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Correct, the move from Tcl 7 to Tcl 8 did not break Tcl code nor C extensions, and brought huge performance benefits. C extensions could be updated to use them
by lehenbauer 5y ago
Correct, the move from Tcl 7 to Tcl 8 did not break Tcl code nor C extensions, and brought huge performance benefits. C extensions could be updated to use them, but the C string API continued (and continues) to exist.