This page describes Tcl® calls that are no longer necessary but are retained to support legacy code. There is no reason to use these calls in new code. For information on the associated ToolBox calls and data structures, see INSIDE MACINTOSH: Interapplication Communication.


Archaic Commands

tclAE::build

Tcl wrapper for AEGizmosÕ AEBuild call. This call is largely still present for legacy reasons, since an AEDesc and an AEGizmo are interchangeable from the perspective of the Tcl programmer. One use of this call is for debugging; you can use tclAE::build to confirm that an AEGizmo will build before you use in production code. Otherwise, you don't really need it.

Synopsis

tclAE::build AEGizmo

Result

New AEDesc.

Description

Build an AEDesc from an AEGizmo string.

Alpha users: This is not to be confused with Alpha's old (and still existing) AEBuild call. Pete combined the functions of AEBuild and AESend, but it now makes sense to distinguish them.

tclAE::disposeDesc

Tcl wrapper for ToolBox AEDisposeDesc call. There is no particular need to call this any longer. Tcl garbage will dispose of AEDescs for you, but there is no harm in disposing of it earlier if you are done with it.

Synopsis

tclAE::disposeDesc theAEDesc

Result

None.

Description

The specified AEDesc is disposed of and its hash key is deleted.

tclAE::print

Tcl wrapper for AEGizmos AEPrint call. This call is only still present for legacy reasons, since an AEDesc and an AEGizmo are interchangeable from the perspective of the Tcl programmer.

Synopsis

tclAE::print anAEDesc

Result

AEGizmo string representation of anAEDesc.

Description

anAEDesc is passed through AEGizmosÕ AEPrint.


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