Re: binary tcl scripts? is it possible? is it faster ?



"Walid" <walid.benyoussef@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> Hi everybody,
> I want to know, if it's possible to compile a library of tcl scripts
> and to load into the interpreter later ?

I believe that is how modern versions of (>= 8.0) Tcl work.
Search for Tcl bytecode compilation, in particular,
http://aspn.activestate.com/ASPN/Tcl/TclConferencePapers2002/Tcl2002papers/kenny-bytecode/paperKBK.html

> Also I want to know, (if this is possible) if TCL interpreter runs this
> scripts faster as it does for text scripts ?

Reputable sources say this is in fact slower.
>From http://wiki.tcl.tk/820:

Believe it or not, Tcl's regular nature means that saving
byte codes isn't actually a win; reading byte codes using
the loader is actually slower than generating them afresh
from Tcl code.

-usman


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