[PD-dev] TCL_*_VERSION variables

Miller Puckette msp at ucsd.edu
Thu Sep 21 17:55:45 CEST 2017


In that case I'd recommend making it a function of some sort, not global
variables, which have bitten us in the past.  In particular, global vars are
complicated to use during start-up as you have to be careful about what order
everything runs in.

cheers
Miller

On Thu, Sep 21, 2017 at 10:18:57AM +0200, Dan Wilcox wrote:
> Well, I'm hoping to use them or at least the patch level. That made more sense to me then parsing the patchlevel string each time.
> 
> enohp ym morf tnes
> -----------
> Dan Wilcox
> danomatika.com
> robotcowboy.com
> 
> 
> > On Sep 21, 2017, at 10:03 AM, IOhannes m zmoelnig <zmoelnig at iem.at> wrote:
> > 
> >> On 2017-09-20 23:37, Dan Wilcox wrote:
> >> Where are the TCL_MAJOR_VERSION, TCL_MINOR_VERSION, & TCL_BUGFIX_VERSION set? There are listed as globals in pd-gui.tcl and don't seem to be set on mac when running Pd from the command line. I'm trying to check the BUGFIX version in order to detect if the buggy 8.5.9 is being used on macOS.
> > 
> > 
> > here they are set to (0,0,0), which is the default in pd-gui.tcl:117ff
> > (for all platforms).
> > since it's nowhere used (neither set nor consumed), despite the comment
> > on top of it, it should probably be removed completely.
> > 
> > gfamsdr
> > IOhannes
> > 
> 
> _______________________________________________
> Pd-dev mailing list
> Pd-dev at lists.iem.at
> https://lists.puredata.info/listinfo/pd-dev



More information about the Pd-dev mailing list