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package Tcl;

$Tcl::VERSION = '1.02';
$Tcl::STACK_TRACE = 1;

=head1 NAME

Tcl - Tcl extension module for Perl

=head1 SYNOPSIS

    use Tcl;

    $interp = Tcl->new;
    $interp->Eval('puts "Hello world"');

=head1 DESCRIPTION

The Tcl extension module gives access to the Tcl library with
functionality and interface similar to the C functions of Tcl.
In other words, you can

=over

=item *

create Tcl interpreters

The Tcl interpreters so created are Perl objects whose destructors
delete the interpreters cleanly when appropriate.

=item *

execute Tcl code in an interpreter

The code can come from strings, files or Perl filehandles.

=item *

bind in new Tcl procedures

The new procedures can be either C code (with addresses presumably
obtained using I and I) or Perl subroutines
(by name, reference or as anonymous subs). The (optional) deleteProc
callback in the latter case is another perl subroutine which is called
when the command is explicitly deleted by name or else when the
destructor for the interpreter object is explicitly or implicitly called.

=item *

Manipulate the result field of a Tcl interpreter

=item *

Set and get values of variables in a Tcl interpreter

=item *

Tie perl variables to variables in a Tcl interpreter

The variables can be either scalars or hashes.

=back

=head2 Methods in class Tcl

To create a new Tcl interpreter, use

    $interp = Tcl->new;

The following methods and routines can then be used on the Perl object
returned (the object argument omitted in each case).

=over

=item $interp->Init ()

Invoke I on the interpeter.

=item $interp->Eval (STRING, FLAGS)

Evaluate script STRING in the interpreter. If the script returns
successfully (TCL_OK) then the Perl return value corresponds to Tcl
interpreter's result otherwise a I exception is raised with the $@
variable corresponding to Tcl's interpreter result object. In each case,
I means that if the method is called in scalar context then
the string result is returned but if the method is called in list context
then the result is split as a Tcl list and returned as a Perl list.
The FLAGS field is optional and can be a bitwise OR of the constants
Tcl::EVAL_GLOBAL or Tcl::EVAL_DIRECT.

=item $interp->GlobalEval (STRING)

REMOVED.  Evalulate script STRING at global level.
Call I(STRING, Tcl::EVAL_GLOBAL) instead.

=item $interp->EvalFile (FILENAME)

Evaluate the contents of the file with name FILENAME. Otherwise, the
same as I() above.

=item $interp->EvalFileHandle (FILEHANDLE)

Evaluate the contents of the Perl filehandle FILEHANDLE. Otherwise, the
same as I() above. Useful when using the filehandle DATA to tack
on a Tcl script following an __END__ token.

=item $interp->call (PROC, ARG, ...)

Looks up procedure PROC in the interpreter and invokes it using Tcl's eval
semantics that does command tracing and will use the ::unknown (AUTOLOAD)
mechanism.  The arguments (ARG, ...) are not passed through the Tcl parser.
For example, spaces embedded in any ARG will not cause it to be split into
two Tcl arguments before being passed to PROC.

Before invoking procedure PROC special processing is performed on ARG list:

1.  All subroutine references within ARG will be substituted with Tcl name
which is responsible to invoke this subroutine. This Tcl name will be
created using CreateCommand subroutine (see below).

2.  All references to scalars will be substituted with names of Tcl variables
transformed appropriately.

These first two items allows to write and expect it to work properly such
code as:

  my $r = 'aaaa';
  button(".d", -textvariable => \$r, -command=>sub {$r++});

3. All references to hashes will be substituted with names of Tcl array
variables transformed appropriately.

4.  As a special case, there is a mechanism to deal with Tk's special event
variables (they are mentioned as '%x', '%y' and so on throughout Tcl).
When creating a subroutine reference that uses such variables, you must
declare the desired variables using Tcl::Ev as the first argument to the
subroutine.  Example:

  sub textPaste {
      my ($x,$y,$w) = @_;
      widget($w)->insert("\@$x,$y", $interp->Eval('selection get'));
  }
  $widget->bind('<2>', [\&textPaste, Tcl::Ev('%x', '%y'), $widget] );

=item $interp->return_ref (NAME)

returns a reference corresponding to NAME, which was associated during
previously called C<< $interpnt->call(...) >> preprocessing. As a typical
example this could be variable associated with a widget.

=item $interp->delete_ref (NAME)

deletes and returns a reference corresponding to NAME, which was associated
during previously called C<< $interpnt->call(...) >> preprocessing.

=item $interp->icall (PROC, ARG, ...)

Looks up procedure PROC in the interpreter and invokes it using Tcl's eval
semantics that does command tracing and will use the ::unknown (AUTOLOAD)
mechanism.  The arguments (ARG, ...) are not passed through the Tcl parser.
For example, spaces embedded in any ARG will not cause it to be split into
two Tcl arguments before being passed to PROC.

This is the lower-level procedure that the 'call' method uses.  Arguments
are converted efficiently from Perl SVs to Tcl_Objs.  A Perl AV array
becomes a Tcl_ListObj, an SvIV becomes a Tcl_IntObj, etc.  The reverse
conversion is done to the result.

=item $interp->invoke (PROC, ARG, ...)

Looks up procedure PROC in the interpreter and invokes it directly with
arguments (ARG, ...) without passing through the Tcl parser. For example,
spaces embedded in any ARG will not cause it to be split into two Tcl
arguments before being passed to PROC.  This differs from icall/call in
that it directly invokes the command name without allowing for command
tracing or making use of Tcl's unknown (AUTOLOAD) mechanism.  If the
command does not already exist in the interpreter, and error will be
thrown.

Arguments are converted efficiently from Perl SVs to Tcl_Objs.  A Perl AV
array becomes a Tcl_ListObj, an SvIV becomes a Tcl_IntObj, etc.  The
reverse conversion is done to the result.

=item Tcl::Ev (FIELD, ...)

Used to declare %-substitution variables of interest to a subroutine
callback.  FIELD is expected to be of the form "%#" where # is a single
character, and multiple fields may be specified.  Returns a blessed object
that the 'call' method will recognize when it is passed as the first
argument to a subroutine in a callback.  See description of 'call' method
for details.

=item $interp->result ()

Returns the current Tcl interpreter result. List v. scalar context is
handled as in I() above.

=item $interp->CreateCommand (CMDNAME, CMDPROC, CLIENTDATA, DELETEPROC, FLAGS)

Binds a new procedure named CMDNAME into the interpreter. The
CLIENTDATA and DELETEPROC arguments are optional. There are two cases:

(1) CMDPROC is the address of a C function

(presumably obtained using I and I. In this case
CLIENTDATA and DELETEPROC are taken to be raw data of the ClientData and
deleteProc field presumably obtained in a similar way.

(2) CMDPROC is a Perl subroutine

(either a sub name, a sub reference or an anonymous sub). In this case
CLIENTDATA can be any perl scalar (e.g. a ref to some other data) and
DELETEPROC must be a perl sub too. When CMDNAME is invoked in the Tcl
interpeter, the arguments passed to the Perl sub CMDPROC are

    (CLIENTDATA, INTERP, LIST)

where INTERP is a Perl object for the Tcl interpreter which called out
and LIST is a Perl list of the arguments CMDNAME was called with.
If the 1-bit of FLAGS is set then the 3 first arguments on the call
to CMDPROC are suppressed.
As usual in Tcl, the first element of the list is CMDNAME itself.
When CMDNAME is deleted from the interpreter (either explicitly with
I or because the destructor for the interpeter object
is called), it is passed the single argument CLIENTDATA.

=item $interp->DeleteCommand (CMDNAME)

Deletes command CMDNAME from the interpreter. If the command was created
with a DELETEPROC (see I above), then it is invoked at
this point. When a Tcl interpreter object is destroyed either explicitly
or implicitly, an implicit I happens on all its currently
registered commands.

=item $interp->SetResult (STRING)

Sets Tcl interpreter result to STRING.

=item $interp->AppendResult (LIST)

Appends each element of LIST to Tcl's interpreter result object.

=item $interp->AppendElement (STRING)

Appends STRING to Tcl interpreter result object as an extra Tcl list element.

=item $interp->ResetResult ()

Resets Tcl interpreter result.

=item $interp->SplitList (STRING)

Splits STRING as a Tcl list. Returns a Perl list or the empty list if
there was an error (i.e. STRING was not a properly formed Tcl list).
In the latter case, the error message is left in Tcl's interpreter
result object.

=item $interp->SetVar (VARNAME, VALUE, FLAGS)

The FLAGS field is optional. Sets Tcl variable VARNAME in the
interpreter to VALUE. The FLAGS argument is the usual Tcl one and
can be a bitwise OR of the constants Tcl::GLOBAL_ONLY,
Tcl::LEAVE_ERR_MSG, Tcl::APPEND_VALUE, Tcl::LIST_ELEMENT.

=item $interp->SetVar2 (VARNAME1, VARNAME2, VALUE, FLAGS)

Sets the element VARNAME1(VARNAME2) of a Tcl array to VALUE. The optional
argument FLAGS behaves as in I above.

=item $interp->GetVar (VARNAME, FLAGS)

Returns the value of Tcl variable VARNAME. The optional argument FLAGS
behaves as in I above.

=item $interp->GetVar2 (VARNAME1, VARNAME2, FLAGS)

Returns the value of the element VARNAME1(VARNAME2) of a Tcl array.
The optional argument FLAGS behaves as in I above.

=item $interp->UnsetVar (VARNAME, FLAGS)

Unsets Tcl variable VARNAME. The optional argument FLAGS
behaves as in I above.

=item $interp->UnsetVar2 (VARNAME1, VARNAME2, FLAGS)

Unsets the element VARNAME1(VARNAME2) of a Tcl array.
The optional argument FLAGS behaves as in I above.

=back

=head2 Linking Perl and Tcl variables

You can I a Perl variable (scalar or hash) into class Tcl::Var
so that changes to a Tcl variable automatically "change" the value
of the Perl variable. In fact, as usual with Perl tied variables,
its current value is just fetched from the Tcl variable when needed
and setting the Perl variable triggers the setting of the Tcl variable.

To tie a Perl scalar I<$scalar> to the Tcl variable I in
interpreter I<$interp> with optional flags I<$flags> (see I
above), use

	tie $scalar, "Tcl::Var", $interp, "tclscalar", $flags;

Omit the I<$flags> argument if not wanted.

To tie a Perl hash I<%hash> to the Tcl array variable I in
interpreter I<$interp> with optional flags I<$flags>
(see I above), use

	tie %hash, "Tcl::Var", $interp, "array", $flags;

Omit the I<$flags> argument if not wanted. Any alteration to Perl
variable I<$hash{"key"}> affects the Tcl variable I
and I.

=head2 Accessing Perl from within Tcl

After creation of Tcl interpreter, in addition to evaluation of Tcl/Tk
commands within Perl, other way round also instantiated. Within a special
namespace C< ::perl > following objects are created:

   ::perl::Eval

So it is possible to use Perl objects from within Tcl.

=head2 Moving Tcl/Tk around with Tcl.pm

NOTE: explanations below is for developers managing Tcl/Tk installations
itself, users should skip this section.

In order to create Tcl/Tk application with this module, you need to make
sure that Tcl/Tk is available within visibility of this module. There are
many ways to achieve this, varying on ease of starting things up and
providing flexible moveable archived files.

Following list enumerates them, in order of increased possibility to change
location.

=over

=item *

First method

Install Tcl/Tk first, then install Perl module Tcl, so installed Tcl/Tk will
be used. This is most normal approach, and no care of Tcl/Tk distribution is
taken on Perl side (this is done on Tcl/Tk side)

=item *

Second method

Copy installed Tcl/Tk binaries to some location, then install Perl module Tcl
with a special action to make Tcl.pm know of this location. This approach
makes sure that only chosen Tcl installation is used.

=item *

Third method

During compiling Tcl Perl module, Tcl/Tk could be statically linked into
module's shared library and all other files zipped into a single archive, so
each file extracted when needed.

To link Tcl/Tk binaries, prepare their libraries and then instruct Makefile.PL
to use these libraries in a link stage.
(TODO provide better detailed description)

=back

=cut

use strict;

our $DL_PATH;
unless (defined $DL_PATH) {
    $DL_PATH = $ENV{PERL_TCL_DL_PATH} || $ENV{PERL_TCL_DLL} || "";
}

unless ($DL_PATH) {
    require Config;
    for my $inc (@INC) {
        my $tkkit = "$inc/auto/Tcl/tkkit.$Config::Config{so}";
        if (-f $tkkit) {
            $DL_PATH = $tkkit;
            last;
        }
    }
}


my $path;
if ($^O eq 'darwin') {
 # Darwin 7.9 (OS X 10.3) requires the path of the executable be prepended
 # for #! scripts to operate properly (avoids RegisterProcess error).
 require Config;
 unless (grep { $_ eq $Config::Config{binexp} } split $Config::Config{path_sep}, $ENV{PATH}) {
   $path = join $Config::Config{path_sep}, $Config::Config{binexp}, $ENV{PATH};
 }
}

require XSLoader;

{
    local $ENV{PATH} = $path if $path;
    XSLoader::load('Tcl', $Tcl::VERSION);
}

sub new {
    my $int = _new(@_);
    return $int;
}

eval {
    require "Tclaux.pm";
};

END {
    Tcl::_Finalize();
}

#TODO make better wording here
# %anon_refs keeps track of anonymous subroutines that were created with
# "CreateCommand" method during process of transformation of arguments for
# "call" and other stuff such as scalar refs and so on.
# (TODO -- find out how to check for refcounting and proper releasing of
# resources)

my %anon_refs;

# %widget_refs is an array to hold refs that were created when working with
# widget the point is - it's not dangerous to delete more than needed, because
# those will be re-created at the very next time they needed.
# however when widget goes away, it is good to delete anything that comes
# into mind with that widget
my %widget_refs;
my $current_widget = '';
sub _current_refs_widget {$current_widget=shift}

# Subroutine "call" preprocess the arguments for special cases
# and then calls "icall" (implemented in Tcl.xs), which invokes
# the command in Tcl.
sub call {
    my $interp = shift;
    my @args = @_;

    # Process arguments looking for special cases
    for (my $argcnt=0; $argcnt<=$#args; $argcnt++) {
	my $arg = $args[$argcnt];
	my $ref = ref($arg);
	next unless $ref;
	if ($ref eq 'CODE') {
	    # We have been passed something like \&subroutine
	    # Create a proc in Tcl that invokes this subroutine (no args)
	    $args[$argcnt] = $interp->create_tcl_sub($arg);
	    $widget_refs{$current_widget}->{$args[$argcnt]}++;
	}
	elsif ($ref =~ /^Tcl::Tk::Widget\b/) {
	    # We have been passed a widget reference.
	    # Convert to its Tk pathname (eg, .top1.fr1.btn2)
	    $args[$argcnt] = $arg->path;
	    $current_widget = $args[$argcnt] if $argcnt==0;
	}
	elsif ($ref eq 'SCALAR') {
	    # We have been passed something like \$scalar
	    # Create a tied variable between Tcl and Perl.

	    # stringify scalar ref, create in ::perl namespace on Tcl side
	    # This will be SCALAR(0xXXXXXX) - leave it to become part of a
	    # Tcl array.
	    my $nm = "::perl::$arg";
	    #$nm =~ s/\W/_/g; # remove () from stringified name
	    unless (exists $anon_refs{$nm}) {
		$widget_refs{$current_widget}->{$nm}++;
		$anon_refs{$nm} = $arg;
		my $s = $$arg;
		tie $$arg, 'Tcl::Var', $interp, $nm;
		$s = '' unless defined $s;
		$$arg = $s;
	    }
	    $args[$argcnt] = $nm; # ... and substitute its name
	}
	elsif ($ref eq 'HASH') {
	    # We have been passed something like \%hash
	    # Create a tied variable between Tcl and Perl.

	    # stringify hash ref, create in ::perl namespace on Tcl side
	    # This will be HASH(0xXXXXXX) - leave it to become part of a
	    # Tcl array.
	    my $nm = $arg;
	    $nm =~ s/\W/_/g; # remove () from stringified name
	    $nm = "::perl::$nm";
	    unless (exists $anon_refs{$nm}) {
		$widget_refs{$current_widget}->{$nm}++;
		$anon_refs{$nm} = $arg;
		my %s = %$arg;
		tie %$arg, 'Tcl::Var', $interp, $nm;
		%$arg = %s;
	    }
	    $args[$argcnt] = $nm; # ... and substitute its name
	}
	elsif ($ref eq 'ARRAY' && ref($arg->[0]) eq 'CODE') {
	    # We have been passed something like [\&subroutine, $arg1, ...]
	    # Create a proc in Tcl that invokes this subroutine with args
	    my $events;
	    # Look for Tcl::Ev objects as the first arg - these must be
	    # passed through for Tcl to evaluate.  Used primarily for %-subs
	    # This could check for any arg ref being Tcl::Ev obj, but it
	    # currently doesn't.
	    if ($#$arg >= 1 && ref($arg->[1]) eq 'Tcl::Ev') {
		$events = splice(@$arg, 1, 1);
	    }
	    $args[$argcnt] =
		$interp->create_tcl_sub(sub {
		    $arg->[0]->(@_, @$arg[1..$#$arg]);
		}, $events);
	}
	elsif ($ref eq 'ARRAY' && ref($arg->[0]) =~ /^Tcl::Tk::Widget\b/) {
	    # We have been passed [$Tcl_Tk_widget, 'method name', ...]
	    # Create a proc in Tcl that invokes said method with args
	    my $events;
	    # Look for Tcl::Ev objects as the first arg - these must be
	    # passed through for Tcl to evaluate.  Used primarily for %-subs
	    # This could check for any arg ref being Tcl::Ev obj, but it
	    # currently doesn't.
	    if ($#$arg >= 1 && ref($arg->[1]) eq 'Tcl::Ev') {
		$events = splice(@$arg, 1, 1);
	    }
	    my $wid = $arg->[0];
	    my $method_name = $arg->[1];
	    $args[$argcnt] =
		$interp->create_tcl_sub(sub {
		    $wid->$method_name(@$arg[2..$#$arg]);
		}, $events);
	}
	elsif (ref($arg) eq 'REF' and ref($$arg) eq 'SCALAR') {
	    # this is a very special shortcut: if we see construct like \\"xy"
	    # then place proper Tcl::Ev(...) for easier access
	    my $events = [map {"%$_"} split '', $$$arg];
	    if (ref($args[$argcnt+1]) eq 'ARRAY' &&
		ref($args[$argcnt+1]->[0]) eq 'CODE') {
		$arg = $args[$argcnt+1];
		$args[$argcnt] =
		    $interp->create_tcl_sub(sub {
			$arg->[0]->(@_, @$arg[1..$#$arg]);
		    }, $events);
	    }
	    elsif (ref($args[$argcnt+1]) eq 'CODE') {
		$args[$argcnt] = $interp->create_tcl_sub($args[$argcnt+1],$events);
	    }
	    else {
		warn "not CODE/ARRAY expected after description of event fields";
	    }
	    splice @args, $argcnt+1, 1;
	}
    }
    # Done with special var processing.  The only processing that icall
    # will do with the args is efficient conversion of SV to Tcl_Obj.
    # A SvIV will become a Tcl_IntObj, ARRAY refs will become Tcl_ListObjs,
    # and so on.  The return result from icall will do the opposite,
    # converting a Tcl_Obj to an SV.
    if (!$Tcl::STACK_TRACE) {
	return $interp->icall(@args);
    }
    elsif (wantarray) {
	my @res;
	eval { @res = $interp->icall(@args); };
	if ($@) {
	    require Carp;
	    Carp::confess ("Tcl error '$@' while invoking array result call:\n" .
		"\t\"@args\"");
	}
	return @res;
    } else {
	my $res;
	eval { $res = $interp->icall(@args); };
	if ($@) {
	    require Carp;
	    Carp::confess ("Tcl error '$@' while invoking scalar result call:\n" .
		"\t\"@args\"");
	}
	return $res;
    }
}

# wcall is simple wrapper to 'call' but it tries to search $res in %anon_hash
# This implementation is temporary
sub wcall {
    if (wantarray) {
	return call(@_);
    } else {
	my $res = call(@_);
	if (exists $anon_refs{$res}) {
	    return $anon_refs{$res};
	}
	return $res;
    }
}

sub return_ref {
    my $interp = shift;
    my $rname = shift;
    return $anon_refs{$rname};
}
sub delete_ref {
    my $interp = shift;
    my $rname = shift;
    my $ref = delete $anon_refs{$rname};
    if (ref($ref) eq 'CODE') {
	$interp->DeleteCommand($rname);
    }
    else {
	$interp->UnsetVar($rname); #TODO: will this delete variable in Tcl?
	untie $$ref;
    }
    return $ref;
}
sub return_widget_refs {
    my $interp = shift;
    my $wpath = shift;
    return keys %{$widget_refs{$wpath}};
}
sub delete_widget_refs {
    my $interp = shift;
    my $wpath = shift;
    for (keys %{$widget_refs{$wpath}}) {
	#print STDERR "del:$wpath($_)\n";
	delete $widget_refs{$wpath}->{$_};
	$interp->delete_ref($_);
    }
}

# create_tcl_sub will create TCL sub that will invoke perl anonymous sub
# If $events variable is specified then special processing will be
# performed to provide needed '%' variables.
# If $tclname is specified then procedure will have namely that name,
# otherwise it will have machine-readable name.
# Returns tcl script suitable for using in tcl events.
sub create_tcl_sub {
    my ($interp,$sub,$events,$tclname) = @_;
    unless ($tclname) {
	# stringify sub, becomes "CODE(0x######)" in ::perl namespace
	$tclname = "::perl::$sub";
    }
    unless (exists $anon_refs{$tclname}) {
	$anon_refs{$tclname} = $sub;
	$interp->CreateCommand($tclname, $sub, undef, undef, 1);
    }
    if ($events) {
	# Add any %-substitutions to callback
	$tclname = "$tclname " . join(' ', @{$events});
    }
    return $tclname;
}
sub Ev {
    my @events = @_;
    return bless \@events, "Tcl::Ev";
}


package Tcl::List;

use overload '""' => \&as_string,
             fallback => 1;

package Tcl::Var;

sub TIESCALAR {
    my $class = shift;
    my @objdata = @_;
    unless (@_ == 2 || @_ == 3) {
	require Carp;
	Carp::croak('Usage: tie $s, Tcl::Var, $interp, $varname [, $flags]');
    };
    bless \@objdata, $class;
}

sub TIEHASH {
    my $class = shift;
    my @objdata = @_;
    unless (@_ == 2 || @_ == 3) {
	require Carp;
	Carp::croak('Usage: tie %hash, Tcl::Var, $interp, $varname [, $flags]');
    }
    bless \@objdata, $class;
}

my %arraystates;
sub FIRSTKEY {
    my $obj = shift;
    die "STORE Usage: objdata @{$obj} $#{$obj}, not 2 or 3 (@_)"
	unless @{$obj} == 2 || @{$obj} == 3;
    my ($interp, $varname, $flags) = @$obj;
    $arraystates{$varname} = $interp->invoke("array","startsearch",$varname);
    my $r = $interp->invoke("array","nextelement",$varname,$arraystates{$varname});
    if ($r eq '') {
	delete $arraystates{$varname};
	return undef;
    }
    return $r;
}
sub NEXTKEY {
    my $obj = shift;
    die "STORE Usage: objdata @{$obj} $#{$obj}, not 2 or 3 (@_)"
	unless @{$obj} == 2 || @{$obj} == 3;
    my ($interp, $varname, $flags) = @$obj;
    my $r = $interp->invoke("array","nextelement",$varname,$arraystates{$varname});
    if ($r eq '') {
	delete $arraystates{$varname};
	return undef;
    }
    return $r;
}
sub CLEAR {
    my $obj = shift;
    die "STORE Usage: objdata @{$obj} $#{$obj}, not 2 or 3 (@_)"
	unless @{$obj} == 2 || @{$obj} == 3;
    my ($interp, $varname, $flags) = @$obj;
    $interp->invoke("array", "unset", "$varname");
    #$interp->invoke("array", "set", "$varname", "");
}
sub DELETE {
    my $obj = shift;
    unless (@{$obj} == 2 || @{$obj} == 3) {
	require Carp;
	Carp::croak("STORE Usage: objdata @{$obj} $#{$obj}, not 2 or 3 (@_)");
    }
    my ($interp, $varname, $flags) = @{$obj};
    my ($str1) = @_;
    $interp->invoke("unset", "$varname($str1)"); # protect strings?
}

sub UNTIE {
    my $ref = shift;
    #print STDERR "UNTIE:$ref(@_)\n";
}
sub DESTROY {
    my $ref = shift;
    delete $anon_refs{$ref->[1]};
}

# This is the perl equiv to the C version, for reference
#
#sub STORE {
#    my $obj = shift;
#    croak "STORE Usage: objdata @{$obj} $#{$obj}, not 2 or 3 (@_)"
#	unless @{$obj} == 2 || @{$obj} == 3;
#    my ($interp, $varname, $flags) = @{$obj};
#    my ($str1, $str2) = @_;
#    if ($str2) {
#	$interp->SetVar2($varname, $str1, $str2, $flags);
#    } else {
#	$interp->SetVar($varname, $str1, $flags || 0);
#    }
#}
#
#sub FETCH {
#    my $obj = shift;
#    croak "FETCH Usage: objdata @{$obj} $#{$obj}, not 2 or 3 (@_)"
#	unless @{$obj} == 2 || @{$obj} == 3;
#    my ($interp, $varname, $flags) = @{$obj};
#    my $key = shift;
#    if ($key) {
#	return $interp->GetVar2($varname, $key, $flags || 0);
#    } else {
#	return $interp->GetVar($varname, $flags || 0);
#    }
#}

package Tcl;

=head1 Other Tcl interpreter methods

=over 2

=item export_to_tcl method

An interpreter method, export_to_tcl, is used to expose a number of perl
subroutines and variables all at once into tcl/tk.

B takes a hash as arguments, which represents named parameters,
with following allowed values:

=over 4

=item B => '...'

tcl namespace, where commands and variables are to
be created, defaults to 'perl'. If '' is specified - then global
namespace is used. A possible '::' at end is stripped.

=item B => { ... }

anonymous hash of subs to be created in Tcl, in the form /tcl name/ => /code ref/

=item B => { ... }

anonymous hash of vars to be created in Tcl, in the form /tcl name/ => /code ref/

=item B => '...'

a name of Perl namespace, from where all existing subroutines will be searched
and Tcl command will be created for each of them.

=item B => '...'

a name of Perl namespace, from where all existing variables will be searched,
and each such variable will be tied to Tcl.

=back

An example:

  use strict;
  use Tcl;

  my $int = new Tcl;

  $tcl::foo = 'qwerty';
  $int->export_to_tcl(subs_from=>'tcl',vars_from=>'tcl');

  $int->Eval(<<'EOS');
  package require Tk

  button .b1 -text {a fluffy button} -command perl::fluffy_sub
  button .b2 -text {a foo button} -command perl::foo
  entry .e -textvariable perl::foo
  pack .b1 .b2 .e
  focus .b2

  tkwait window .
  EOS

  sub tcl::fluffy_sub {
      print "Hi, I am a fluffy sub\n";
  }
  sub tcl::foo {
      print "Hi, I am foo\n";
      $tcl::foo++;
  }

=cut

sub export_to_tcl {
    my $int = shift;
    my %args = @_;

    # name of Tcl package to hold tcl commands bound to perl subroutines
    my $tcl_namespace = (exists $args{namespace} ? $args{namespace} : 'perl::');
    $tcl_namespace=~s/(?:::)?$/::/;

    # a batch of perl subroutines which tcl counterparts should be created
    my $subs = $args{subs} || {};

    # a batch of perl variables which tcl counterparts should be created
    my $vars = $args{vars} || {};

    # TBD:
    # only => \@list_of_names
    # argument to be able to limit the names to export to Tcl.

    if (exists $args{subs_from}) {
	# name of Perl package, which subroutines would be bound to tcl commands
	my $subs_from = $args{subs_from};
	$subs_from =~ s/::$//;
	no strict 'refs';
	for my $name (keys %{"$subs_from\::"}) {
	    #print STDERR "$name;\n";
	    if (defined &{"$subs_from\::$name"}) {
		if (exists $subs->{$name}) {
		    next;
		}
		#print STDERR "binding sub '$name'\n";
		$int->CreateCommand("$tcl_namespace$name", \&{"$subs_from\::$name"}, undef, undef, 1);
	    }
	}
    }
    if (exists $args{vars_from}) {
	# name of Perl package, which subroutines would be bound to tcl commands
	my $vars_from = $args{vars_from};
	$vars_from =~ s/::$//;
	no strict 'refs';
	for my $name (keys %{"$vars_from\::"}) {
	    #print STDERR "$name;\n";
	    if (defined ${"$vars_from\::$name"}) {
		if (exists $vars->{$name}) {
		    next;
		}
		#print STDERR "binding var '$name' in '$tcl_namespace'\n";
		local $_ = ${"$vars_from\::$name"};
		tie ${"$vars_from\::$name"}, 'Tcl::Var', $int, "$tcl_namespace$name";
		${"$vars_from\::$name"} = $_;
	    }
	    if (0) {
		# array, hash - no need to do anything.
		# (or should we?)
	    }
	}
    }

    for my $subname (keys %$subs) {
	#print STDERR "binding2 sub '$subname'\n";
        $int->CreateCommand("$tcl_namespace$subname",$subs->{$subname}, undef, undef, 1);
    }

    for my $varname (keys %$vars) {
	#print STDERR "binding2 var '$varname'\n";
	unless (ref($vars->{$varname})) {
	    require 'Carp.pm';
	    Carp::croak("should pass var ref as variable bind parameter");
	}
	local $_ = ${$vars->{$varname}};
	tie ${$vars->{$varname}}, 'Tcl::Var', $int, "$tcl_namespace$varname";
	${$vars->{$varname}} = $_;
    }
}

=item B

extra convenience sub, binds to tcl all subs and vars from perl B namespace

=back

=cut

sub export_tcl_namespace {
    my $int = shift;
    $int->export_to_tcl(subs_from=>'tcl', vars_from=>'tcl');
}

=head1 AUTHORS

 Malcolm Beattie, [e-mail], 23 Oct 1994.
 Vadim Konovalov, [e-mail], 19 May 2003.
 Jeff Hobbs, jeff (a) activestate . com, 22 Mar 2004.
 Gisle Aas, gisle (a) activestate . com, 14 Apr 2004.

=head1 COPYRIGHT

This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under
the same terms as Perl itself.

See http://www.perl.com/perl/misc/Artistic.html

=cut

1;