The C++/Tcl library depends on a modern C++17 compiler. We test on both Clang and g++ toolchains. The C++/Tcl library is compiled using CMake. We provide simple makefiles for FreeBSD, Linux and OS X platforms.
The C++/Tcl library consists of the following files:
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cpptcl/cpptcl.h- to be#included in your own projects, -
cpptcl.cc- to be linked with your own projects, -
additional files in the
cpptcl/detailsdirectory - this directory should be visible on the include search path.
The C++/Tcl library depends on the Tcl core library. We support TCL 8.6.x and higher.
Note: In its current version, the C++/Tcl library is not thread-safe in the sense that it should not be used in the multithreaded environment, where many threads can register new commands or use extended commands in scripts.
The C++/Tcl library provides two libraries. Applications that will embed TCL can used static linking. TCL extensions require the use of dynamic linking.
The static library libcpptcl_static can be linked with -lcpptcl_static. TCL can be linked using the libtcl8.6.a archive file and libtclstub8.6.a files. Programs that embed TCL with static linkage must define -DCPPTCL_NO_TCL_STUBS to disable TCL's stub mechanism for dynamic loading.
For dynamic linkage use -lcpptcl. The dynamic library for cpptcl will not create a dependency on the TCL dynamic library because it is compiled using the libtclstub8.6.a archive.
The test code, in the test directory, provides the best examples of using the C++/TCL library. The tests include TCL interpreter creation and TCL extension creation.
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