| Ticket UUID: | 1026493 | |||
| Title: | [interp alias] and [rename]: confusing error messages | |||
| Type: | Bug | Version: | None | |
| Submitter: | msofer | Created on: | 2004-09-11 22:08:54 | |
| Subsystem: | 20. [interp] | Assigned To: | msofer | |
| Priority: | 9 Immediate | Severity: | ||
| Status: | Closed | Last Modified: | 2004-11-01 04:05:57 | |
| Resolution: | Fixed | Closed By: | dgp | |
| Closed on: | 2004-10-31 21:05:57 | |||
| Description: |
% interp alias {} a {} b
a
% rename a c
% rename c b
cannot define or rename alias "a": would create a loop
This is related to Bug #707104, and the confusion
between tokens and command names.
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| User Comments: |
dgp added on 2004-11-01 04:05:57:
Logged In: YES user_id=80530 if there's any doubt, then skip it. Just wanted to be sure it was considered. msofer added on 2004-10-31 03:32:13: File Added - 107063: 1026493-8.4.patch Logged In: YES user_id=148712 Not sure about backporting: the fix of [Bug 707104] in HEAD changes the behaviour of aliases, and requires doc changes too. IMHO, not to be done in the stable branch. OTOH, a partial fix of the error message only is feasible (patch attached, not committed). But it does require changing tests interp-17.4-5. Isn't such a thing a no-no for the stable branch? As this particular bug is relatively harmless ... your call. dgp added on 2004-10-27 00:44:21: Logged In: YES user_id=80530 consider a backport for 8.4.8 msofer added on 2004-09-15 00:47:13: Logged In: YES user_id=148712 Patch to 707104 committed, this is fixed. msofer added on 2004-09-12 09:06:45: Logged In: YES user_id=148712 This bug is fixed by the patch 707104.patch2 attached to bug 707104. msofer added on 2004-09-12 05:27:27: Logged In: YES user_id=148712 It is relatively simple to make it so that the error message becomes cannot define or rename alias to "b": would create a loop by replacing 'aliasPtr->name' with 'Tcl_GetCommandName(cmdInterp, cmd)' in two error messages in the function TclPreventAliasLoop(). It seems rather more involved to obtain cannot define or rename alias "c": would create a loop | |||
Attachments:
- 1026493-8.4.patch [download] added by msofer on 2004-10-31 03:32:13. [details]