iGloo is a project to investigate the implications of building Snit's Not Incr Tcl on top of TIP #257: Object Orientation for Tcl. At present it's less a software product than a series of blog posts [1] about the issues I run into and how I solve them. I may make bits of code available as well; if so, they'll be found at [2]. Note, though, that any code I make public is subject to change without notice. -- WHD

Here are the blog posts in sequence:

• [3] iGloo: A Different Kind of Snit
• [4] iGloo: The "mymethod" Command
• [5] iGloo: Delayed Creation
• [6] iGloo: Type Methods and Type Variables
• [7] iGloo: Mixing in a Mixin
• [8] iGloo: Facing the Unknown
• [9] iGloo: A Dirty Trick
• [10] iGloo: A Problem with Delayed Creation

A note on the name: A couple of years ago, when Snit was beginning to catch on, there was a time when I seriously thought about changing its name. "iGloo" is my favorite of the names I came up; you can pronounce it "ig-loo" or, alternatively, "I Glue". I pronounce it the first way, but I mean the second. -- WHD

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Status: 02/03/2010 [11]

"The "iGloo" project is pretty much defunct. At this point, TclOO lacks two things that Snit needs: hierarchical methods (methods with subcommands, like the text widget's tag command), and direct support for configure/cget options. Of the two, hierarchical methods are the more critical...but Donal's been working on that"...

"Ultimately, I expect that TclOO will mature to the point that Snit is unnecessary, or Snit 3 will be built on TclOO. Unfortunately, as I said in another post, I really need support for hierarchical methods, and it's not there in TclOO yet"...

quoted from WHD (Oct 23 2009)

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Discussion

RLH I am glad you stuck with Snit! ; )

WHD Would just plain "Gloo" (punning on both "Glue" and "OO") be better?

RLH It doesn't screem at me like iGloo does. Snit is better though.

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