Weld Tcl

The term Weld refers to running an Tcl application with wize -Wall. Wize is an enhanced version of Tcl/Tk containing validation and debugging capabilities. To Weld a tcl application is to strengthen it and improve its maintainability.

Users of Wize are provided with features and tools for Tcl similar to those long enjoyed by Unix-C developers. These features include:

• Validation? - command and variable coherence checking.
• Analysis? - profiling and code coverage analysis.
• Debugging? - interactive execution with introspection.

One easy way to weld an application is by running Ted from the wize /zvfs menu (see Wize Download). Simply using <Shift-F5> from ted allows controlled execution of a script under weld, eg.

  wize /zvfs Mod/Ted
  <Shift-F5>

and subsequently navigation through the warnings.

(see Screenshot).

Using Wize simplifies and rationalizes the development and maintenance of robust Tcl applications.

© 2008 Peter MacDonald