------------------------------------------------------
 # Set the proper copy method to avoid overwrite questions
 # to the user when copying files and selecting the right
 # "delete all" method.
 #----------------------------------------------------------
 
-!if "$(OS)" == "Windows_NT"
 RMDIR	= rmdir /S /Q
-ERRNULL  = 2>NUL
-!if ![ver | find "4.0" > nul]
-CPY	= echo y | xcopy /i >NUL
-COPY	= copy >NUL
-!else
 CPY	= xcopy /i /y >NUL
+CPYDIR  = xcopy /e /i /y >NUL
 COPY	= copy /y >NUL
-!endif
-!else # "$(OS)" != "Windows_NT"
-CPY	= xcopy /i >_JUNK.OUT # On Win98 NUL does not work here.
-COPY	= copy >_JUNK.OUT # On Win98 NUL does not work here.
-RMDIR	= deltree /Y
-NULL    = \NUL # Used in testing directory existence
-ERRNULL = >NUL # Win9x shell cannot redirect stderr
-!endif
 MKDIR   = mkdir
 
-#------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-# Determine the host and target architectures and compiler version.
-#------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+######################################################################
+# 2. Figure out our build environment in terms of what we're building.
+#
+# (a) Tcl itself
+# (b) Tk
+# (c) a Tcl extension using libraries/includes from an *installed* Tcl
+# (d) a Tcl extension using libraries/includes from Tcl source directory
+#
+# This last is needed because some extensions still need
+# some Tcl interfaces that are not publicly exposed.
+#
+# The fragment will set the following macros:
+# ROOT - root of this module sources
+# COMPATDIR - source directory that holds compatibility sources
+# DOCDIR - source directory containing documentation files
+# GENERICDIR - platform-independent source directory
+# WINDIR - Windows-specific source directory
+# TESTDIR - directory containing test files
+# TOOLSDIR - directory containing build tools
+# _TCLDIR - root of the Tcl installation OR the Tcl sources. Not set
+#    when building Tcl itself.
+# _INSTALLDIR - native form of the installation path. For Tcl
+#    this will be the root of the Tcl installation. For extensions
+#    this will be the lib directory under the root.
+# TCLINSTALL  - set to 1 if _TCLDIR refers to
+#    headers and libraries from an installed Tcl, and 0 if built against
+#    Tcl sources. Not set when building Tcl itself. Yes, not very well
+#    named.
+# _TCL_H - native path to the tcl.h file
+#
+# If Tk is involved, also sets the following
+# _TKDIR - native form Tk installation OR Tk source. Not set if building
+#    Tk itself.
+# TKINSTALL - set 1 if _TKDIR refers to installed Tk and 0 if Tk sources
+# _TK_H - native path to the tk.h file
+
+# Root directory for sources and assumed subdirectories
+ROOT = $(MAKEDIR)\..
+# The following paths CANNOT have spaces in them as they appear on the
+# left side of implicit rules.
+!ifndef COMPATDIR
+COMPATDIR	= $(ROOT)\compat
+!endif
+!ifndef DOCDIR
+DOCDIR		= $(ROOT)\doc
+!endif
+!ifndef GENERICDIR
+GENERICDIR	= $(ROOT)\generic
+!endif
+!ifndef TOOLSDIR
+TOOLSDIR	= $(ROOT)\tools
+!endif
+!ifndef TESTDIR
+TESTDIR	= $(ROOT)\tests
+!endif
+!ifndef LIBDIR
+!if exist("$(ROOT)\library")
+LIBDIR          = $(ROOT)\library
+!else
+LIBDIR          = $(ROOT)\lib
+!endif
+!endif
+!ifndef DEMODIR
+!if exist("$(LIBDIR)\demos")
+DEMODIR		= $(LIBDIR)\demos
+!else
+DEMODIR		= $(ROOT)\demos
+!endif
+!endif # ifndef DEMODIR
+# Do NOT enclose WINDIR in a !ifndef because Windows always defines
+# WINDIR env var to point to c:\windows!
+# TBD - This is a potentially dangerous conflict, rename WINDIR to
+# something else
+WINDIR		= $(ROOT)\win
+
+!ifndef RCDIR
+!if exist("$(WINDIR)\rc")
+RCDIR           = $(WINDIR)\rc
+!else
+RCDIR           = $(WINDIR)
+!endif
+!endif
+RCDIR = $(RCDIR:/=\)
+
+# The target directory where the built packages and binaries will be installed.
+# INSTALLDIR is the (optional) path specified by the user.
+# _INSTALLDIR is INSTALLDIR using the backslash separator syntax
+!ifdef INSTALLDIR
+### Fix the path separators.
+_INSTALLDIR	= $(INSTALLDIR:/=\)
+!else
+### Assume the normal default.
+_INSTALLDIR	= $(HOMEDRIVE)\Tcl
+!endif
+
+!if $(DOING_TCL)
+
+# BEGIN Case 2(a) - Building Tcl itself
+
+# Only need to define _TCL_H
+_TCL_H = ..\generic\tcl.h
+
+# END Case 2(a) - Building Tcl itself
+
+!elseif $(DOING_TK)
+
+# BEGIN Case 2(b) - Building Tk
+
+TCLINSTALL = 0 # Tk always builds against Tcl source, not an installed Tcl
+!if "$(TCLDIR)" == ""
+!if [echo TCLDIR = \> nmakehlp.out] \
+   || [nmakehlp -L generic\tcl.h >> nmakehlp.out]
+!error *** Could not locate Tcl source directory.
+!endif
+!include nmakehlp.out
+!endif # TCLDIR == ""
+
+_TCLDIR	= $(TCLDIR:/=\)
+_TCL_H  = $(_TCLDIR)\generic\tcl.h
+!if !exist("$(_TCL_H)")
+!error Could not locate tcl.h. Please set the TCLDIR macro to point to the Tcl *source* directory.
+!endif
+
+_TK_H = ..\generic\tk.h
+
+# END Case 2(b) - Building Tk
+
+!else
+
+# BEGIN Case 2(c) or (d) - Building an extension other than Tk
+
+# If command line has specified Tcl location through TCLDIR, use it
+# else default to the INSTALLDIR setting
+!if "$(TCLDIR)" != ""
+
+_TCLDIR	= $(TCLDIR:/=\)
+!if exist("$(_TCLDIR)\include\tcl.h") # Case 2(c) with TCLDIR defined
+TCLINSTALL	= 1
+_TCL_H          = $(_TCLDIR)\include\tcl.h
+!elseif exist("$(_TCLDIR)\generic\tcl.h") # Case 2(d) with TCLDIR defined
+TCLINSTALL	= 0
+_TCL_H          = $(_TCLDIR)\generic\tcl.h
+!endif
+
+!else  #  # Case 2(c) for extensions with TCLDIR undefined
+
+# Need to locate Tcl depending on whether it needs Tcl source or not.
+# If we don't, check the INSTALLDIR for an installed Tcl first
+
+!if exist("$(_INSTALLDIR)\include\tcl.h") && !$(NEED_TCL_SOURCE)
+
+TCLINSTALL	= 1
+TCLDIR          = $(_INSTALLDIR)\..
+# NOTE: we will be resetting _INSTALLDIR to _INSTALLDIR/lib for extensions
+# later so the \.. accounts for the /lib
+_TCLDIR		= $(_INSTALLDIR)\..
+_TCL_H          = $(_TCLDIR)\include\tcl.h
+
+!else # exist(...) && ! $(NEED_TCL_SOURCE)
+
+!if [echo _TCLDIR = \> nmakehlp.out] \
+   || [nmakehlp -L generic\tcl.h >> nmakehlp.out]
+!error *** Could not locate Tcl source directory.
+!endif
+!include nmakehlp.out
+TCLINSTALL      = 0
+TCLDIR         = $(_TCLDIR)
+_TCL_H          = $(_TCLDIR)\generic\tcl.h
+
+!endif # exist(...) && ! $(NEED_TCL_SOURCE)
+
+!endif # TCLDIR
+
+!ifndef _TCL_H
+MSG =^
+Failed to find tcl.h. The TCLDIR macro is set incorrectly or is not set and default path does not contain tcl.h.
+!error $(MSG)
+!endif
+
+# Now do the same to locate Tk headers and libs if project requires Tk
+!if $(NEED_TK)
+
+!if "$(TKDIR)" != ""
+
+_TKDIR = $(TKDIR:/=\)
+!if exist("$(_TKDIR)\include\tk.h")
+TKINSTALL      = 1
+_TK_H          = $(_TKDIR)\include\tk.h
+!elseif exist("$(_TKDIR)\generic\tk.h")
+TKINSTALL      = 0
+_TK_H          = $(_TKDIR)\generic\tk.h
+!endif
+
+!else # TKDIR not defined
+
+# Need to locate Tcl depending on whether it needs Tcl source or not.
+# If we don't, check the INSTALLDIR for an installed Tcl first
+
+!if exist("$(_INSTALLDIR)\include\tk.h") && !$(NEED_TK_SOURCE)
+
+TKINSTALL      = 1
+# NOTE: we will be resetting _INSTALLDIR to _INSTALLDIR/lib for extensions
+# later so the \.. accounts for the /lib
+_TKDIR         = $(_INSTALLDIR)\..
+_TK_H          = $(_TKDIR)\include\tk.h
+TKDIR          = $(_TKDIR)
+
+!else # exist("$(_INSTALLDIR)\include\tk.h") && !$(NEED_TK_SOURCE)
+
+!if [echo _TKDIR = \> nmakehlp.out] \
+   || [nmakehlp -L generic\tk.h >> nmakehlp.out]
+!error *** Could not locate Tk source directory.
+!endif
+!include nmakehlp.out
+TKINSTALL      = 0
+TKDIR          = $(_TKDIR)
+_TK_H          = $(_TKDIR)\generic\tk.h
+
+!endif # exist("$(_INSTALLDIR)\include\tk.h") && !$(NEED_TK_SOURCE)
+
+!endif # TKDIR
+
+!ifndef _TK_H
+MSG =^
+Failed to find tk.h. The TKDIR macro is set incorrectly or is not set and default path does not contain tk.h.
+!error $(MSG)
+!endif
+
+!endif # NEED_TK
+
+!if $(NEED_TCL_SOURCE) && $(TCLINSTALL)
+MSG = ^
+*** Warning: This extension requires the source distribution of Tcl.^
+*** Please set the TCLDIR macro to point to the Tcl sources.
+!error $(MSG)
+!endif
+
+!if $(NEED_TK_SOURCE)
+!if $(TKINSTALL)
+MSG = ^
+*** Warning: This extension requires the source distribution of Tk.^
+*** Please set the TKDIR macro to point to the Tk sources.
+!error $(MSG)
+!endif
+!endif
+
+
+# If INSTALLDIR set to Tcl installation root dir then reset to the
+# lib dir for installing extensions
+!if exist("$(_INSTALLDIR)\include\tcl.h")
+_INSTALLDIR=$(_INSTALLDIR)\lib
+!endif
+
+# END Case 2(c) or (d) - Building an extension
+!endif # if $(DOING_TCL)
+
+################################################################
+# 3. Determine compiler version and architecture
+# In this section, we figure out the compiler version and the
+# architecture for which we are building. This sets the
+# following macros:
+# VCVERSION - the internal compiler version as 1200, 1400, 1910 etc.
+#     This is also printed by the compiler in dotted form 19.10 etc.
+# VCVER - the "marketing version", for example Visual C++ 6 for internal
+#     compiler version 1200. This is kept only for legacy reasons as it
+#     does not make sense for recent Microsoft compilers. Only used for
+#     output directory names.
+# ARCH - set to IX86 or AMD64 depending on 32- or 64-bit target
+# NATIVE_ARCH - set to IX86 or AMD64 for the host machine
+# MACHINE - same as $(ARCH) - legacy
+# _VC_MANIFEST_EMBED_{DLL,EXE} - commands for embedding a manifest if needed
+# CFG_ENCODING - set to an character encoding.
+#   TBD - this is passed to compiler as TCL_CFGVAL_ENCODING but can't
+#   see where it is used
+
+cc32		= $(CC)   # built-in default.
+link32		= link
+lib32		= lib
+rc32		= $(RC)   # built-in default.
+
+#----------------------------------------------------------------
+# Figure out the compiler architecture and version by writing
+# the C macros to a file, preprocessing them with the C
+# preprocessor and reading back the created file
 
 _HASH=^#
 _VC_MANIFEST_EMBED_EXE=
 _VC_MANIFEST_EMBED_DLL=
 VCVER=0
@@ -64,20 +439,47 @@
     && ![echo $(_HASH)if defined(_M_IX86) >> vercl.x] \
     && ![echo ARCH=IX86 >> vercl.x] \
     && ![echo $(_HASH)elif defined(_M_AMD64) >> vercl.x] \
     && ![echo ARCH=AMD64 >> vercl.x] \
     && ![echo $(_HASH)endif >> vercl.x] \
-    && ![cl -nologo -TC -P vercl.x $(ERRNULL)]
+    && ![$(cc32) -nologo -TC -P vercl.x 2>NUL]
 !include vercl.i
+!if $(VCVERSION) < 1900
 !if ![echo VCVER= ^\> vercl.vc] \
     && ![set /a $(VCVERSION) / 100 - 6 >> vercl.vc]
 !include vercl.vc
 !endif
+!else
+# The simple calculation above does not apply to new Visual Studio releases
+# Keep the compiler version in its native form.
+VCVER = $(VCVERSION)
 !endif
-!if ![del $(ERRNUL) /q/f vercl.x vercl.i vercl.vc]
 !endif
 
+!if ![del 2>NUL /q/f vercl.x vercl.i vercl.vc]
+!endif
+
+#----------------------------------------------------------------
+# The MACHINE macro is used by legacy makefiles so set it as well
+!ifdef MACHINE
+!if "$(MACHINE)" == "x86"
+!undef MACHINE
+MACHINE = IX86
+!elseif "$(MACHINE)" == "x64"
+!undef MACHINE
+MACHINE = AMD64
+!endif
+!if "$(MACHINE)" != "$(ARCH)"
+!error Specified MACHINE macro $(MACHINE) does not match detected target architecture $(ARCH).
+!endif
+!else
+MACHINE=$(ARCH)
+!endif
+
+#------------------------------------------------------------
+# Figure out the *host* architecture by reading the registry
+
 !if ![reg query HKLM\Hardware\Description\System\CentralProcessor\0 /v Identifier | findstr /i x86]
 NATIVE_ARCH=IX86
 !else
 NATIVE_ARCH=AMD64
 !endif
@@ -86,157 +488,227 @@
 !if $(VCVERSION) >= 1400
 _VC_MANIFEST_EMBED_EXE=if exist $@.manifest mt -nologo -manifest $@.manifest -outputresource:$@;1
 _VC_MANIFEST_EMBED_DLL=if exist $@.manifest mt -nologo -manifest $@.manifest -outputresource:$@;2
 !endif
 
-!ifndef MACHINE
-MACHINE=$(ARCH)
-!endif
-
 !ifndef CFG_ENCODING
 CFG_ENCODING	= \"cp1252\"
 !endif
 
-!message ===============================================================================
-
-#----------------------------------------------------------
-# build the helper app we need to overcome nmake's limiting
-# environment.
-#----------------------------------------------------------
-
-!if !exist(nmakehlp.exe)
-!if [$(cc32) -nologo nmakehlp.c -link -subsystem:console > nul]
-!endif
-!endif
-
-#----------------------------------------------------------
-# Test for compiler features
-#----------------------------------------------------------
-
-### test for optimizations
-!if [nmakehlp -c -Ot]
-!message *** Compiler has 'Optimizations'
-OPTIMIZING	= 1
-!else
-!message *** Compiler does not have 'Optimizations'
-OPTIMIZING	= 0
-!endif
-
-OPTIMIZATIONS   =
-
-!if [nmakehlp -c -Ot]
-OPTIMIZATIONS  = $(OPTIMIZATIONS) -Ot
-!endif
-
-!if [nmakehlp -c -Oi]
-OPTIMIZATIONS  = $(OPTIMIZATIONS) -Oi
-!endif
-
+################################################################
+# 4. Build the nmakehlp program
+# This is a helper app we need to overcome nmake's limiting
+# environment. We will call out to it to get various bits of
+# information about supported compiler options etc.
+#
+# Tcl itself will always use the nmakehlp.c program which is
+# in its own source. This is the "master" copy and kept updated.
+#
+# Extensions built against an installed Tcl will use the installed
+# copy of Tcl's nmakehlp.c if there is one and their own version
+# otherwise. In the latter case, they would also be using their own
+# rules.vc. Note that older versions of Tcl do not install nmakehlp.c
+# or rules.vc.
+#
+# Extensions built against Tcl sources will use the one from the Tcl source.
+#
+# When building an extension using a sufficiently new version of Tcl,
+# rules-ext.vc will define NMAKEHLPC appropriately to point to the
+# copy of nmakehlp.c to be used.
+
+!ifndef NMAKEHLPC
+# Default to the one in the current directory (the extension's own nmakehlp.c)
+NMAKEHLPC = nmakehlp.c
+
+!if !$(DOING_TCL)
+!if $(TCLINSTALL)
+!if exist("$(_TCLDIR)\lib\nmake\nmakehlp.c")
+NMAKEHLPC = $(_TCLDIR)\lib\nmake\nmakehlp.c
+!endif
+!else # ! $(TCLINSTALL)
+!if exist("$(_TCLDIR)\win\nmakehlp.c")
+NMAKEHLPC = $(_TCLDIR)\win\nmakehlp.c
+!endif
+!endif # $(TCLINSTALL)
+!endif # !$(DOING_TCL)
+
+!endif # NMAKEHLPC
+
+# We always build nmakehlp even if it exists since we do not know
+# what source it was built from.
+!if [$(cc32) -nologo "$(NMAKEHLPC)" -link -subsystem:console > nul]
+!endif
+
+################################################################
+# 5. Test for compiler features
+# Visual C++ compiler options have changed over the years. Check
+# which options are supported by the compiler in use.
+#
+# The following macros are set:
+# OPTIMIZATIONS - the compiler flags to be used for optimized builds
+# DEBUGFLAGS - the compiler flags to be used for debug builds
+# LINKERFLAGS - Flags passed to the linker
+#
+# Note that these are the compiler settings *available*, not those
+# that will be *used*. The latter depends on the OPTS macro settings
+# which we have not yet parsed.
+#
+# Also note that some of the flags in OPTIMIZATIONS are not really
+# related to optimization. They are placed there only for legacy reasons
+# as some extensions expect them to be included in that macro.
+
+# -Op improves float consistency. Note only needed for older compilers
+# Newer compilers do not need or support this option.
 !if [nmakehlp -c -Op]
-OPTIMIZATIONS  = $(OPTIMIZATIONS) -Op
+FPOPTS  = -Op
 !endif
 
+# Strict floating point semantics - present in newer compilers in lieu of -Op
 !if [nmakehlp -c -fp:strict]
-OPTIMIZATIONS  = $(OPTIMIZATIONS) -fp:strict
-!endif
-
-!if [nmakehlp -c -Gs]
-OPTIMIZATIONS  = $(OPTIMIZATIONS) -Gs
-!endif
-
-!if [nmakehlp -c -GS]
-OPTIMIZATIONS  = $(OPTIMIZATIONS) -GS
-!endif
-
-!if [nmakehlp -c -GL]
-OPTIMIZATIONS  = $(OPTIMIZATIONS) -GL
-!endif
-
-DEBUGFLAGS     =
-
-!if [nmakehlp -c -RTC1]
-DEBUGFLAGS     = $(DEBUGFLAGS) -RTC1
-!elseif [nmakehlp -c -GZ]
-DEBUGFLAGS     = $(DEBUGFLAGS) -GZ
-!endif
-
-COMPILERFLAGS  =-W3 /DUNICODE /D_UNICODE /D_ATL_XP_TARGETING
-
-# In v13 -GL and -YX are incompatible.
-!if [nmakehlp -c -YX]
-!if ![nmakehlp -c -GL]
-OPTIMIZATIONS  = $(OPTIMIZATIONS) -YX
-!endif
+FPOPTS  = $(FPOPTS) -fp:strict
 !endif
 
 !if "$(MACHINE)" == "IX86"
 ### test for pentium errata
 !if [nmakehlp -c -QI0f]
 !message *** Compiler has 'Pentium 0x0f fix'
-COMPILERFLAGS  = $(COMPILERFLAGS) -QI0f
+FPOPTS  = $(FPOPTS) -QI0f
 !else
 !message *** Compiler does not have 'Pentium 0x0f fix'
 !endif
 !endif
 
-!if "$(MACHINE)" == "IA64"
-### test for Itanium errata
-!if [nmakehlp -c -QIA64_Bx]
-!message *** Compiler has 'B-stepping errata workarounds'
-COMPILERFLAGS   = $(COMPILERFLAGS) -QIA64_Bx
+### test for optimizations
+# /O2 optimization includes /Og /Oi /Ot /Oy /Ob2 /Gs /GF /Gy as per
+# documentation. Note we do NOT want /Gs as that inserts a _chkstk
+# stack probe at *every* function entry, not just those with more than
+# a page of stack allocation resulting in a performance hit.  However,
+# /O2 documentation is misleading as its stack probes are simply the
+# default page size locals allocation probes and not what is implied
+# by an explicit /Gs option.
+
+OPTIMIZATIONS = $(FPOPTS)
+
+!if [nmakehlp -c -O2]
+OPTIMIZING = 1
+OPTIMIZATIONS   = $(OPTIMIZATIONS) -O2
+!else
+# Legacy, really. All modern compilers support this
+!message *** Compiler does not have 'Optimizations'
+OPTIMIZING = 0
+!endif
+
+# Checks for buffer overflows in local arrays
+!if [nmakehlp -c -GS]
+OPTIMIZATIONS  = $(OPTIMIZATIONS) -GS
+!endif
+
+# Link time optimization. Note that this option (potentially) makes
+# generated libraries only usable by the specific VC++ version that
+# created it. Requires /LTCG linker option
+!if [nmakehlp -c -GL]
+OPTIMIZATIONS  = $(OPTIMIZATIONS) -GL
+CC_GL_OPT_ENABLED = 1
 !else
-!message *** Compiler does not have 'B-stepping errata workarounds'
+# In newer compilers -GL and -YX are incompatible.
+!if [nmakehlp -c -YX]
+OPTIMIZATIONS  = $(OPTIMIZATIONS) -YX
 !endif
+!endif # [nmakehlp -c -GL]
+
+DEBUGFLAGS     = $(FPOPTS)
+
+# Run time error checks. Not available or valid in a release, non-debug build
+# RTC is for modern compilers, -GZ is legacy
+!if [nmakehlp -c -RTC1]
+DEBUGFLAGS     = $(DEBUGFLAGS) -RTC1
+!elseif [nmakehlp -c -GZ]
+DEBUGFLAGS     = $(DEBUGFLAGS) -GZ
 !endif
 
-# Prevents "LNK1561: entry point must be defined" error compiling from VS-IDE:
+#----------------------------------------------------------------
+# Linker flags
+
+# LINKER_TESTFLAGS are for internal use when we call nmakehlp to test
+# if the linker supports a specific option. Without these flags link will
+# return "LNK1561: entry point must be defined" error compiling from VS-IDE:
+# They are not passed through to the actual application / extension
+# link rules.
 !ifndef LINKER_TESTFLAGS
-LINKER_TESTFLAGS = /DLL /NOENTRY /OUT:nmhlp-out.txt
-!endif
-
-!if "$(MACHINE)" == "IX86"
-### test for -align:4096, when align:512 will do.
-!if [nmakehlp -l -opt:nowin98 $(LINKER_TESTFLAGS)]
-!message *** Linker has 'Win98 alignment problem'
-ALIGN98_HACK	= 1
-!else
-!message *** Linker does not have 'Win98 alignment problem'
-ALIGN98_HACK	= 0
-!endif
-!else
-ALIGN98_HACK	= 0
+LINKER_TESTFLAGS = /DLL /NOENTRY /OUT:nmakehlp.out
 !endif
 
 LINKERFLAGS     =
 
+# If compiler has enabled link time optimization, linker must too with -ltcg
+!ifdef CC_GL_OPT_ENABLED
 !if [nmakehlp -l -ltcg $(LINKER_TESTFLAGS)]
-LINKERFLAGS     =-ltcg
+LINKERFLAGS     = $(LINKERFLAGS) -ltcg
+!endif
 !endif
 
-#----------------------------------------------------------
-# Decode the options requested.
-#----------------------------------------------------------
+########################################################################
+# 6. Parse the OPTS macro to work out the requested build configuration.
+# Based on this, we will construct the actual switches to be passed to the
+# compiler and linker using the macros defined in the previous section.
+# The following macros are defined by this section based on OPTS
+# STATIC_BUILD - 0 -> Tcl is to be built as a shared library
+#                1 -> build as a static library and shell
+# TCL_THREADS - legacy but always 1 on Windows since winsock requires it.
+# DEBUG - 1 -> debug build, 0 -> release builds
+# SYMBOLS - 1 -> generate PDB's, 0 -> no PDB's
+# PROFILE - 1 -> generate profiling info, 0 -> no profiling
+# PGO     - 1 -> profile based optimization, 0 -> no
+# MSVCRT  - 1 -> link to dynamic C runtime even when building static Tcl build
+#           0 -> link to static C runtime for static Tcl build.
+#           Does not impact shared Tcl builds (STATIC_BUILD == 0)
+# TCL_USE_STATIC_PACKAGES - 1 -> statically link the registry and dde extensions
+#           in the Tcl shell. 0 -> keep them as shared libraries
+#           Does not impact shared Tcl builds.
+# USE_THREAD_ALLOC - 1 -> Use a shared global free pool for allocation.
+#           0 -> Use the non-thread allocator.
+# UNCHECKED - 1 -> when doing a debug build with symbols, use the release
+#           C runtime, 0 -> use the debug C runtime.
+# USE_STUBS - 1 -> compile to use stubs interfaces, 0 -> direct linking
+# CONFIG_CHECK - 1 -> check current build configuration against Tcl
+#           configuration (ignored for Tcl itself)
+# Further, LINKERFLAGS are modified based on above.
 
-!if "$(OPTS)" == "" || [nmakehlp -f "$(OPTS)" "none"]
+# Default values for all the above
 STATIC_BUILD	= 0
 TCL_THREADS	= 1
 DEBUG		= 0
 SYMBOLS		= 0
 PROFILE		= 0
 PGO		= 0
 MSVCRT		= 1
-LOIMPACT	= 0
 TCL_USE_STATIC_PACKAGES	= 0
 USE_THREAD_ALLOC = 1
 UNCHECKED	= 0
+CONFIG_CHECK    = 1
+!if $(DOING_TCL)
+USE_STUBS       = 0
 !else
+USE_STUBS       = 1
+!endif
+
+# If OPTS is not empty AND does not contain "none" which turns off all OPTS
+# set the above macros based on OPTS content
+!if "$(OPTS)" != "" && ![nmakehlp -f "$(OPTS)" "none"]
+
+# OPTS are specified, parse them
+
 !if [nmakehlp -f $(OPTS) "static"]
 !message *** Doing static
 STATIC_BUILD	= 1
-!else
-STATIC_BUILD	= 0
 !endif
+
+!if [nmakehlp -f $(OPTS) "nostubs"]
+!message *** Not using stubs
+USE_STUBS	= 0
+!endif
+
 !if [nmakehlp -f $(OPTS) "nomsvcrt"]
 !message *** Doing nomsvcrt
 MSVCRT		= 0
 !else
 !if [nmakehlp -f $(OPTS) "msvcrt"]
@@ -247,90 +719,281 @@
 MSVCRT		= 1
 !else
 MSVCRT		= 0
 !endif
 !endif
-!endif
+!endif # [nmakehlp -f $(OPTS) "nomsvcrt"]
+
 !if [nmakehlp -f $(OPTS) "staticpkg"] && $(STATIC_BUILD)
 !message *** Doing staticpkg
 TCL_USE_STATIC_PACKAGES	= 1
 !else
 TCL_USE_STATIC_PACKAGES	= 0
 !endif
+
 !if [nmakehlp -f $(OPTS) "nothreads"]
 !message *** Compile explicitly for non-threaded tcl
 TCL_THREADS	= 0
 USE_THREAD_ALLOC= 0
 !else
 TCL_THREADS	= 1
 USE_THREAD_ALLOC= 1
 !endif
+
 !if [nmakehlp -f $(OPTS) "symbols"]
 !message *** Doing symbols
 DEBUG		= 1
 !else
 DEBUG		= 0
 !endif
+
 !if [nmakehlp -f $(OPTS) "pdbs"]
 !message *** Doing pdbs
 SYMBOLS		= 1
 !else
 SYMBOLS		= 0
 !endif
+
 !if [nmakehlp -f $(OPTS) "profile"]
 !message *** Doing profile
 PROFILE		= 1
 !else
 PROFILE		= 0
 !endif
+
 !if [nmakehlp -f $(OPTS) "pgi"]
 !message *** Doing profile guided optimization instrumentation
 PGO		= 1
 !elseif [nmakehlp -f $(OPTS) "pgo"]
 !message *** Doing profile guided optimization
 PGO		= 2
 !else
 PGO		= 0
 !endif
+
 !if [nmakehlp -f $(OPTS) "loimpact"]
-!message *** Doing loimpact
-LOIMPACT	= 1
-!else
-LOIMPACT	= 0
+!message *** Warning: ignoring option "loimpact" - deprecated on modern Windows.
 !endif
+
+# TBD - should get rid of this option
 !if [nmakehlp -f $(OPTS) "thrdalloc"]
 !message *** Doing thrdalloc
 USE_THREAD_ALLOC = 1
 !endif
+
 !if [nmakehlp -f $(OPTS) "tclalloc"]
-!message *** Doing tclalloc
 USE_THREAD_ALLOC = 0
 !endif
+
 !if [nmakehlp -f $(OPTS) "unchecked"]
 !message *** Doing unchecked
 UNCHECKED = 1
 !else
 UNCHECKED = 0
 !endif
+
+!if [nmakehlp -f $(OPTS) "noconfigcheck"]
+CONFIG_CHECK = 1
+!else
+CONFIG_CHECK = 0
 !endif
 
-#----------------------------------------------------------
+!endif # "$(OPTS)" != ""  && ... parsing of OPTS
+
+# Set linker flags based on above
+
+!if $(PGO) > 1
+!if [nmakehlp -l -ltcg:pgoptimize $(LINKER_TESTFLAGS)]
+LINKERFLAGS	= $(LINKERFLAGS:-ltcg=) -ltcg:pgoptimize
+!else
+MSG=^
+This compiler does not support profile guided optimization.
+!error $(MSG)
+!endif
+!elseif $(PGO) > 0
+!if [nmakehlp -l -ltcg:pginstrument $(LINKER_TESTFLAGS)]
+LINKERFLAGS	= $(LINKERFLAGS:-ltcg=) -ltcg:pginstrument
+!else
+MSG=^
+This compiler does not support profile guided optimization.
+!error $(MSG)
+!endif
+!endif
+
+################################################################
+# 7. Parse the STATS macro to configure code instrumentation
+# The following macros are set by this section:
+# TCL_MEM_DEBUG - 1 -> enables memory allocation instrumentation
+#                 0 -> disables
+# TCL_COMPILE_DEBUG - 1 -> enables byte compiler logging
+#                     0 -> disables
+
+# Default both are off
+TCL_MEM_DEBUG	    = 0
+TCL_COMPILE_DEBUG   = 0
+
+!if "$(STATS)" != "" && ![nmakehlp -f "$(STATS)" "none"]
+
+!if [nmakehlp -f $(STATS) "memdbg"]
+!message *** Doing memdbg
+TCL_MEM_DEBUG	    = 1
+!else
+TCL_MEM_DEBUG	    = 0
+!endif
+
+!if [nmakehlp -f $(STATS) "compdbg"]
+!message *** Doing compdbg
+TCL_COMPILE_DEBUG   = 1
+!else
+TCL_COMPILE_DEBUG   = 0
+!endif
+
+!endif
+
+####################################################################
+# 8. Parse the CHECKS macro to configure additional compiler checks
+# The following macros are set by this section:
+# WARNINGS - compiler switches that control the warnings level
+# TCL_NO_DEPRECATED - 1 -> disable support for deprecated functions
+#                     0 -> enable deprecated functions
+
+# Defaults - Permit deprecated functions and warning level 3
+TCL_NO_DEPRECATED	    = 0
+WARNINGS		    = -W3
+
+!if "$(CHECKS)" != "" && ![nmakehlp -f "$(CHECKS)" "none"]
+
+!if [nmakehlp -f $(CHECKS) "nodep"]
+!message *** Doing nodep check
+TCL_NO_DEPRECATED	    = 1
+!endif
+
+!if [nmakehlp -f $(CHECKS) "fullwarn"]
+!message *** Doing full warnings check
+WARNINGS		    = -W4
+!if [nmakehlp -l -warn:3 $(LINKER_TESTFLAGS)]
+LINKERFLAGS		    = $(LINKERFLAGS) -warn:3
+!endif
+!endif
+
+!if [nmakehlp -f $(CHECKS) "64bit"] && [nmakehlp -c -Wp64]
+!message *** Doing 64bit portability warnings
+WARNINGS		    = $(WARNINGS) -Wp64
+!endif
+
+!endif
+
+################################################################
+# 9. Extract various version numbers
+# For Tcl and Tk, version numbers are extracted from tcl.h and tk.h
+# respectively. For extensions, versions are extracted from the
+# configure.in or configure.ac from the TEA configuration if it
+# exists, and unset otherwise.
+# Sets the following macros:
+# TCL_MAJOR_VERSION
+# TCL_MINOR_VERSION
+# TCL_PATCH_LEVEL
+# TCL_VERSION
+# TK_MAJOR_VERSION
+# TK_MINOR_VERSION
+# TK_PATCH_LEVEL
+# TK_VERSION
+# DOTVERSION - set as (for example) 2.5
+# VERSION - set as (for example 25)
+#--------------------------------------------------------------
+
+!if [echo REM = This file is generated from rules.vc > versions.vc]
+!endif
+!if [echo TCL_MAJOR_VERSION = \>> versions.vc] \
+   && [nmakehlp -V "$(_TCL_H)" TCL_MAJOR_VERSION >> versions.vc]
+!endif
+!if [echo TCL_MINOR_VERSION = \>> versions.vc] \
+   && [nmakehlp -V "$(_TCL_H)" TCL_MINOR_VERSION >> versions.vc]
+!endif
+!if [echo TCL_PATCH_LEVEL = \>> versions.vc] \
+   && [nmakehlp -V "$(_TCL_H)" TCL_PATCH_LEVEL >> versions.vc]
+!endif
+
+!if defined(_TK_H)
+!if [echo TK_MAJOR_VERSION = \>> versions.vc] \
+   && [nmakehlp -V $(_TK_H) TK_MAJOR_VERSION >> versions.vc]
+!endif
+!if [echo TK_MINOR_VERSION = \>> versions.vc] \
+   && [nmakehlp -V $(_TK_H) TK_MINOR_VERSION >> versions.vc]
+!endif
+!if [echo TK_PATCH_LEVEL = \>> versions.vc] \
+   && [nmakehlp -V $(_TK_H) TK_PATCH_LEVEL >> versions.vc]
+!endif
+!endif # _TK_H
+
+!include versions.vc
+
+TCL_VERSION	= $(TCL_MAJOR_VERSION)$(TCL_MINOR_VERSION)
+TCL_DOTVERSION	= $(TCL_MAJOR_VERSION).$(TCL_MINOR_VERSION)
+!if defined(_TK_H)
+TK_VERSION	= $(TK_MAJOR_VERSION)$(TK_MINOR_VERSION)
+TK_DOTVERSION	= $(TK_MAJOR_VERSION).$(TK_MINOR_VERSION)
+!endif
+
+# Set DOTVERSION and VERSION
+!if $(DOING_TCL)
+
+DOTVERSION = $(TCL_MAJOR_VERSION).$(TCL_MINOR_VERSION)
+VERSION = $(TCL_VERSION)
+
+!elseif $(DOING_TK)
+
+DOTVERSION = $(TK_DOTVERSION)
+VERSION = $(TK_VERSION)
+
+!else # Doing a non-Tk extension
+
+# If parent makefile has not defined DOTVERSION, try to get it from TEA
+# first from a configure.in file, and then from configure.ac
+!ifndef DOTVERSION
+!if [echo DOTVERSION = \> versions.vc] \
+   || [nmakehlp -V $(ROOT)\configure.in ^[$(PROJECT)^] >> versions.vc]
+!if [echo DOTVERSION = \> versions.vc] \
+   || [nmakehlp -V $(ROOT)\configure.ac ^[$(PROJECT)^] >> versions.vc]
+!error *** Could not figure out extension version. Please define DOTVERSION in parent makefile before including rules.vc.
+!endif
+!endif
+!include versions.vc
+!endif # DOTVERSION
+VERSION         = $(DOTVERSION:.=)
+
+!endif # $(DOING_TCL) ... etc.
+
+################################################################
+# 10. Construct output directory and file paths
 # Figure-out how to name our intermediate and output directories.
-# We wouldn't want different builds to use the same .obj files
-# by accident.
-#----------------------------------------------------------
-
-#----------------------------------------
-# Naming convention:
+# In order to avoid inadvertent mixing of object files built using
+# different compilers, build configurations etc.,
+#
+# Naming convention (suffixes):
 #   t = full thread support.
-#   s = static library (as opposed to an
-#	import library)
-#   g = linked to the debug enabled C
-#	run-time.
-#   x = special static build when it
-#	links to the dynamic C run-time.
-#----------------------------------------
+#   s = static library (as opposed to an import library)
+#   g = linked to the debug enabled C run-time.
+#   x = special static build when it links to the dynamic C run-time.
+#
+# The following macros are set in this section:
+# SUFX - the suffix to use for binaries based on above naming convention
+# BUILDDIRTOP - the toplevel default output directory
+#      is of the form {Release,Debug}[_AMD64][_COMPILERVERSION]
+# TMP_DIR - directory where object files are created
+# OUT_DIR - directory where output executables are created
+# Both TMP_DIR and OUT_DIR are defaulted only if not defined by the
+# parent makefile (or command line). The default values are
+# based on BUILDDIRTOP.
+# STUBPREFIX - name of the stubs library for this project
+# PRJIMPLIB - output path of the generated project import library
+# PRJLIBNAME - name of generated project library
+# PRJLIB     - output path of generated project library
+# PRJSTUBLIBNAME - name of the generated project stubs library
+# PRJSTUBLIB - output path of the generated project stubs library
+# RESFILE - output resource file (only if not static build)
+
 SUFX	    = tsgx
 
 !if $(DEBUG)
 BUILDDIRTOP = Debug
 !else
@@ -379,84 +1042,221 @@
 !ifndef OUT_DIR
 OUT_DIR	    = $(TMP_DIR)
 !endif
 !endif
 
-
-#----------------------------------------------------------
-# Decode the statistics requested.
-#----------------------------------------------------------
-
-!if "$(STATS)" == "" || [nmakehlp -f "$(STATS)" "none"]
-TCL_MEM_DEBUG	    = 0
-TCL_COMPILE_DEBUG   = 0
-!else
-!if [nmakehlp -f $(STATS) "memdbg"]
-!message *** Doing memdbg
-TCL_MEM_DEBUG	    = 1
-!else
-TCL_MEM_DEBUG	    = 0
-!endif
-!if [nmakehlp -f $(STATS) "compdbg"]
-!message *** Doing compdbg
-TCL_COMPILE_DEBUG   = 1
-!else
-TCL_COMPILE_DEBUG   = 0
-!endif
-!endif
-
-
-#----------------------------------------------------------
-# Decode the checks requested.
-#----------------------------------------------------------
-
-!if "$(CHECKS)" == "" || [nmakehlp -f "$(CHECKS)" "none"]
-TCL_NO_DEPRECATED	    = 0
-WARNINGS		    = -W3
-!else
-!if [nmakehlp -f $(CHECKS) "nodep"]
-!message *** Doing nodep check
-TCL_NO_DEPRECATED	    = 1
-!else
-TCL_NO_DEPRECATED	    = 0
-!endif
-!if [nmakehlp -f $(CHECKS) "fullwarn"]
-!message *** Doing full warnings check
-WARNINGS		    = -W4
-!if [nmakehlp -l -warn:3 $(LINKER_TESTFLAGS)]
-LINKERFLAGS		    = $(LINKERFLAGS) -warn:3
-!endif
-!else
-WARNINGS		    = -W3
-!endif
-!if [nmakehlp -f $(CHECKS) "64bit"] && [nmakehlp -c -Wp64]
-!message *** Doing 64bit portability warnings
-WARNINGS		    = $(WARNINGS) -Wp64
-!endif
-!endif
-
-!if $(PGO) > 1
-!if [nmakehlp -l -ltcg:pgoptimize $(LINKER_TESTFLAGS)]
-LINKERFLAGS	= $(LINKERFLAGS:-ltcg=) -ltcg:pgoptimize
-!else
-MSG=^
-This compiler does not support profile guided optimization.
-!error $(MSG)
-!endif
-!elseif $(PGO) > 0
-!if [nmakehlp -l -ltcg:pginstrument $(LINKER_TESTFLAGS)]
-LINKERFLAGS	= $(LINKERFLAGS:-ltcg=) -ltcg:pginstrument
-!else
-MSG=^
-This compiler does not support profile guided optimization.
-!error $(MSG)
-!endif
-!endif
-
-#----------------------------------------------------------
-# Set our defines now armed with our options.
-#----------------------------------------------------------
+# Relative paths -> absolute
+!if [echo OUT_DIR = \> nmakehlp.out] \
+   || [nmakehlp -Q "$(OUT_DIR)" >> nmakehlp.out]
+!error *** Could not fully qualify path OUT_DIR=$(OUT_DIR)
+!endif
+!if [echo TMP_DIR = \>> nmakehlp.out] \
+   || [nmakehlp -Q "$(TMP_DIR)" >> nmakehlp.out]
+!error *** Could not fully qualify path TMP_DIR=$(TMP_DIR)
+!endif
+!include nmakehlp.out
+
+# The name of the stubs library for the project being built
+STUBPREFIX      = $(PROJECT)stub
+
+# Set up paths to various Tcl executables and libraries needed by extensions
+!if $(DOING_TCL)
+
+TCLSHNAME       = $(PROJECT)sh$(VERSION)$(SUFX).exe
+TCLSH		= $(OUT_DIR)\$(TCLSHNAME)
+TCLIMPLIB	= $(OUT_DIR)\$(PROJECT)$(VERSION)$(SUFX).lib
+TCLLIBNAME	= $(PROJECT)$(VERSION)$(SUFX).$(EXT)
+TCLLIB		= $(OUT_DIR)\$(TCLLIBNAME)
+
+TCLSTUBLIBNAME	= $(STUBPREFIX)$(VERSION).lib
+TCLSTUBLIB	= $(OUT_DIR)\$(TCLSTUBLIBNAME)
+TCL_INCLUDES    = -I"$(WINDIR)" -I"$(GENERICDIR)"
+
+!else # ! $(DOING_TCL)
+
+!if $(TCLINSTALL) # Building against an installed Tcl
+
+# When building extensions, we need to locate tclsh. Depending on version
+# of Tcl we are building against, this may or may not have a "t" suffix.
+# Try various possibilities in turn.
+TCLSH		= $(_TCLDIR)\bin\tclsh$(TCL_VERSION)$(SUFX).exe
+!if !exist("$(TCLSH)") && $(TCL_THREADS)
+TCLSH           = $(_TCLDIR)\bin\tclsh$(TCL_VERSION)t$(SUFX).exe
+!endif
+!if !exist("$(TCLSH)")
+TCLSH           = $(_TCLDIR)\bin\tclsh$(TCL_VERSION)$(SUFX:t=).exe
+!endif
+
+TCLSTUBLIB	= $(_TCLDIR)\lib\tclstub$(TCL_VERSION).lib
+TCLIMPLIB	= $(_TCLDIR)\lib\tcl$(TCL_VERSION)$(SUFX).lib
+# When building extensions, may be linking against Tcl that does not add
+# "t" suffix (e.g. 8.5 or 8.7). If lib not found check for that possibility.
+!if !exist("$(TCLIMPLIB)")
+TCLIMPLIB	= $(_TCLDIR)\lib\tcl$(TCL_VERSION)$(SUFX:t=).lib
+!endif
+TCL_LIBRARY	= $(_TCLDIR)\lib
+TCLREGLIB	= $(_TCLDIR)\lib\tclreg13$(SUFX:t=).lib
+TCLDDELIB	= $(_TCLDIR)\lib\tcldde14$(SUFX:t=).lib
+TCLTOOLSDIR	= \must\have\tcl\sources\to\build\this\target
+TCL_INCLUDES    = -I"$(_TCLDIR)\include"
+
+!else # Building against Tcl sources
+
+TCLSH		= $(_TCLDIR)\win\$(BUILDDIRTOP)\tclsh$(TCL_VERSION)$(SUFX).exe
+!if !exist($(TCLSH)) && $(TCL_THREADS)
+TCLSH		= $(_TCLDIR)\win\$(BUILDDIRTOP)\tclsh$(TCL_VERSION)t$(SUFX).exe
+!endif
+!if !exist($(TCLSH))
+TCLSH		= $(_TCLDIR)\win\$(BUILDDIRTOP)\tclsh$(TCL_VERSION)$(SUFX:t=).exe
+!endif
+TCLSTUBLIB	= $(_TCLDIR)\win\$(BUILDDIRTOP)\tclstub$(TCL_VERSION).lib
+TCLIMPLIB	= $(_TCLDIR)\win\$(BUILDDIRTOP)\tcl$(TCL_VERSION)$(SUFX).lib
+# When building extensions, may be linking against Tcl that does not add
+# "t" suffix (e.g. 8.5 or 8.7). If lib not found check for that possibility.
+!if !exist("$(TCLIMPLIB)")
+TCLIMPLIB	= $(_TCLDIR)\win\$(BUILDDIRTOP)\tcl$(TCL_VERSION)$(SUFX:t=).lib
+!endif
+TCL_LIBRARY	= $(_TCLDIR)\library
+TCLREGLIB	= $(_TCLDIR)\win\$(BUILDDIRTOP)\tclreg13$(SUFX:t=).lib
+TCLDDELIB	= $(_TCLDIR)\win\$(BUILDDIRTOP)\tcldde14$(SUFX:t=).lib
+TCLTOOLSDIR	= $(_TCLDIR)\tools
+TCL_INCLUDES	= -I"$(_TCLDIR)\generic" -I"$(_TCLDIR)\win"
+
+!endif # TCLINSTALL
+
+tcllibs = "$(TCLSTUBLIB)" "$(TCLIMPLIB)"
+
+!endif # $(DOING_TCL)
+
+# We need a tclsh that will run on the host machine as part of the build.
+# IX86 runs on all architectures.
+!ifndef TCLSH_NATIVE
+!if "$(MACHINE)" == "IX86" || "$(MACHINE)" == "$(NATIVE_ARCH)"
+TCLSH_NATIVE	= $(TCLSH)
+!else
+!error You must explicitly set TCLSH_NATIVE for cross-compilation
+!endif
+!endif
+
+# Do the same for Tk and Tk extensions that require the Tk libraries
+!if $(DOING_TK) || $(NEED_TK)
+WISHNAMEPREFIX = wish
+WISHNAME = $(WISHNAMEPREFIX)$(TK_VERSION)$(SUFX).exe
+TKLIBNAME	= $(PROJECT)$(TK_VERSION)$(SUFX).$(EXT)
+TKSTUBLIBNAME	= tkstub$(TK_VERSION).lib
+TKIMPLIBNAME	= tk$(TK_VERSION)$(SUFX).lib
+
+!if $(DOING_TK)
+WISH 		= $(OUT_DIR)\$(WISHNAME)
+TKSTUBLIB	= $(OUT_DIR)\$(TKSTUBLIBNAME)
+TKIMPLIB	= $(OUT_DIR)\$(TKIMPLIBNAME)
+TKLIB		= $(OUT_DIR)\$(TKLIBNAME)
+TK_INCLUDES    = -I"$(WINDIR)" -I"$(GENERICDIR)"
+
+!else # effectively NEED_TK
+
+!if $(TKINSTALL) # Building against installed Tk
+WISH		= $(_TKDIR)\bin\$(WISHNAME)
+TKSTUBLIB	= $(_TKDIR)\lib\$(TKSTUBLIBNAME)
+TKIMPLIB	= $(_TKDIR)\lib\$(TKIMPLIBNAME)
+# When building extensions, may be linking against Tk that does not add
+# "t" suffix (e.g. 8.5 or 8.7). If lib not found check for that possibility.
+!if !exist("$(TKIMPLIB)")
+TKIMPLIBNAME	= tk$(TK_VERSION)$(SUFX:t=).lib
+TKIMPLIB	= $(_TKDIR)\lib\$(TKIMPLIBNAME)
+!endif
+TK_INCLUDES     = -I"$(_TKDIR)\include"
+!else # Building against Tk sources
+WISH		= $(_TKDIR)\win\$(BUILDDIRTOP)\$(WISHNAME)
+TKSTUBLIB	= $(_TKDIR)\win\$(BUILDDIRTOP)\$(TKSTUBLIBNAME)
+TKIMPLIB	= $(_TKDIR)\win\$(BUILDDIRTOP)\$(TKIMPLIBNAME)
+# When building extensions, may be linking against Tk that does not add
+# "t" suffix (e.g. 8.5 or 8.7). If lib not found check for that possibility.
+!if !exist("$(TKIMPLIB)")
+TKIMPLIBNAME	= tk$(TK_VERSION)$(SUFX:t=).lib
+TKIMPLIB	= $(_TKDIR)\win\$(BUILDDIRTOP)\$(TKIMPLIBNAME)
+!endif
+TK_INCLUDES     = -I"$(_TKDIR)\generic" -I"$(_TKDIR)\win" -I"$(_TKDIR)\xlib"
+!endif # TKINSTALL
+tklibs = "$(TKSTUBLIB)" "$(TKIMPLIB)"
+
+!endif # $(DOING_TK)
+!endif # $(DOING_TK) || $(NEED_TK)
+
+# Various output paths
+PRJIMPLIB	= $(OUT_DIR)\$(PROJECT)$(VERSION)$(SUFX:t=).lib
+PRJLIBNAME	= $(PROJECT)$(VERSION)$(SUFX:t=).$(EXT)
+PRJLIB		= $(OUT_DIR)\$(PRJLIBNAME)
+
+PRJSTUBLIBNAME	= $(STUBPREFIX)$(VERSION).lib
+PRJSTUBLIB	= $(OUT_DIR)\$(PRJSTUBLIBNAME)
+
+# If extension parent makefile has not defined a resource definition file,
+# we will generate one from standard template.
+!if !$(DOING_TCL) && !$(DOING_TK) && !$(STATIC_BUILD)
+!ifdef RCFILE
+RESFILE = $(TMP_DIR)\$(RCFILE:.rc=.res)
+!else
+RESFILE = $(TMP_DIR)\$(PROJECT).res
+!endif
+!endif
+
+###################################################################
+# 11. Construct the paths for the installation directories
+# The following macros get defined in this section:
+# LIB_INSTALL_DIR - where libraries should be installed
+# BIN_INSTALL_DIR - where the executables should be installed
+# DOC_INSTALL_DIR - where documentation should be installed
+# SCRIPT_INSTALL_DIR - where scripts should be installed
+# INCLUDE_INSTALL_DIR - where C include files should be installed
+# DEMO_INSTALL_DIR - where demos should be installed
+# PRJ_INSTALL_DIR - where package will be installed (not set for Tcl and Tk)
+
+!if $(DOING_TCL) || $(DOING_TK)
+LIB_INSTALL_DIR		= $(_INSTALLDIR)\lib
+BIN_INSTALL_DIR		= $(_INSTALLDIR)\bin
+DOC_INSTALL_DIR		= $(_INSTALLDIR)\doc
+!if $(DOING_TCL)
+SCRIPT_INSTALL_DIR	= $(_INSTALLDIR)\lib\$(PROJECT)$(TCL_MAJOR_VERSION).$(TCL_MINOR_VERSION)
+!else # DOING_TK
+SCRIPT_INSTALL_DIR	= $(_INSTALLDIR)\lib\$(PROJECT)$(TK_MAJOR_VERSION).$(TK_MINOR_VERSION)
+!endif
+DEMO_INSTALL_DIR	= $(SCRIPT_INSTALL_DIR)\demos
+INCLUDE_INSTALL_DIR	= $(_INSTALLDIR)\include
+
+!else # extension other than Tk
+
+PRJ_INSTALL_DIR         = $(_INSTALLDIR)\$(PROJECT)$(DOTVERSION)
+LIB_INSTALL_DIR		= $(PRJ_INSTALL_DIR)
+BIN_INSTALL_DIR		= $(PRJ_INSTALL_DIR)
+DOC_INSTALL_DIR		= $(PRJ_INSTALL_DIR)
+SCRIPT_INSTALL_DIR	= $(PRJ_INSTALL_DIR)
+DEMO_INSTALL_DIR	= $(PRJ_INSTALL_DIR)\demos
+INCLUDE_INSTALL_DIR	= $(_INSTALLDIR)\..\include
+
+!endif
+
+###################################################################
+# 12. Set up actual options to be passed to the compiler and linker
+# Now we have all the information we need, set up the actual flags and
+# options that we will pass to the compiler and linker. The main
+# makefile should use these in combination with whatever other flags
+# and switches are specific to it.
+# The following macros are defined, names are for historical compatibility:
+# OPTDEFINES - /Dxxx C macro flags based on user-specified OPTS
+# COMPILERFLAGS - /Dxxx C macro flags independent of any configuration opttions
+# crt - Compiler switch that selects the appropriate C runtime
+# cdebug - Compiler switches related to debug AND optimizations
+# cwarn - Compiler switches that set warning levels
+# cflags - complete compiler switches (subsumes cdebug and cwarn)
+# ldebug - Linker switches controlling debug information and optimization
+# lflags - complete linker switches (subsumes ldebug) except subsystem type
+# dlllflags - complete linker switches to build DLLs (subsumes lflags)
+# conlflags - complete linker switches for console program (subsumes lflags)
+# guilflags - complete linker switches for GUI program (subsumes lflags)
+# baselibs - minimum Windows libraries required. Parent makefile can
+#    define PRJ_LIBS before including rules.rc if additional libs are needed
 
 OPTDEFINES	= -DTCL_CFGVAL_ENCODING=$(CFG_ENCODING) -DSTDC_HEADERS
 
 !if $(TCL_MEM_DEBUG)
 OPTDEFINES	= $(OPTDEFINES) -DTCL_MEM_DEBUG
@@ -475,234 +1275,466 @@
 !endif
 !if $(TCL_NO_DEPRECATED)
 OPTDEFINES	= $(OPTDEFINES) -DTCL_NO_DEPRECATED
 !endif
 
+!if $(USE_STUBS)
+# Note we do not define USE_TCL_STUBS even when building tk since some
+# test targets in tk do not use stubs
+!if ! $(DOING_TCL)
+USE_STUBS_DEFS  = -DUSE_TCL_STUBS -DUSE_TCLOO_STUBS
+!if $(NEED_TK)
+USE_STUBS_DEFS  = $(USE_STUBS_DEFS) -DUSE_TK_STUBS
+!endif
+!endif
+!endif # USE_STUBS
+
 !if !$(DEBUG)
 OPTDEFINES	= $(OPTDEFINES) -DNDEBUG
 !if $(OPTIMIZING)
 OPTDEFINES	= $(OPTDEFINES) -DTCL_CFG_OPTIMIZED
 !endif
 !endif
 !if $(PROFILE)
 OPTDEFINES	= $(OPTDEFINES) -DTCL_CFG_PROFILED
 !endif
-!if "$(MACHINE)" == "IA64" || "$(MACHINE)" == "AMD64"
+!if "$(MACHINE)" == "AMD64"
 OPTDEFINES	= $(OPTDEFINES) -DTCL_CFG_DO64BIT
 !endif
 !if $(VCVERSION) < 1300
 OPTDEFINES	= $(OPTDEFINES) -DNO_STRTOI64
 !endif
 
-#----------------------------------------------------------
-# Locate the Tcl headers to build against
-#----------------------------------------------------------
-
-!if "$(PROJECT)" == "tcl"
-
-_TCL_H          = ..\generic\tcl.h
-
-!else
-
-# If INSTALLDIR set to tcl root dir then reset to the lib dir.
-!if exist("$(_INSTALLDIR)\include\tcl.h")
-_INSTALLDIR=$(_INSTALLDIR)\lib
-!endif
-
-!if !defined(TCLDIR)
-!if exist("$(_INSTALLDIR)\..\include\tcl.h")
-TCLINSTALL	= 1
-_TCLDIR		= $(_INSTALLDIR)\..
-_TCL_H          = $(_INSTALLDIR)\..\include\tcl.h
-TCLDIR          = $(_INSTALLDIR)\..
-!else
-MSG=^
-Failed to find tcl.h.  Set the TCLDIR macro.
-!error $(MSG)
-!endif
-!else
-_TCLDIR	= $(TCLDIR:/=\)
-!if exist("$(_TCLDIR)\include\tcl.h")
-TCLINSTALL	= 1
-_TCL_H          = $(_TCLDIR)\include\tcl.h
-!elseif exist("$(_TCLDIR)\generic\tcl.h")
-TCLINSTALL	= 0
-_TCL_H          = $(_TCLDIR)\generic\tcl.h
-!else
-MSG =^
-Failed to find tcl.h.  The TCLDIR macro does not appear correct.
-!error $(MSG)
-!endif
-!endif
-!endif
-
-#--------------------------------------------------------------
-# Extract various version numbers from tcl headers
-# The generated file is then included in the makefile.
-#--------------------------------------------------------------
-
-!if [echo REM = This file is generated from rules.vc > versions.vc]
-!endif
-!if [echo TCL_MAJOR_VERSION = \>> versions.vc] \
-   && [nmakehlp -V "$(_TCL_H)" TCL_MAJOR_VERSION >> versions.vc]
-!endif
-!if [echo TCL_MINOR_VERSION = \>> versions.vc] \
-   && [nmakehlp -V "$(_TCL_H)" TCL_MINOR_VERSION >> versions.vc]
-!endif
-!if [echo TCL_PATCH_LEVEL = \>> versions.vc] \
-   && [nmakehlp -V "$(_TCL_H)" TCL_PATCH_LEVEL >> versions.vc]
-!endif
-
-# If building the tcl core then we need additional package versions
-!if "$(PROJECT)" == "tcl"
-!if [echo PKG_HTTP_VER = \>> versions.vc] \
-   && [nmakehlp -V ..\library\http\pkgIndex.tcl http >> versions.vc]
-!endif
-!if [echo PKG_TCLTEST_VER = \>> versions.vc] \
-   && [nmakehlp -V ..\library\tcltest\pkgIndex.tcl tcltest >> versions.vc]
-!endif
-!if [echo PKG_MSGCAT_VER = \>> versions.vc] \
-   && [nmakehlp -V ..\library\msgcat\pkgIndex.tcl msgcat >> versions.vc]
-!endif
-!if [echo PKG_PLATFORM_VER = \>> versions.vc] \
-   && [nmakehlp -V ..\library\platform\pkgIndex.tcl "platform " >> versions.vc]
-!endif
-!if [echo PKG_SHELL_VER = \>> versions.vc] \
-   && [nmakehlp -V ..\library\platform\pkgIndex.tcl "platform::shell" >> versions.vc]
-!endif
-!if [echo PKG_DDE_VER = \>> versions.vc] \
-   && [nmakehlp -V ..\library\dde\pkgIndex.tcl "dde " >> versions.vc]
-!endif
-!if [echo PKG_REG_VER =\>> versions.vc] \
-   && [nmakehlp -V ..\library\reg\pkgIndex.tcl registry >> versions.vc]
-!endif
-!endif
-
-!include versions.vc
-
-#--------------------------------------------------------------
-# Setup tcl version dependent stuff headers
-#--------------------------------------------------------------
-
-!if "$(PROJECT)" != "tcl"
-
-TCL_VERSION	= $(TCL_MAJOR_VERSION)$(TCL_MINOR_VERSION)
-
-!if $(TCLINSTALL)
-TCLSH		= "$(_TCLDIR)\bin\tclsh$(TCL_VERSION)$(SUFX).exe"
-!if !exist($(TCLSH)) && $(TCL_THREADS)
-TCLSH           = "$(_TCLDIR)\bin\tclsh$(TCL_VERSION)t$(SUFX).exe"
-!endif
-TCLSTUBLIB	= "$(_TCLDIR)\lib\tclstub$(TCL_VERSION).lib"
-TCLIMPLIB	= "$(_TCLDIR)\lib\tcl$(TCL_VERSION)$(SUFX).lib"
-TCL_LIBRARY	= $(_TCLDIR)\lib
-TCLREGLIB	= "$(_TCLDIR)\lib\tclreg13$(SUFX:t=).lib"
-TCLDDELIB	= "$(_TCLDIR)\lib\tcldde14$(SUFX:t=).lib"
-COFFBASE	= \must\have\tcl\sources\to\build\this\target
-TCLTOOLSDIR	= \must\have\tcl\sources\to\build\this\target
-TCL_INCLUDES    = -I"$(_TCLDIR)\include"
-!else
-TCLSH		= "$(_TCLDIR)\win\$(BUILDDIRTOP)\tclsh$(TCL_VERSION)$(SUFX).exe"
-!if !exist($(TCLSH)) && $(TCL_THREADS)
-TCLSH		= "$(_TCLDIR)\win\$(BUILDDIRTOP)\tclsh$(TCL_VERSION)t$(SUFX).exe"
-!endif
-TCLSTUBLIB	= "$(_TCLDIR)\win\$(BUILDDIRTOP)\tclstub$(TCL_VERSION).lib"
-TCLIMPLIB	= "$(_TCLDIR)\win\$(BUILDDIRTOP)\tcl$(TCL_VERSION)$(SUFX).lib"
-TCL_LIBRARY	= $(_TCLDIR)\library
-TCLREGLIB	= "$(_TCLDIR)\win\$(BUILDDIRTOP)\tclreg13$(SUFX:t=).lib"
-TCLDDELIB	= "$(_TCLDIR)\win\$(BUILDDIRTOP)\tcldde14$(SUFX:t=).lib"
-COFFBASE	= "$(_TCLDIR)\win\coffbase.txt"
-TCLTOOLSDIR	= $(_TCLDIR)\tools
-TCL_INCLUDES	= -I"$(_TCLDIR)\generic" -I"$(_TCLDIR)\win"
-!endif
-
-!endif
-
-#-------------------------------------------------------------------------
-# Locate the Tk headers to build against
-#-------------------------------------------------------------------------
-
-!if "$(PROJECT)" == "tk"
-_TK_H          = ..\generic\tk.h
-_INSTALLDIR    = $(_INSTALLDIR)\..
-!endif
-
-!ifdef PROJECT_REQUIRES_TK
-!if !defined(TKDIR)
-!if exist("$(_INSTALLDIR)\..\include\tk.h")
-TKINSTALL      = 1
-_TKDIR         = $(_INSTALLDIR)\..
-_TK_H          = $(_TKDIR)\include\tk.h
-TKDIR          = $(_TKDIR)
-!elseif exist("$(_TCLDIR)\include\tk.h")
-TKINSTALL      = 1
-_TKDIR         = $(_TCLDIR)
-_TK_H          = $(_TKDIR)\include\tk.h
-TKDIR          = $(_TKDIR)
-!endif
-!else
-_TKDIR = $(TKDIR:/=\)
-!if exist("$(_TKDIR)\include\tk.h")
-TKINSTALL      = 1
-_TK_H          = $(_TKDIR)\include\tk.h
-!elseif exist("$(_TKDIR)\generic\tk.h")
-TKINSTALL      = 0
-_TK_H          = $(_TKDIR)\generic\tk.h
-!else
-MSG =^
-Failed to find tk.h. The TKDIR macro does not appear correct.
-!error $(MSG)
-!endif
-!endif
-!endif
-
-#-------------------------------------------------------------------------
-# Extract Tk version numbers
-#-------------------------------------------------------------------------
-
-!if defined(PROJECT_REQUIRES_TK) || "$(PROJECT)" == "tk"
-
-!if [echo TK_MAJOR_VERSION = \>> versions.vc] \
-   && [nmakehlp -V $(_TK_H) TK_MAJOR_VERSION >> versions.vc]
-!endif
-!if [echo TK_MINOR_VERSION = \>> versions.vc] \
-   && [nmakehlp -V $(_TK_H) TK_MINOR_VERSION >> versions.vc]
-!endif
-!if [echo TK_PATCH_LEVEL = \>> versions.vc] \
-   && [nmakehlp -V $(_TK_H) TK_PATCH_LEVEL >> versions.vc]
-!endif
-
-!include versions.vc
-
-TK_DOTVERSION	= $(TK_MAJOR_VERSION).$(TK_MINOR_VERSION)
-TK_VERSION	= $(TK_MAJOR_VERSION)$(TK_MINOR_VERSION)
-
-!if "$(PROJECT)" != "tk"
-!if $(TKINSTALL)
-WISH		= "$(_TKDIR)\bin\wish$(TK_VERSION)$(SUFX).exe"
-TKSTUBLIB	= "$(_TKDIR)\lib\tkstub$(TK_VERSION).lib"
-TKIMPLIB	= "$(_TKDIR)\lib\tk$(TK_VERSION)$(SUFX).lib"
-TK_INCLUDES     = -I"$(_TKDIR)\include"
-!else
-WISH		= "$(_TKDIR)\win\$(BUILDDIRTOP)\wish$(TCL_VERSION)$(SUFX).exe"
-TKSTUBLIB	= "$(_TKDIR)\win\$(BUILDDIRTOP)\tkstub$(TCL_VERSION).lib"
-TKIMPLIB	= "$(_TKDIR)\win\$(BUILDDIRTOP)\tk$(TCL_VERSION)$(SUFX).lib"
-TK_INCLUDES     = -I"$(_TKDIR)\generic" -I"$(_TKDIR)\win" -I"$(_TKDIR)\xlib"
-!endif
-!endif
-
-!endif
+# _ATL_XP_TARGETING - Newer SDK's need this to build for XP
+COMPILERFLAGS  = /D_ATL_XP_TARGETING
+
+# Following is primarily for the benefit of extensions. Tcl 8.5 builds
+# Tcl without /DUNICODE, while 8.6 builds with it defined. When building
+# an extension, it is advisable (but not mandated) to use the same Windows
+# API as the Tcl build. This is accordingly defaulted below. A particular
+# extension can override this by pre-definining USE_WIDECHAR_API.
+!ifndef USE_WIDECHAR_API
+!if $(TCL_VERSION) > 85
+USE_WIDECHAR_API = 1
+!else
+USE_WIDECHAR_API = 0
+!endif
+!endif
+
+!if $(USE_WIDECHAR_API)
+COMPILERFLAGS = $(COMPILERFLAGS) /DUNICODE /D_UNICODE
+!endif
+
+# Like the TEA system only set this non empty for non-Tk extensions
+# Note: some extensions use PACKAGE_NAME and others use PACKAGE_TCLNAME
+# so we pass both
+!if !$(DOING_TCL) && !$(DOING_TK)
+PKGNAMEFLAGS = -DPACKAGE_NAME="\"$(PRJ_PACKAGE_TCLNAME)\"" \
+               -DPACKAGE_TCLNAME="\"$(PRJ_PACKAGE_TCLNAME)\"" \
+               -DPACKAGE_VERSION="\"$(DOTVERSION)\"" \
+               -DMODULE_SCOPE=extern
+!endif
+
+# crt picks the C run time based on selected OPTS
+!if $(MSVCRT)
+!if $(DEBUG) && !$(UNCHECKED)
+crt = -MDd
+!else
+crt = -MD
+!endif
+!else
+!if $(DEBUG) && !$(UNCHECKED)
+crt = -MTd
+!else
+crt = -MT
+!endif
+!endif
+
+# cdebug includes compiler options for debugging as well as optimization.
+!if $(DEBUG)
+
+# In debugging mode, optimizations need to be disabled
+cdebug = -Zi -Od $(DEBUGFLAGS)
+
+!else
+
+cdebug = $(OPTIMIZATIONS)
+!if $(SYMBOLS)
+cdebug = $(cdebug) -Zi
+!endif
+
+!endif # $(DEBUG)
+
+# cwarn includes default warning levels.
+cwarn = $(WARNINGS)
+
+!if "$(MACHINE)" == "AMD64"
+# Disable pointer<->int warnings related to cast between different sizes
+# There are a gadzillion of these due to use of ClientData and
+# clutter up compiler
+# output increasing chance of a real warning getting lost. So disable them.
+# Eventually some day, Tcl will be 64-bit clean.
+cwarn = $(cwarn) -wd4311 -wd4312
+!endif
+
+### Common compiler options that are architecture specific
+!if "$(MACHINE)" == "ARM"
+carch = -D_ARM_WINAPI_PARTITION_DESKTOP_SDK_AVAILABLE
+!else
+carch =
+!endif
+
+!if $(DEBUG)
+# Turn warnings into errors
+cwarn = $(cwarn) -WX
+!endif
+
+INCLUDES = $(TCL_INCLUDES) $(TK_INCLUDES) $(PRJ_INCLUDES)
+!if !$(DOING_TCL) && !$(DOING_TK)
+INCLUDES = $(INCLUDES) -I"$(GENERICDIR)" -I"$(WINDIR)" -I"$(COMPATDIR)"
+!endif
+
+# These flags are defined roughly in the order of the pre-reform
+# rules.vc/makefile.vc to help visually compare that the pre- and
+# post-reform build logs
+
+# cflags contains generic flags used for building practically all object files
+cflags = -nologo -c $(COMPILERFLAGS) $(carch) $(cwarn) -Fp$(TMP_DIR)^\ $(cdebug)
+
+# appcflags contains $(cflags) and flags for building the application
+# object files (e.g. tclsh, or wish) pkgcflags contains $(cflags) plus
+# flags used for building shared object files The two differ in the
+# BUILD_$(PROJECT) macro which should be defined only for the shared
+# library *implementation* and not for its caller interface
+
+appcflags = $(cflags) $(crt) $(INCLUDES) $(TCL_DEFINES) $(PRJ_DEFINES) $(OPTDEFINES) $(USE_STUBS_DEFS)
+appcflags_nostubs = $(cflags) $(crt) $(INCLUDES) $(TCL_DEFINES) $(PRJ_DEFINES) $(OPTDEFINES)
+pkgcflags = $(appcflags) $(PKGNAMEFLAGS) -DBUILD_$(PROJECT)
+pkgcflags_nostubs = $(appcflags_nostubs) $(PKGNAMEFLAGS) -DBUILD_$(PROJECT)
+
+# stubscflags contains $(cflags) plus flags used for building a stubs
+# library for the package.  Note: -DSTATIC_BUILD is defined in
+# $(OPTDEFINES) only if the OPTS configuration indicates a static
+# library. However the stubs library is ALWAYS static hence included
+# here irrespective of the OPTS setting.
+#
+# TBD - tclvfs has a comment that stubs libs should not be compiled with -GL
+# without stating why. Tcl itself compiled stubs libs with this flag.
+# so we do not remove it from cflags. -GL may prevent extensions
+# compiled with one VC version to fail to link against stubs library
+# compiled with another VC version. Check for this and fix accordingly.
+stubscflags = $(cflags) $(PKGNAMEFLAGS) $(PRJ_DEFINES) $(OPTDEFINES) -Zl -DSTATIC_BUILD $(INCLUDES)
+
+# Link flags
+
+!if $(DEBUG)
+ldebug	= -debug -debugtype:cv
+!else
+ldebug	= -release -opt:ref -opt:icf,3
+!if $(SYMBOLS)
+ldebug	= $(ldebug) -debug -debugtype:cv
+!endif
+!endif
+
+# Note: Profiling is currently only possible with the Visual Studio Enterprise
+!if $(PROFILE)
+ldebug= $(ldebug) -profile
+!endif
+
+### Declarations common to all linker versions
+lflags	= -nologo -machine:$(MACHINE) $(LINKERFLAGS) $(ldebug)
+
+!if $(MSVCRT) && !($(DEBUG) && !$(UNCHECKED)) && $(VCVERSION) >= 1900
+lflags	= $(lflags) -nodefaultlib:libucrt.lib
+!endif
+
+dlllflags = $(lflags) -dll
+conlflags = $(lflags) -subsystem:console
+guilflags = $(lflags) -subsystem:windows
+
+# Libraries that are required for every image.
+# Extensions should define any additional libraries with $(PRJ_LIBS)
+winlibs   = kernel32.lib advapi32.lib
+
+!if $(NEED_TK)
+winlibs = $(winlibs) gdi32.lib user32.lib uxtheme.lib
+!endif
+
+# Avoid 'unresolved external symbol __security_cookie' errors.
+# c.f. http://support.microsoft.com/?id=894573
+!if "$(MACHINE)" == "AMD64"
+!if $(VCVERSION) > 1399 && $(VCVERSION) < 1500
+winlibs   = $(winlibs) bufferoverflowU.lib
+!endif
+!endif
+
+baselibs = $(winlibs) $(PRJ_LIBS)
+
+!if $(MSVCRT) && !($(DEBUG) && !$(UNCHECKED)) && $(VCVERSION) >= 1900
+baselibs   = $(baselibs) ucrt.lib
+!endif
+
+################################################################
+# 13. Define standard commands, common make targets and implicit rules
+
+CCPKGCMD = $(cc32) $(pkgcflags) -Fo$(TMP_DIR)^\
+CCAPPCMD = $(cc32) $(appcflags) -Fo$(TMP_DIR)^\
+CCSTUBSCMD = $(cc32) $(stubscflags) -Fo$(TMP_DIR)^\
+
+LIBCMD = $(lib32) -nologo $(LINKERFLAGS) -out:$@
+DLLCMD = $(link32) $(dlllflags) -out:$@ $(baselibs) $(tcllibs) $(tklibs)
+
+CONEXECMD = $(link32) $(conlflags) -out:$@ $(baselibs) $(tcllibs) $(tklibs)
+GUIEXECMD = $(link32) $(guilflags) -out:$@ $(baselibs) $(tcllibs) $(tklibs)
+RESCMD  = $(rc32) -fo $@ -r -i "$(GENERICDIR)" -i "$(TMP_DIR)" \
+	    $(TCL_INCLUDES) \
+	    -DDEBUG=$(DEBUG) -d UNCHECKED=$(UNCHECKED) \
+	    -DCOMMAVERSION=$(DOTVERSION:.=,),0 \
+	    -DDOTVERSION=\"$(DOTVERSION)\" \
+	    -DVERSION=\"$(VERSION)\" \
+	    -DSUFX=\"$(SUFX:t=)\" \
+	    -DPROJECT=\"$(PROJECT)\" \
+	    -DPRJLIBNAME=\"$(PRJLIBNAME)\"
+
+!ifndef DEFAULT_BUILD_TARGET
+DEFAULT_BUILD_TARGET = $(PROJECT)
+!endif
+
+default-target: $(DEFAULT_BUILD_TARGET)
+
+default-pkgindex:
+	@echo package ifneeded $(PRJ_PACKAGE_TCLNAME) $(DOTVERSION) \
+	    [list load [file join $$dir $(PRJLIBNAME)]] > $(OUT_DIR)\pkgIndex.tcl
+
+default-pkgindex-tea:
+	@if exist $(ROOT)\pkgIndex.tcl.in nmakehlp -s << $(ROOT)\pkgIndex.tcl.in > $(OUT_DIR)\pkgIndex.tcl
+@PACKAGE_VERSION@    $(DOTVERSION)
+@PACKAGE_NAME@       $(PRJ_PACKAGE_TCLNAME)
+@PACKAGE_TCLNAME@    $(PRJ_PACKAGE_TCLNAME)
+@PKG_LIB_FILE@       $(PRJLIBNAME)
+<<
+
+
+default-install: default-install-binaries default-install-libraries
+
+default-install-binaries: $(PRJLIB)
+	@echo Installing binaries to '$(SCRIPT_INSTALL_DIR)'
+	@if not exist "$(SCRIPT_INSTALL_DIR)" mkdir "$(SCRIPT_INSTALL_DIR)"
+	@$(CPY) $(PRJLIB) "$(SCRIPT_INSTALL_DIR)" >NUL
+
+default-install-libraries: $(OUT_DIR)\pkgIndex.tcl
+	@echo Installing libraries to '$(SCRIPT_INSTALL_DIR)'
+	@if exist $(LIBDIR) $(CPY) $(LIBDIR)\*.tcl "$(SCRIPT_INSTALL_DIR)"
+	@echo Installing package index in '$(SCRIPT_INSTALL_DIR)'
+	@$(CPY) $(OUT_DIR)\pkgIndex.tcl $(SCRIPT_INSTALL_DIR)
+
+default-install-stubs:
+	@echo Installing stubs library to '$(SCRIPT_INSTALL_DIR)'
+	@if not exist "$(SCRIPT_INSTALL_DIR)" mkdir "$(SCRIPT_INSTALL_DIR)"
+	@$(CPY) $(PRJSTUBLIB) "$(SCRIPT_INSTALL_DIR)" >NUL
+
+default-install-docs-html:
+	@echo Installing documentation files to '$(DOC_INSTALL_DIR)'
+	@if not exist "$(DOC_INSTALL_DIR)" mkdir "$(DOC_INSTALL_DIR)"
+	@if exist $(DOCDIR) for %f in ("$(DOCDIR)\*.html" "$(DOCDIR)\*.css" "$(DOCDIR)\*.png") do @$(COPY) %f "$(DOC_INSTALL_DIR)"
+
+default-install-docs-n:
+	@echo Installing documentation files to '$(DOC_INSTALL_DIR)'
+	@if not exist "$(DOC_INSTALL_DIR)" mkdir "$(DOC_INSTALL_DIR)"
+	@if exist $(DOCDIR) for %f in ("$(DOCDIR)\*.n") do @$(COPY) %f "$(DOC_INSTALL_DIR)"
+
+default-install-demos:
+	@echo Installing demos to '$(DEMO_INSTALL_DIR)'
+	@if not exist "$(DEMO_INSTALL_DIR)" mkdir "$(DEMO_INSTALL_DIR)"
+	@if exist $(DEMODIR) $(CPYDIR) "$(DEMODIR)" "$(DEMO_INSTALL_DIR)"
+
+default-clean:
+	@echo Cleaning $(TMP_DIR)\* ...
+	@if exist $(TMP_DIR)\nul $(RMDIR) $(TMP_DIR)
+	@echo Cleaning $(WINDIR)\nmakehlp.obj, nmakehlp.exe ...
+	@if exist $(WINDIR)\nmakehlp.obj del $(WINDIR)\nmakehlp.obj
+	@if exist $(WINDIR)\nmakehlp.exe del $(WINDIR)\nmakehlp.exe
+	@if exist $(WINDIR)\nmakehlp.out del $(WINDIR)\nmakehlp.out
+	@echo Cleaning $(WINDIR)\nmhlp-out.txt ...
+	@if exist $(WINDIR)\nmhlp-out.txt del $(WINDIR)\nmhlp-out.txt
+	@echo Cleaning $(WINDIR)\_junk.pch ...
+	@if exist $(WINDIR)\_junk.pch del $(WINDIR)\_junk.pch
+	@echo Cleaning $(WINDIR)\vercl.x, vercl.i ...
+	@if exist $(WINDIR)\vercl.x del $(WINDIR)\vercl.x
+	@if exist $(WINDIR)\vercl.i del $(WINDIR)\vercl.i
+	@echo Cleaning $(WINDIR)\versions.vc, version.vc ...
+	@if exist $(WINDIR)\versions.vc del $(WINDIR)\versions.vc
+	@if exist $(WINDIR)\version.vc del $(WINDIR)\version.vc
+
+default-hose: default-clean
+	@echo Hosing $(OUT_DIR)\* ...
+	@if exist $(OUT_DIR)\nul $(RMDIR) $(OUT_DIR)
+
+# Only for backward compatibility
+default-distclean: default-hose
+
+default-setup:
+	@if not exist $(OUT_DIR)\nul mkdir $(OUT_DIR)
+	@if not exist $(TMP_DIR)\nul mkdir $(TMP_DIR)
+
+!if "$(TESTPAT)" != ""
+TESTFLAGS = $(TESTFLAGS) -file $(TESTPAT)
+!endif
+
+default-test: default-setup $(PROJECT)
+	@set TCLLIBPATH=$(OUT_DIR:\=/)
+	@if exist $(LIBDIR) for %f in ("$(LIBDIR)\*.tcl") do @$(COPY) %f "$(OUT_DIR)"
+	cd "$(TESTDIR)" && $(DEBUGGER) $(TCLSH) all.tcl $(TESTFLAGS)
+
+default-shell: default-setup $(PROJECT)
+	@set TCLLIBPATH=$(OUT_DIR:\=/)
+	@if exist $(LIBDIR) for %f in ("$(LIBDIR)\*.tcl") do @$(COPY) %f "$(OUT_DIR)"
+	$(DEBUGGER) $(TCLSH)
+
+# Generation of Windows version resource
+!ifdef RCFILE
+
+# Note: don't use $** in below rule because there may be other dependencies
+# and only the "master" rc must be passed to the resource compiler
+$(TMP_DIR)\$(PROJECT).res: $(RCDIR)\$(PROJECT).rc
+	$(RESCMD) $(RCDIR)\$(PROJECT).rc
+
+!else
+
+# If parent makefile has not defined a resource definition file,
+# we will generate one from standard template.
+$(TMP_DIR)\$(PROJECT).res: $(TMP_DIR)\$(PROJECT).rc
+
+$(TMP_DIR)\$(PROJECT).rc:
+	@$(COPY) << $(TMP_DIR)\$(PROJECT).rc
+#include <winver.h>
+
+VS_VERSION_INFO VERSIONINFO
+ FILEVERSION	COMMAVERSION
+ PRODUCTVERSION	COMMAVERSION
+ FILEFLAGSMASK	0x3fL
+#ifdef DEBUG
+ FILEFLAGS	VS_FF_DEBUG
+#else
+ FILEFLAGS	0x0L
+#endif
+ FILEOS		VOS_NT_WINDOWS32
+ FILETYPE	VFT_DLL
+ FILESUBTYPE	0x0L
+BEGIN
+    BLOCK "StringFileInfo"
+    BEGIN
+        BLOCK "040904b0"
+        BEGIN
+            VALUE "FileDescription",  "Tcl extension " PROJECT
+            VALUE "OriginalFilename", PRJLIBNAME
+            VALUE "FileVersion",      DOTVERSION
+            VALUE "ProductName",      "Package " PROJECT " for Tcl"
+            VALUE "ProductVersion",   DOTVERSION
+        END
+    END
+    BLOCK "VarFileInfo"
+    BEGIN
+        VALUE "Translation", 0x409, 1200
+    END
+END
+
+<<
+
+!endif # ifdef RCFILE
+
+!ifndef DISABLE_IMPLICIT_RULES
+DISABLE_IMPLICIT_RULES = 0
+!endif
+
+!if !$(DISABLE_IMPLICIT_RULES)
+# Implicit rule definitions - only for building library objects. For stubs and
+# main application, the master makefile should define explicit rules.
+
+{$(ROOT)}.c{$(TMP_DIR)}.obj::
+	$(CCPKGCMD) @<<
+$<
+<<
+
+{$(WINDIR)}.c{$(TMP_DIR)}.obj::
+	$(CCPKGCMD) @<<
+$<
+<<
+
+{$(GENERICDIR)}.c{$(TMP_DIR)}.obj::
+	$(CCPKGCMD) @<<
+$<
+<<
+
+{$(COMPATDIR)}.c{$(TMP_DIR)}.obj::
+	$(CCPKGCMD) @<<
+$<
+<<
+
+{$(RCDIR)}.rc{$(TMP_DIR)}.res:
+	$(RESCMD) $<
+
+{$(WINDIR)}.rc{$(TMP_DIR)}.res:
+	$(RESCMD) $<
+
+{$(TMP_DIR)}.rc{$(TMP_DIR)}.res:
+	$(RESCMD) $<
+
+.SUFFIXES:
+.SUFFIXES:.c .rc
+
+!endif
+
+################################################################
+# 14. Sanity check selected options against Tcl build options
+# When building an extension, certain configuration options should
+# match the ones used when Tcl was built. Here we check and
+# warn on a mismatch.
+!if ! $(DOING_TCL)
+
+!if $(TCLINSTALL) # Building against an installed Tcl
+!if exist("$(_TCLDIR)\lib\nmake\tcl.nmake")
+TCLNMAKECONFIG = "$(_TCLDIR)\lib\nmake\tcl.nmake"
+!endif
+!else # ! $(TCLINSTALL) - building against Tcl source
+!if exist("$(OUT_DIR)\tcl.nmake")
+TCLNMAKECONFIG = "$(OUT_DIR)\tcl.nmake"
+!endif
+!endif # TCLINSTALL
+
+!if $(CONFIG_CHECK)
+!ifdef TCLNMAKECONFIG
+!include $(TCLNMAKECONFIG)
+
+!if defined(CORE_MACHINE) && "$(CORE_MACHINE)" != "$(MACHINE)"
+!error ERROR: Build target ($(MACHINE)) does not match the Tcl library architecture ($(CORE_MACHINE)).
+!endif
+!if defined(CORE_USE_THREAD_ALLOC) && $(CORE_USE_THREAD_ALLOC) != $(USE_THREAD_ALLOC)
+!message WARNING: Value of USE_THREAD_ALLOC ($(USE_THREAD_ALLOC)) does not match its Tcl core value ($(CORE_USE_THREAD_ALLOC)).
+!endif
+!if defined(CORE_DEBUG) && $(CORE_DEBUG) != $(DEBUG)
+!message WARNING: Value of DEBUG ($(DEBUG)) does not match its Tcl library configuration ($(DEBUG)).
+!endif
+!endif
+
+!endif # TCLNMAKECONFIG
+
+!endif # ! $(DOING_TCL)
+
 
 #----------------------------------------------------------
 # Display stats being used.
 #----------------------------------------------------------
 
+!if !$(DOING_TCL)
+!message *** Building against Tcl at '$(_TCLDIR)'
+!endif
+!if !$(DOING_TK) && $(NEED_TK)
+!message *** Building against Tk at '$(_TKDIR)'
+!endif
 !message *** Intermediate directory will be '$(TMP_DIR)'
 !message *** Output directory will be '$(OUT_DIR)'
+!message *** Installation, if selected, will be in '$(_INSTALLDIR)'
 !message *** Suffix for binaries will be '$(SUFX)'
-!message *** Optional defines are '$(OPTDEFINES)'
-!message *** Compiler version $(VCVER). Target machine is $(MACHINE)
-!message *** Host architecture is $(NATIVE_ARCH)
-!message *** Compiler options '$(COMPILERFLAGS) $(OPTIMIZATIONS) $(DEBUGFLAGS) $(WARNINGS)'
-!message *** Link options '$(LINKERFLAGS)'
+!message *** Compiler version $(VCVER). Target $(MACHINE), host $(NATIVE_ARCH).
 
-!endif
+!endif # ifdef _RULES_VC

ADDED   win/targets.vc
Index: win/targets.vc
==================================================================
--- /dev/null
+++ win/targets.vc
@@ -0,0 +1,98 @@
+#------------------------------------------------------------- -*- makefile -*-
+# targets.vc --
+#
+# Part of the nmake based build system for Tcl and its extensions.
+# This file defines some standard targets for the convenience of extensions
+# and can be optionally included by the extension makefile.
+# See TIP 477 (https://core.tcl.tk/tips/doc/trunk/tip/477.md) for docs.
+
+$(PROJECT): setup pkgindex $(PRJLIB)
+
+!ifdef PRJ_STUBOBJS
+$(PROJECT): $(PRJSTUBLIB)
+$(PRJSTUBLIB): $(PRJ_STUBOBJS)
+	$(LIBCMD) $**
+
+$(PRJ_STUBOBJS):
+	$(CCSTUBSCMD) %s
+!endif # PRJ_STUBOBJS
+
+!ifdef PRJ_MANIFEST
+$(PROJECT): $(PRJLIB).manifest
+$(PRJLIB).manifest: $(PRJ_MANIFEST)
+	@nmakehlp -s << $** >$@
+@MACHINE@	  $(MACHINE:IX86=X86)
+<<
+!endif
+
+!if "$(PROJECT)" != "tcl" && "$(PROJECT)" != "tk"
+$(PRJLIB): $(PRJ_OBJS) $(RESFILE)
+!if $(STATIC_BUILD)
+       $(LIBCMD) $**
+!else
+       $(DLLCMD) $**
+       $(_VC_MANIFEST_EMBED_DLL)
+!endif
+       -@del $*.exp
+!endif
+
+!if "$(PRJ_HEADERS)" != "" && "$(PRJ_OBJS)" != ""
+$(PRJ_OBJS): $(PRJ_HEADERS)
+!endif
+
+# If parent makefile has defined stub objects, add their installation
+# to the default install
+!if "$(PRJ_STUBOBJS)" != ""
+default-install: default-install-stubs
+!endif
+
+# Unlike the other default targets, these cannot be in rules.vc because
+# the executed command depends on existence of macro PRJ_HEADERS_PUBLIC
+# that the parent makefile will not define until after including rules-ext.vc
+!if "$(PRJ_HEADERS_PUBLIC)" != ""
+default-install: default-install-headers
+default-install-headers:
+	@echo Installing headers to '$(INCLUDE_INSTALL_DIR)'
+	@for %f in ($(PRJ_HEADERS_PUBLIC)) do @$(COPY) %f "$(INCLUDE_INSTALL_DIR)"
+!endif
+
+!if "$(DISABLE_STANDARD_TARGETS)" == ""
+DISABLE_STANDARD_TARGETS = 0
+!endif
+
+!if "$(DISABLE_TARGET_setup)" == ""
+DISABLE_TARGET_setup = 0
+!endif
+!if "$(DISABLE_TARGET_install)" == ""
+DISABLE_TARGET_install = 0
+!endif
+!if "$(DISABLE_TARGET_clean)" == ""
+DISABLE_TARGET_clean = 0
+!endif
+!if "$(DISABLE_TARGET_test)" == ""
+DISABLE_TARGET_test = 0
+!endif
+!if "$(DISABLE_TARGET_shell)" == ""
+DISABLE_TARGET_shell = 0
+!endif
+
+!if !$(DISABLE_STANDARD_TARGETS)
+!if !$(DISABLE_TARGET_setup)
+setup: default-setup
+!endif
+!if !$(DISABLE_TARGET_install)
+install: default-install
+!endif
+!if !$(DISABLE_TARGET_clean)
+clean: default-clean
+realclean: hose
+hose: default-hose
+distclean: realclean default-distclean
+!endif
+!if !$(DISABLE_TARGET_test)
+test: default-test
+!endif
+!if !$(DISABLE_TARGET_shell)
+shell: default-shell
+!endif
+!endif # DISABLE_STANDARD_TARGETS

Index: win/tcl.dsp
==================================================================
--- win/tcl.dsp
+++ win/tcl.dsp
@@ -150,14 +150,10 @@
 
 SOURCE=..\compat\fixstrtod.c
 # End Source File
 # Begin Source File
 
-SOURCE=..\compat\float.h
-# End Source File
-# Begin Source File
-
 SOURCE=..\compat\gettod.c
 # End Source File
 # Begin Source File
 
 SOURCE=..\compat\limits.h
@@ -1265,10 +1261,14 @@
 # Begin Source File
 
 SOURCE=..\generic\tclProc.c
 # End Source File
 # Begin Source File
+
+SOURCE=..\generic\tclProcess.c
+# End Source File
+# Begin Source File
 
 SOURCE=..\generic\tclRegexp.c
 # End Source File
 # Begin Source File
 
@@ -1525,10 +1525,14 @@
 # Begin Source File
 
 SOURCE=.\tclWinNotify.c
 # End Source File
 # Begin Source File
+
+SOURCE=.\tclWinPanic.c
+# End Source File
+# Begin Source File
 
 SOURCE=.\tclWinPipe.c
 # End Source File
 # Begin Source File
 

Index: win/tcl.hpj.in
==================================================================
--- win/tcl.hpj.in
+++ win/tcl.hpj.in
@@ -3,13 +3,13 @@
 [OPTIONS]
 HCW=0
 LCID=0x409 0x0 0x0 ;English (United States)
 REPORT=Yes
 TITLE=Tcl/Tk Reference Manual
-CNT=tcl90.cnt
+CNT=tcl87.cnt
 COPYRIGHT=Copyright © 2000 Ajuba Solutions
-HLP=tcl90.hlp
+HLP=tcl87.hlp
 
 [FILES]
 tcl.rtf
 
 [WINDOWS]

Index: win/tcl.m4
==================================================================
--- win/tcl.m4
+++ win/tcl.m4
@@ -542,21 +542,10 @@
 
     AC_MSG_CHECKING([if 64bit support is requested])
     AC_ARG_ENABLE(64bit,[  --enable-64bit          enable 64bit support (where applicable)], [do64bit=$enableval], [do64bit=no])
     AC_MSG_RESULT($do64bit)
 
-    # Cross-compiling options for Windows/CE builds
-
-    AC_MSG_CHECKING([if Windows/CE build is requested])
-    AC_ARG_ENABLE(wince,[  --enable-wince          enable Win/CE support (where applicable)], [doWince=$enableval], [doWince=no])
-    AC_MSG_RESULT($doWince)
-
-    AC_MSG_CHECKING([for Windows/CE celib directory])
-    AC_ARG_WITH(celib,[  --with-celib=DIR        use Windows/CE support library from DIR],
-	    CELIB_DIR=$withval, CELIB_DIR=NO_CELIB)
-    AC_MSG_RESULT([$CELIB_DIR])
-
     # Set some defaults (may get changed below)
     EXTRA_CFLAGS=""
 	AC_DEFINE(MODULE_SCOPE, [extern], [No need to mark inidividual symbols as hidden])
 
     AC_CHECK_PROG(CYGPATH, cygpath, cygpath -m, echo)
@@ -869,102 +858,11 @@
 	    CFLAGS_OPTIMIZE="-nologo -O2 ${runtime}"
 	    lflags="${lflags} -nologo"
 	    LINKBIN="link"
 	fi
 
-	if test "$doWince" != "no" ; then
-	    # Set defaults for common evc4/PPC2003 setup
-	    # Currently Tcl requires 300+, possibly 420+ for sockets
-	    CEVERSION=420; 		# could be 211 300 301 400 420 ...
-	    TARGETCPU=ARMV4;	# could be ARMV4 ARM MIPS SH3 X86 ...
-	    ARCH=ARM;		# could be ARM MIPS X86EM ...
-	    PLATFORM="Pocket PC 2003"; # or "Pocket PC 2002"
-	    if test "$doWince" != "yes"; then
-		# If !yes then the user specified something
-		# Reset ARCH to allow user to skip specifying it
-		ARCH=
-		eval `echo $doWince | awk -F "," '{ \
-	if (length([$]1)) { printf "CEVERSION=\"%s\"\n", [$]1; \
-	if ([$]1 < 400)	  { printf "PLATFORM=\"Pocket PC 2002\"\n" } }; \
-	if (length([$]2)) { printf "TARGETCPU=\"%s\"\n", toupper([$]2) }; \
-	if (length([$]3)) { printf "ARCH=\"%s\"\n", toupper([$]3) }; \
-	if (length([$]4)) { printf "PLATFORM=\"%s\"\n", [$]4 }; \
-		}'`
-		if test "x${ARCH}" = "x" ; then
-		    ARCH=$TARGETCPU;
-		fi
-	    fi
-	    OSVERSION=WCE$CEVERSION;
-	    if test "x${WCEROOT}" = "x" ; then
-		WCEROOT="C:/Program Files/Microsoft eMbedded C++ 4.0"
-		if test ! -d "${WCEROOT}" ; then
-		    WCEROOT="C:/Program Files/Microsoft eMbedded Tools"
-		fi
-	    fi
-	    if test "x${SDKROOT}" = "x" ; then
-		SDKROOT="C:/Program Files/Windows CE Tools"
-		if test ! -d "${SDKROOT}" ; then
-		    SDKROOT="C:/Windows CE Tools"
-		fi
-	    fi
-	    # The space-based-path will work for the Makefile, but will
-	    # not work if AC_TRY_COMPILE is called.
-	    WCEROOT=`echo "$WCEROOT" | sed -e 's!\\\!/!g'`
-	    SDKROOT=`echo "$SDKROOT" | sed -e 's!\\\!/!g'`
-	    CELIB_DIR=`echo "$CELIB_DIR" | sed -e 's!\\\!/!g'`
-	    if test ! -d "${CELIB_DIR}/inc"; then
-		AC_MSG_ERROR([Invalid celib directory "${CELIB_DIR}"])
-	    fi
-	    if test ! -d "${SDKROOT}/${OSVERSION}/${PLATFORM}/Lib/${TARGETCPU}"\
-		-o ! -d "${WCEROOT}/EVC/${OSVERSION}/bin"; then
-		AC_MSG_ERROR([could not find PocketPC SDK or target compiler to enable WinCE mode [$CEVERSION,$TARGETCPU,$ARCH,$PLATFORM]])
-	    else
-		CEINCLUDE="${SDKROOT}/${OSVERSION}/${PLATFORM}/include"
-		if test -d "${CEINCLUDE}/${TARGETCPU}" ; then
-		    CEINCLUDE="${CEINCLUDE}/${TARGETCPU}"
-		fi
-		CELIBPATH="${SDKROOT}/${OSVERSION}/${PLATFORM}/Lib/${TARGETCPU}"
-	    fi
-	fi
-
-	if test "$doWince" != "no" ; then
-	    CEBINROOT="${WCEROOT}/EVC/${OSVERSION}/bin"
-	    if test "${TARGETCPU}" = "X86"; then
-		CC="${CEBINROOT}/cl.exe"
-	    else
-		CC="${CEBINROOT}/cl${ARCH}.exe"
-	    fi
-	    CC="\"${CC}\" -I\"${CELIB_DIR}/inc\" -I\"${CEINCLUDE}\""
-	    RC="\"${WCEROOT}/Common/EVC/bin/rc.exe\""
-	    arch=`echo ${ARCH} | awk '{print tolower([$]0)}'`
-	    defs="${ARCH} _${ARCH}_ ${arch} PALM_SIZE _MT _DLL _WINDOWS"
-	    for i in $defs ; do
-		AC_DEFINE_UNQUOTED($i)
-	    done
-#	    if test "${ARCH}" = "X86EM"; then
-#		AC_DEFINE_UNQUOTED(_WIN32_WCE_EMULATION)
-#	    fi
-	    AC_DEFINE_UNQUOTED(_WIN32_WCE, $CEVERSION)
-	    AC_DEFINE_UNQUOTED(UNDER_CE, $CEVERSION)
-	    CFLAGS_DEBUG="-nologo -Zi -Od"
-	    CFLAGS_OPTIMIZE="-nologo -O2"
-	    lversion=`echo ${CEVERSION} | sed -e 's/\(.\)\(..\)/\1\.\2/'`
-	    lflags="-nodefaultlib -MACHINE:${ARCH} -LIBPATH:\"${CELIBPATH}\" -subsystem:windowsce,${lversion} -nologo"
-	    LINKBIN="\"${CEBINROOT}/link.exe\""
-	    AC_SUBST(CELIB_DIR)
-	    if test "${CEVERSION}" -lt 400 ; then
-		LIBS="coredll.lib corelibc.lib winsock.lib"
-	    else
-		LIBS="coredll.lib corelibc.lib ws2.lib"
-	    fi
-	    # celib currently stuck at wce300 status
-	    #LIBS="$LIBS \${CELIB_DIR}/wince-${ARCH}-pocket-${OSVERSION}-release/celib.lib"
-	    LIBS="$LIBS \"\${CELIB_DIR}/wince-${ARCH}-pocket-wce300-release/celib.lib\""
-	    LIBS_GUI="commctrl.lib commdlg.lib"
-	else
-	    LIBS_GUI="gdi32.lib comdlg32.lib imm32.lib comctl32.lib shell32.lib uuid.lib"
-	fi
+	LIBS_GUI="gdi32.lib comdlg32.lib imm32.lib comctl32.lib shell32.lib uuid.lib"
 
 	SHLIB_LD="${LINKBIN} -dll -incremental:no ${lflags}"
 	SHLIB_LD_LIBS='${LIBS}'
 	# link -lib only works when -lib is the first arg
 	STLIB_LD="${LINKBIN} -lib ${lflags}"
@@ -991,11 +889,11 @@
 	CC_OBJNAME="-Fo\[$]@"
 	CC_EXENAME="-Fe\"\$(shell \$(CYGPATH) '\[$]@')\""
 
 	# Specify linker flags depending on the type of app being
 	# built -- Console vs. Window.
-	if test "$doWince" != "no" -a "${TARGETCPU}" != "X86"; then
+	if test "${TARGETCPU}" != "X86"; then
 	    LDFLAGS_CONSOLE="-link ${lflags}"
 	    LDFLAGS_WINDOW=${LDFLAGS_CONSOLE}
 	else
 	    LDFLAGS_CONSOLE="-link -subsystem:console ${lflags}"
 	    LDFLAGS_WINDOW="-link -subsystem:windows ${lflags}"
@@ -1124,17 +1022,17 @@
 #	Defines the following vars:
 #		TCL_BIN_DIR	Full path to the tcl build dir.
 #------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 AC_DEFUN([SC_WITH_TCL], [
-    if test -d ../../tcl9.0$1/win;  then
-	TCL_BIN_DEFAULT=../../tcl9.0$1/win
+    if test -d ../../tcl8.7$1/win;  then
+	TCL_BIN_DEFAULT=../../tcl8.7$1/win
     else
-	TCL_BIN_DEFAULT=../../tcl9.0/win
+	TCL_BIN_DEFAULT=../../tcl8.7/win
     fi
 
-    AC_ARG_WITH(tcl, [  --with-tcl=DIR          use Tcl 9.0 binaries from DIR],
+    AC_ARG_WITH(tcl, [  --with-tcl=DIR          use Tcl 8.7 binaries from DIR],
 	    TCL_BIN_DIR=$withval, TCL_BIN_DIR=`cd $TCL_BIN_DEFAULT; pwd`)
     if test ! -d $TCL_BIN_DIR; then
 	AC_MSG_ERROR(Tcl directory $TCL_BIN_DIR does not exist)
     fi
     if test ! -f $TCL_BIN_DIR/Makefile; then

Index: win/tclWin32Dll.c
==================================================================
--- win/tclWin32Dll.c
+++ win/tclWin32Dll.c
@@ -21,22 +21,19 @@
  * per-instance basis. Each time this DLL is loaded, it gets its own new data
  * segment with its own copy of all static and global information.
  */
 
 static HINSTANCE hInstance;	/* HINSTANCE of this DLL. */
-static int platformId;		/* Running under NT, or 95/98? */
 
 /*
  * VC++ 5.x has no 'cpuid' assembler instruction, so we must emulate it
  */
 
 #if defined(_MSC_VER) && (_MSC_VER <= 1100) && defined (_M_IX86)
 #define cpuid	__asm __emit 0fh __asm __emit 0a2h
 #endif
 
-static Tcl_Encoding winTCharEncoding = NULL;
-
 /*
  * The following declaration is for the VC++ DLL entry point.
  */
 
 BOOL APIENTRY		DllMain(HINSTANCE hInst, DWORD reason,
@@ -184,52 +181,19 @@
     OSVERSIONINFOW os;
 
     hInstance = hInst;
     os.dwOSVersionInfoSize = sizeof(OSVERSIONINFOW);
     GetVersionExW(&os);
-    platformId = os.dwPlatformId;
-
-    /*
-     * We no longer support Win32s or Win9x, so just in case someone manages
-     * to get a runtime there, make sure they know that.
-     */
-
-    if (platformId == VER_PLATFORM_WIN32s) {
-	Tcl_Panic("Win32s is not a supported platform");
-    }
-    if (platformId == VER_PLATFORM_WIN32_WINDOWS) {
-	Tcl_Panic("Windows 9x is not a supported platform");
-    }
-
-    TclWinResetInterfaces();
-}
-
-/*
- *----------------------------------------------------------------------
- *
- * TclWinGetPlatformId --
- *
- *	Determines whether running under NT, 95, or Win32s, to allow runtime
- *	conditional code.
- *
- * Results:
- *	The return value is one of:
- *	VER_PLATFORM_WIN32s	   Win32s on Windows 3.1 (not supported)
- *	VER_PLATFORM_WIN32_WINDOWS Win32 on Windows 95, 98, ME (not supported)
- *	VER_PLATFORM_WIN32_NT	Win32 on Windows NT, 2000, XP
- *	VER_PLATFORM_WIN32_CE	Win32 on Windows CE
- *
- * Side effects:
- *	None.
- *
- *----------------------------------------------------------------------
- */
-
-int
-TclWinGetPlatformId(void)
-{
-    return platformId;
+
+    /*
+     * We no longer support Win32s or Win9x or Windows CE, so just in case
+     * someone manages to get a runtime there, make sure they know that.
+     */
+
+    if (os.dwPlatformId != VER_PLATFORM_WIN32_NT) {
+	Tcl_Panic("Windows NT is the only supported platform");
+    }
 }
 
 /*
  *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
  *
@@ -262,40 +226,14 @@
 }
 
 /*
  *---------------------------------------------------------------------------
  *
- * TclpSetInterfaces --
- *
- *	A helper proc that initializes winTCharEncoding.
- *
- * Results:
- *	None.
- *
- * Side effects:
- *	None.
- *
- *---------------------------------------------------------------------------
- */
-
-void
-TclpSetInterfaces(void)
-{
-    TclWinResetInterfaces();
-    winTCharEncoding = Tcl_GetEncoding(NULL, "unicode");
-}
-
-/*
- *---------------------------------------------------------------------------
- *
  * TclWinEncodingsCleanup --
  *
- *	Called during finalization to free up any encodings we use.
- *
- *	We also clean up any memory allocated in our mount point map which is
- *	used to follow certain kinds of symlinks. That code should never be
- *	used once encodings are taken down.
+ *	Called during finalization to clean up any memory allocated in our
+ *	mount point map which is used to follow certain kinds of symlinks.
  *
  * Results:
  *	None.
  *
  * Side effects:
@@ -307,12 +245,10 @@
 void
 TclWinEncodingsCleanup(void)
 {
     MountPointMap *dlIter, *dlIter2;
 
-    TclWinResetInterfaces();
-
     /*
      * Clean up the mount point map.
      */
 
     Tcl_MutexLock(&mountPointMap);
@@ -323,34 +259,10 @@
 	ckfree(dlIter);
 	dlIter = dlIter2;
     }
     Tcl_MutexUnlock(&mountPointMap);
 }
-
-/*
- *---------------------------------------------------------------------------
- *
- * TclWinResetInterfaces --
- *
- *	Called during finalization to reset us to a safe state for reuse.
- *
- * Results:
- *	None.
- *
- * Side effects:
- *	None.
- *
- *---------------------------------------------------------------------------
- */
-void
-TclWinResetInterfaces(void)
-{
-    if (winTCharEncoding != NULL) {
-	Tcl_FreeEncoding(winTCharEncoding);
-	winTCharEncoding = NULL;
-    }
-}
 
 /*
  *--------------------------------------------------------------------
  *
  * TclWinDriveLetterForVolMountPoint
@@ -511,43 +423,36 @@
 /*
  *---------------------------------------------------------------------------
  *
  * Tcl_WinUtfToTChar, Tcl_WinTCharToUtf --
  *
- *	Convert between UTF-8 and Unicode when running Windows NT or the
- *	current ANSI code page when running Windows 95.
- *
- *	On Mac, Unix, and Windows 95, all strings exchanged between Tcl and
- *	the OS are "char" oriented. We need only one Tcl_Encoding to convert
- *	between UTF-8 and the system's native encoding. We use NULL to
- *	represent that encoding.
- *
- *	On NT, some strings exchanged between Tcl and the OS are "char"
+ *	Convert between UTF-8 and Unicode when running Windows.
+ *
+ *	On Mac and Unix, all strings exchanged between Tcl and the OS are
+ *	"char" oriented. We need only one Tcl_Encoding to convert between
+ *	UTF-8 and the system's native encoding. We use NULL to represent
+ *	that encoding.
+ *
+ *	On Windows, some strings exchanged between Tcl and the OS are "char"
  *	oriented, while others are in Unicode. We need two Tcl_Encoding APIs
  *	depending on whether we are targeting a "char" or Unicode interface.
  *
- *	Calling Tcl_UtfToExternal() or Tcl_ExternalToUtf() with an encoding of
- *	NULL should always used to convert between UTF-8 and the system's
+ *	Calling Tcl_UtfToExternal() or Tcl_ExternalToUtf() with an encoding
+ *	of NULL should always used to convert between UTF-8 and the system's
  *	"char" oriented encoding. The following two functions are used in
- *	Windows-specific code to convert between UTF-8 and Unicode strings
- *	(NT) or "char" strings(95). This saves you the trouble of writing the
+ *	Windows-specific code to convert between UTF-8 and Unicode strings.
+ *	This saves you the trouble of writing the
  *	following type of fragment over and over:
  *
- *		if (running NT) {
- *		    encoding <- Tcl_GetEncoding("unicode");
- *		    nativeBuffer <- UtfToExternal(encoding, utfBuffer);
- *		    Tcl_FreeEncoding(encoding);
- *		} else {
- *		    nativeBuffer <- UtfToExternal(NULL, utfBuffer);
- *		}
- *
- *	By convention, in Windows a TCHAR is a character in the ANSI code page
- *	on Windows 95, a Unicode character on Windows NT. If you plan on
- *	targeting a Unicode interfaces when running on NT and a "char"
- *	oriented interface while running on 95, these functions should be
- *	used. If you plan on targetting the same "char" oriented function on
- *	both 95 and NT, use Tcl_UtfToExternal() with an encoding of NULL.
+ *		encoding <- Tcl_GetEncoding("unicode");
+ *		nativeBuffer <- UtfToExternal(encoding, utfBuffer);
+ *		Tcl_FreeEncoding(encoding);
+ *
+ *	By convention, in Windows a TCHAR is a Unicode character. If you plan
+ *	on targeting a Unicode interface when running on Windows, these
+ *	functions should be used. If you plan on targetting a "char" oriented
+ *	function on Windows, use Tcl_UtfToExternal() with an encoding of NULL.
  *
  * Results:
  *	The result is a pointer to the string in the desired target encoding.
  *	Storage for the result string is allocated in dsPtr; the caller must
  *	call Tcl_DStringFree() when the result is no longer needed.
@@ -559,30 +464,51 @@
  */
 
 TCHAR *
 Tcl_WinUtfToTChar(
     const char *string,		/* Source string in UTF-8. */
-    int len,			/* Source string length in bytes, or < 0 for
+    int len,			/* Source string length in bytes, or -1 for
 				 * strlen(). */
     Tcl_DString *dsPtr)		/* Uninitialized or free DString in which the
 				 * converted string is stored. */
 {
-    return (TCHAR *) Tcl_UtfToExternalDString(winTCharEncoding,
-	    string, len, dsPtr);
+    TCHAR *wp;
+    int size = MultiByteToWideChar(CP_UTF8, 0, string, len, 0, 0);
+
+    Tcl_DStringInit(dsPtr);
+    Tcl_DStringSetLength(dsPtr, 2*size+2);
+    wp = (TCHAR *)Tcl_DStringValue(dsPtr);
+    MultiByteToWideChar(CP_UTF8, 0, string, len, wp, size+1);
+    if (len == -1) --size; /* account for 0-byte at string end */
+    Tcl_DStringSetLength(dsPtr, 2*size);
+    wp[size] = 0;
+    return wp;
 }
 
 char *
 Tcl_WinTCharToUtf(
-    const TCHAR *string,	/* Source string in Unicode when running NT,
-				 * ANSI when running 95. */
-    int len,			/* Source string length in bytes, or < 0 for
+    const TCHAR *string,	/* Source string in Unicode. */
+    int len,			/* Source string length in bytes, or -1 for
 				 * platform-specific string length. */
     Tcl_DString *dsPtr)		/* Uninitialized or free DString in which the
 				 * converted string is stored. */
 {
-    return Tcl_ExternalToUtfDString(winTCharEncoding,
-	    (const char *) string, len, dsPtr);
+    char *p;
+    int size;
+
+    if (len > 0) {
+	len /= 2;
+    }
+    size = WideCharToMultiByte(CP_UTF8, 0, string, len, 0, 0, NULL, NULL);
+    Tcl_DStringInit(dsPtr);
+    Tcl_DStringSetLength(dsPtr, size+1);
+    p = (char *)Tcl_DStringValue(dsPtr);
+    WideCharToMultiByte(CP_UTF8, 0, string, len, p, size, NULL, NULL);
+    if (len == -1) --size; /* account for 0-byte at string end */
+    Tcl_DStringSetLength(dsPtr, size);
+    p[size] = 0;
+    return p;
 }
 
 /*
  *------------------------------------------------------------------------
  *

Index: win/tclWinChan.c
==================================================================
--- win/tclWinChan.c
+++ win/tclWinChan.c
@@ -1377,11 +1377,11 @@
     infoPtr->validMask = permissions;
     infoPtr->watchMask = 0;
     infoPtr->flags = appendMode;
     infoPtr->handle = handle;
     infoPtr->dirty = 0;
-    sprintf(channelName, "file%" TCL_I_MODIFIER "x", (size_t) infoPtr);
+    sprintf(channelName, "file%" TCL_Z_MODIFIER "x", (size_t) infoPtr);
 
     infoPtr->channel = Tcl_CreateChannel(&fileChannelType, channelName,
 	    infoPtr, permissions);
 
     /*

Index: win/tclWinConsole.c
==================================================================
--- win/tclWinConsole.c
+++ win/tclWinConsole.c
@@ -1318,11 +1318,11 @@
      * Use the pointer for the name of the result channel. This keeps the
      * channel names unique, since some may share handles (stdin/stdout/stderr
      * for instance).
      */
 
-    sprintf(channelName, "file%" TCL_I_MODIFIER "x", (size_t) infoPtr);
+    sprintf(channelName, "file%" TCL_Z_MODIFIER "x", (size_t) infoPtr);
 
     infoPtr->channel = Tcl_CreateChannel(&consoleChannelType, channelName,
 	    infoPtr, permissions);
 
     if (permissions & TCL_READABLE) {

Index: win/tclWinDde.c
==================================================================
--- win/tclWinDde.c
+++ win/tclWinDde.c
@@ -150,17 +150,10 @@
 {
     if (!Tcl_InitStubs(interp, "8.1", 0)) {
 	return TCL_ERROR;
     }
 
-#ifdef UNICODE
-    if (TclWinGetPlatformId() < VER_PLATFORM_WIN32_NT) {
-	Tcl_SetObjResult(interp, Tcl_NewStringObj(
-		"Win32s and Windows 9x are not supported platforms", -1));
-	return TCL_ERROR;
-    }
-#endif
     Tcl_CreateObjCommand(interp, "dde", DdeObjCmd, NULL, NULL);
     Tcl_CreateExitHandler(DdeExitProc, NULL);
     return Tcl_PkgProvide(interp, TCL_DDE_PACKAGE_NAME, TCL_DDE_VERSION);
 }
 

Index: win/tclWinError.c
==================================================================
--- win/tclWinError.c
+++ win/tclWinError.c
@@ -28,11 +28,11 @@
     ENOMEM,	/* ERROR_INVALID_BLOCK		9 */
     E2BIG,	/* ERROR_BAD_ENVIRONMENT	10 */
     ENOEXEC,	/* ERROR_BAD_FORMAT		11 */
     EACCES,	/* ERROR_INVALID_ACCESS		12 */
     EINVAL,	/* ERROR_INVALID_DATA		13 */
-    EFAULT,	/* ERROR_OUT_OF_MEMORY		14 */
+    ENOMEM,	/* ERROR_OUT_OF_MEMORY		14 */
     ENOENT,	/* ERROR_INVALID_DRIVE		15 */
     EACCES,	/* ERROR_CURRENT_DIRECTORY	16 */
     EXDEV,	/* ERROR_NOT_SAME_DEVICE	17 */
     ENOENT,	/* ERROR_NO_MORE_FILES		18 */
     EROFS,	/* ERROR_WRITE_PROTECT		19 */
@@ -404,10 +404,13 @@
 	if (msgString[TCL_MAX_WARN_LEN-1] != L'\0') {
 	    memcpy(msgString + (TCL_MAX_WARN_LEN - 5), L" ...", 5 * sizeof(WCHAR));
 	}
 	OutputDebugStringW(msgString);
     } else {
+	if (!isatty(fileno(stderr))) {
+	    fprintf(stderr, "\xef\xbb\xbf");
+	}
 	vfprintf(stderr, format, argList);
 	fprintf(stderr, "\n");
 	fflush(stderr);
     }
 #   if defined(__GNUC__)

Index: win/tclWinInit.c
==================================================================
--- win/tclWinInit.c
+++ win/tclWinInit.c
@@ -82,19 +82,14 @@
  */
 TclWinProcs tclWinProcs;
 
 /*
  * The following arrays contain the human readable strings for the Windows
- * platform and processor values.
+ * processor values.
  */
 
 
-#define NUMPLATFORMS 4
-static const char *const platforms[NUMPLATFORMS] = {
-    "Win32s", "Windows 95", "Windows NT", "Windows CE"
-};
-
 #define NUMPROCESSORS 11
 static const char *const processors[NUMPROCESSORS] = {
     "intel", "mips", "alpha", "ppc", "shx", "arm", "ia64", "alpha64", "msil",
     "amd64", "ia32_on_win64"
 };
@@ -185,11 +180,11 @@
  */
 
 void
 TclpInitLibraryPath(
     char **valuePtr,
-    size_t *lengthPtr,
+    unsigned int *lengthPtr,
     Tcl_Encoding *encodingPtr)
 {
 #define LIBRARY_SIZE	    64
     Tcl_Obj *pathPtr;
     char installLib[LIBRARY_SIZE];
@@ -348,11 +343,11 @@
  */
 
 static void
 InitializeDefaultLibraryDir(
     char **valuePtr,
-    size_t *lengthPtr,
+    unsigned int *lengthPtr,
     Tcl_Encoding *encodingPtr)
 {
     HMODULE hModule = TclWinGetTclInstance();
     WCHAR wName[MAX_PATH + LIBRARY_SIZE];
     char name[(MAX_PATH + LIBRARY_SIZE) * TCL_UTF_MAX];
@@ -399,11 +394,11 @@
  */
 
 static void
 InitializeSourceLibraryDir(
     char **valuePtr,
-    size_t *lengthPtr,
+    unsigned int *lengthPtr,
     Tcl_Encoding *encodingPtr)
 {
     HMODULE hModule = TclWinGetTclInstance();
     WCHAR wName[MAX_PATH + LIBRARY_SIZE];
     char name[(MAX_PATH + LIBRARY_SIZE) * TCL_UTF_MAX];
@@ -490,22 +485,15 @@
 void
 TclpSetInitialEncodings(void)
 {
     Tcl_DString encodingName;
 
-    TclpSetInterfaces();
     Tcl_SetSystemEncoding(NULL,
 	    Tcl_GetEncodingNameFromEnvironment(&encodingName));
     Tcl_DStringFree(&encodingName);
 }
 
-void TclWinSetInterfaces(
-    int dummy)			/* Not used. */
-{
-    TclpSetInterfaces();
-}
-
 const char *
 Tcl_GetEncodingNameFromEnvironment(
     Tcl_DString *bufPtr)
 {
     Tcl_DStringInit(bufPtr);
@@ -567,14 +555,11 @@
      * Define the tcl_platform array.
      */
 
     Tcl_SetVar2(interp, "tcl_platform", "platform", "windows",
 	    TCL_GLOBAL_ONLY);
-    if (osInfo.dwPlatformId < NUMPLATFORMS) {
-	Tcl_SetVar2(interp, "tcl_platform", "os",
-		platforms[osInfo.dwPlatformId], TCL_GLOBAL_ONLY);
-    }
+    Tcl_SetVar2(interp, "tcl_platform", "os", "Windows NT", TCL_GLOBAL_ONLY);
     wsprintfA(buffer, "%d.%d", osInfo.dwMajorVersion, osInfo.dwMinorVersion);
     Tcl_SetVar2(interp, "tcl_platform", "osVersion", buffer, TCL_GLOBAL_ONLY);
     if (sys.oemId.wProcessorArchitecture < NUMPROCESSORS) {
 	Tcl_SetVar2(interp, "tcl_platform", "machine",
 		processors[sys.oemId.wProcessorArchitecture],

Index: win/tclWinInt.h
==================================================================
--- win/tclWinInt.h
+++ win/tclWinInt.h
@@ -38,29 +38,10 @@
     BOOL (WINAPI *cancelSynchronousIo)(HANDLE);
 } TclWinProcs;
 
 MODULE_SCOPE TclWinProcs tclWinProcs;
 
-/*
- * Some versions of Borland C have a define for the OSVERSIONINFO for
- * Win32s and for NT, but not for Windows 95.
- * Define VER_PLATFORM_WIN32_CE for those without newer headers.
- */
-
-#ifndef VER_PLATFORM_WIN32_WINDOWS
-#define VER_PLATFORM_WIN32_WINDOWS 1
-#endif
-#ifndef VER_PLATFORM_WIN32_CE
-#define VER_PLATFORM_WIN32_CE 3
-#endif
-
-#ifdef _WIN64
-#         define TCL_I_MODIFIER        "I"
-#else
-#         define TCL_I_MODIFIER        ""
-#endif
-
 /*
  * Declarations of functions that are not accessible by way of the
  * stubs table.
  */
 

ADDED   win/tclWinPanic.c
Index: win/tclWinPanic.c
==================================================================
--- /dev/null
+++ win/tclWinPanic.c
@@ -0,0 +1,88 @@
+/*
+ * tclWinPanic.c --
+ *
+ *	Contains the Windows-specific command-line panic proc.
+ *
+ * Copyright (c) 2013 by Jan Nijtmans.
+ * All rights reserved.
+ *
+ * See the file "license.terms" for information on usage and redistribution of
+ * this file, and for a DISCLAIMER OF ALL WARRANTIES.
+ */
+
+#include "tclInt.h"
+/*
+ *----------------------------------------------------------------------
+ *
+ * Tcl_ConsolePanic --
+ *
+ *	Display a message. If a debugger is present, present it directly to
+ *	the debugger, otherwise send it to stderr.
+ *
+ * Results:
+ *	None.
+ *
+ * Side effects:
+ *	None.
+ *
+ *----------------------------------------------------------------------
+ */
+
+void
+Tcl_ConsolePanic(
+    const char *format, ...)
+{
+#define TCL_MAX_WARN_LEN 26000
+    va_list argList;
+    WCHAR msgString[TCL_MAX_WARN_LEN];
+    char buf[TCL_MAX_WARN_LEN * TCL_UTF_MAX];
+    HANDLE handle = GetStdHandle(STD_ERROR_HANDLE);
+    DWORD dummy;
+
+    va_start(argList, format);
+    vsnprintf(buf+3, sizeof(buf)-3, format, argList);
+    buf[sizeof(buf)-1] = 0;
+    msgString[TCL_MAX_WARN_LEN-1] = L'\0';
+    MultiByteToWideChar(CP_UTF8, 0, buf+3, -1, msgString, TCL_MAX_WARN_LEN);
+
+    /*
+     * Truncate MessageBox string if it is too long to not overflow the buffer.
+     */
+
+    if (msgString[TCL_MAX_WARN_LEN-1] != L'\0') {
+	memcpy(msgString + (TCL_MAX_WARN_LEN - 5), L" ...", 5 * sizeof(WCHAR));
+    }
+
+    if (IsDebuggerPresent()) {
+	OutputDebugStringW(msgString);
+    } else if (_isatty(2)) {
+	WriteConsoleW(handle, msgString, wcslen(msgString), &dummy, 0);
+    } else {
+	buf[0] = 0xEF; buf[1] = 0xBB; buf[2] = 0xBF; /* UTF-8 bom */
+	WriteFile(handle, buf, strlen(buf), &dummy, 0);
+	WriteFile(handle, "\n", 1, &dummy, 0);
+	FlushFileBuffers(handle);
+    }
+#   if defined(__GNUC__)
+	__builtin_trap();
+#   elif defined(_WIN64)
+	__debugbreak();
+#   elif defined(_MSC_VER)
+	_asm {int 3}
+#   else
+	DebugBreak();
+#   endif
+#if defined(_WIN32)
+	ExitProcess(1);
+#else
+	abort();
+#endif
+}
+/*
+ * Local Variables:
+ * mode: c
+ * c-basic-offset: 4
+ * fill-column: 78
+ * tab-width: 8
+ * End:
+ */

Index: win/tclWinPipe.c
==================================================================
--- win/tclWinPipe.c
+++ win/tclWinPipe.c
@@ -867,11 +867,11 @@
 
     PipeInit();
 
     Tcl_MutexLock(&pipeMutex);
     for (infoPtr = procList; infoPtr != NULL; infoPtr = infoPtr->nextPtr) {
-	if (infoPtr->hProcess == (HANDLE) pid) {
+	if (infoPtr->dwProcessId == (DWORD) pid) {
 	    Tcl_MutexUnlock(&pipeMutex);
 	    return infoPtr->dwProcessId;
 	}
     }
     Tcl_MutexUnlock(&pipeMutex);
@@ -1093,44 +1093,27 @@
      * If we are starting a GUI process, they don't automatically get a
      * console, so it doesn't matter if they are started as foreground or
      * detached processes. The GUI window will still pop up to the foreground.
      */
 
-    if (TclWinGetPlatformId() == VER_PLATFORM_WIN32_NT) {
-	if (HasConsole()) {
-	    createFlags = 0;
-	} else if (applType == APPL_DOS) {
-	    /*
-	     * Under NT, 16-bit DOS applications will not run unless they can
-	     * be attached to a console. If we are running without a console,
-	     * run the 16-bit program as an normal process inside of a hidden
-	     * console application, and then run that hidden console as a
-	     * detached process.
-	     */
-
-	    startInfo.wShowWindow = SW_HIDE;
-	    startInfo.dwFlags |= STARTF_USESHOWWINDOW;
-	    createFlags = CREATE_NEW_CONSOLE;
-	    TclDStringAppendLiteral(&cmdLine, "cmd.exe /c");
-	} else {
-	    createFlags = DETACHED_PROCESS;
-	}
-    } else {
-	if (HasConsole()) {
-	    createFlags = 0;
-	} else {
-	    createFlags = DETACHED_PROCESS;
-	}
-
-	if (applType == APPL_DOS) {
-	    Tcl_SetObjResult(interp, Tcl_NewStringObj(
-		    "DOS application process not supported on this platform",
-		    -1));
-	    Tcl_SetErrorCode(interp, "TCL", "OPERATION", "EXEC", "DOS_APP",
-		    NULL);
-	    goto end;
-	}
+    if (HasConsole()) {
+	    createFlags = 0;
+    } else if (applType == APPL_DOS) {
+	/*
+	 * Under NT, 16-bit DOS applications will not run unless they can
+	 * be attached to a console. If we are running without a console,
+	 * run the 16-bit program as an normal process inside of a hidden
+	 * console application, and then run that hidden console as a
+	 * detached process.
+	 */
+
+	startInfo.wShowWindow = SW_HIDE;
+	startInfo.dwFlags |= STARTF_USESHOWWINDOW;
+	createFlags = CREATE_NEW_CONSOLE;
+	TclDStringAppendLiteral(&cmdLine, "cmd.exe /c");
+    } else {
+	createFlags = DETACHED_PROCESS;
     }
 
     /*
      * cmdLine gets the full command line used to invoke the executable,
      * including the name of the executable itself. The command line arguments
@@ -1178,11 +1161,11 @@
      */
 
     WaitForInputIdle(procInfo.hProcess, 5000);
     CloseHandle(procInfo.hThread);
 
-    *pidPtr = (Tcl_Pid) procInfo.hProcess;
+    *pidPtr = (Tcl_Pid) procInfo.dwProcessId;
     if (*pidPtr != 0) {
 	TclWinAddProcess(procInfo.hProcess, procInfo.dwProcessId);
     }
     result = TCL_OK;
 
@@ -1621,11 +1604,11 @@
      * "file%d" as the base name for pipes even though it would be more
      * natural to use "pipe%d". Use the pointer to keep the channel names
      * unique, in case channels share handles (stdin/stdout).
      */
 
-    sprintf(channelName, "file%" TCL_I_MODIFIER "x", (size_t) infoPtr);
+    sprintf(channelName, "file%" TCL_Z_MODIFIER "x", (size_t) infoPtr);
     infoPtr->channel = Tcl_CreateChannel(&pipeChannelType, channelName,
 	    infoPtr, infoPtr->validMask);
 
     /*
      * Pipes have AUTO translation mode on Windows and ^Z eof char, which
@@ -2362,11 +2345,11 @@
 
     Tcl_MutexLock(&pipeMutex);
     prevPtrPtr = &procList;
     for (infoPtr = procList; infoPtr != NULL;
 	    prevPtrPtr = &infoPtr->nextPtr, infoPtr = infoPtr->nextPtr) {
-	 if (infoPtr->hProcess == (HANDLE) pid) {
+	 if (infoPtr->dwProcessId == (DWORD) pid) {
 	    *prevPtrPtr = infoPtr->nextPtr;
 	    break;
 	}
     }
     Tcl_MutexUnlock(&pipeMutex);

Index: win/tclWinSerial.c
==================================================================
--- win/tclWinSerial.c
+++ win/tclWinSerial.c
@@ -1440,11 +1440,11 @@
     /*
      * Use the pointer to keep the channel names unique, in case the handles
      * are shared between multiple channels (stdin/stdout).
      */
 
-    sprintf(channelName, "file%" TCL_I_MODIFIER "x", (size_t) infoPtr);
+    sprintf(channelName, "file%" TCL_Z_MODIFIER "x", (size_t) infoPtr);
 
     infoPtr->channel = Tcl_CreateChannel(&serialChannelType, channelName,
 	    infoPtr, permissions);
 
 
@@ -1736,11 +1736,11 @@
 	 */
 
 	dcb.XonChar = argv[0][0];
 	dcb.XoffChar = argv[1][0];
 	if (argv[0][0] & 0x80 || argv[1][0] & 0x80) {
-	    Tcl_UniChar character;
+	    Tcl_UniChar character = 0;
 	    int charLen;
 
 	    charLen = Tcl_UtfToUniChar(argv[0], &character);
 	    if (argv[0][charLen]) {
 		goto badXchar;

Index: win/tclWinSock.c
==================================================================
--- win/tclWinSock.c
+++ win/tclWinSock.c
@@ -358,11 +358,11 @@
  */
 
 void
 InitializeHostName(
     char **valuePtr,
-    size_t *lengthPtr,
+    unsigned int *lengthPtr,
     Tcl_Encoding *encodingPtr)
 {
     TCHAR tbuf[MAX_COMPUTERNAME_LENGTH + 1];
     DWORD length = MAX_COMPUTERNAME_LENGTH + 1;
     Tcl_DString ds;

Index: win/tclWinThrd.c
==================================================================
--- win/tclWinThrd.c
+++ win/tclWinThrd.c
@@ -11,12 +11,10 @@
  * this file, and for a DISCLAIMER OF ALL WARRANTIES.
  */
 
 #include "tclWinInt.h"
 
-#include <float.h>
-
 /* Workaround for mingw versions which don't provide this in float.h */
 #ifndef _MCW_EM
 #   define	_MCW_EM		0x0008001F	/* Error masks */
 #   define	_MCW_RC		0x00000300	/* Rounding */
 #   define	_MCW_PC		0x00030000	/* Precision */