Re: TIP #188: Add 'string is wide' to the 'string is' Subcommand

From: Darren New (dnew_at_san.rr.com)
Date: 04/26/04 

Date: Mon, 26 Apr 2004 19:59:57 GMT

Kevin Kenny wrote:
> The *string* command supports tests for a number of Tcl's basic types,
> for example, integers, doubles, and booleans. This TIP proposes adding
> wide integers.

Perhaps [string is wideint] might be a better name. For example, when I
first looked at the title, I thought it would be testing for wide
characters, i.e., outside the ASCII 7-bit range. 

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