Re: Can one "reload" a package?

sbromle <sam@sambromley.com> wrote:
>> 2) Remove any new Tcl object types that have been defined (is this
>> possible?)
 
Adrian Ho wrote:
> You want to use Tcl_DecrRefCount() for this, methinks.

No, that's a completely different topic.

Once you register a Tcl_ObjType with Tcl_RegisterObjType(), you're
stuck. You won't be able to [unload] that extension.

The solution? Don't call Tcl_RegisterObjType().

There's no need to register your Tcl_ObjType in order to use it to
your heart's content within your extension, and the Tcl_ObjType need
not be registered in order to pass through the core.

It turns out that there are very few situations where registering the
Tcl_ObjType with the core has any value. Just don't do it, at least
not until experience has convinced you there's something you just can't
accomplish without doing so.

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