TIP:		252
Title:		Add New 'string' Command Options
Author:		Brian Schmidt <contact@schmidtsrus.net>
Version:	$Revision: 1.1 $
Type:		Project
State:		Draft
Vote:		Pending
Created:	28-Jun-2005
Tcl-Version:	8.5
Post-History:	

~Abstract

This TIP proposes moving several existing string-related commands to
be options in the existing top-level '''string''' command.

~Rationale

There is an existing top-level '''string''' command already.  However,
there are other existing top-level string-related commands that for
consistency should be options in the existing '''string''' command.

These additional string command options would further centralize all
string-related commands, making it easier for new users to see all the
related string commands.

~Specification

Additional '''string''' command options would be added utilizing
existing top-level commands, using the following syntax:

|string split         ;equivalent to split
|string format        ;equivalent to format
|string scan          ;equivalent to scan
|string subst         ;equivalent to subst

Each represents the existing command that is commented. The arguments
to each would remain what the current command takes.

The old commands could then potentially be eventually deprecated:

|split
|format
|scan
|subst

~Copyright

This document has been placed in the public domain.
