namespace: restore namespace import support
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1 # Implements script-based implementations of various namespace
2 # subcommands
4 # (c) 2011 Steve Bennett <steveb@workware.net.au>
7 proc {namespace delete} {args} {
8 foreach name $args {
9 if {$name ni {:: ""}} {
10 set name [uplevel 1 [list ::namespace canon $name]]
11 foreach i [info commands ${name}::*] { rename $i "" }
12 uplevel #0 [list unset {*}[info globals ${name}::*]]
17 proc {namespace origin} {name} {
18 set nscanon [uplevel 1 [list ::namespace canon $name]]
19 if {[exists -alias $nscanon]} {
20 tailcall {namespace origin} [info alias $nscanon]
22 if {[exists -command $nscanon]} {
23 return ::$nscanon
25 if {[exists -command $name]} {
26 return ::$name
29 return -code error "invalid command name \"$name\""
32 proc {namespace which} {{type -command} name} {
33 set nsname ::[uplevel 1 [list ::namespace canon $name]]
34 if {$type eq "-variable"} {
35 return $nsname
37 if {$type eq "-command"} {
38 if {[exists -command $nsname]} {
39 return $nsname
40 } elseif {[exists -command ::$name]} {
41 return ::$name
43 return ""
45 return -code error {wrong # args: should be "namespace which ?-command? ?-variable? name"}
49 proc {namespace code} {arg} {
50 if {[string first "::namespace inscope " $arg] == 0} {
51 # Already scoped
52 return $arg
54 list ::namespace inscope [uplevel 1 ::namespace current] $arg
57 proc {namespace inscope} {name arg args} {
58 tailcall namespace eval $name $arg $args
61 proc {namespace import} {args} {
62 set current [uplevel 1 ::namespace canon]
64 foreach pattern $args {
65 foreach cmd [info commands [namespace canon $current $pattern]] {
66 if {[namespace qualifiers $cmd] eq $current} {
67 return -code error "import pattern \"$pattern\" tries to import from namespace \"$current\" into itself"
69 alias ${current}::[namespace tail $cmd] $cmd
74 # namespace-aware info commands: procs, channels, globals, locals, vars
75 proc {namespace info} {cmd {pattern *}} {
76 set current [uplevel 1 ::namespace canon]
77 # Now we may need to strip $pattern
78 if {[string first :: $pattern] == 0} {
79 set global 1
80 set prefix ::
81 } else {
82 set global 0
83 set clen [string length $current]
84 incr clen 2
86 set fqp [namespace canon $current $pattern]
87 switch -glob -- $cmd {
88 co* - p* {
89 if {$global} {
90 set result [info $cmd $fqp]
91 } else {
92 # Add commands in the current namespace
93 set r {}
94 foreach c [info $cmd $fqp] {
95 dict set r [string range $c $clen end] 1
97 if {[string match co* $cmd]} {
98 # Now in the global namespace
99 foreach c [info -nons commands $pattern] {
100 dict set r $c 1
103 set result [dict keys $r]
106 ch* {
107 set result [info channels $pattern]
109 v* {
110 #puts "uplevel #0 info gvars $fqp"
111 set result [uplevel #0 info -nons vars $fqp]
113 g* {
114 set result [info globals $fqp]
116 l* {
117 set result [uplevel 1 info -nons locals $pattern]
120 if {$global} {
121 set result [lmap p $result { set p $prefix$p }]
123 return $result
126 proc {namespace upvar} {ns args} {
127 set nscanon ::[uplevel 1 [list ::namespace canon $ns]]
128 set script [list upvar 0]
129 foreach {other local} $args {
130 lappend script ${nscanon}::$other $local
132 tailcall {*}$script