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build-info
Build info
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Synopsis#
::tcl::build-info ?field?
Description#
This command provides a way to retrieve information about how Tcl was built. Without any options, the command returns the Tcl patchlevel, followed by the '+'-sign, followed by the fossil commit-id followed by a list of dot-separated tags. If a field is given, this command extracts that field as described below. Any other field value not mentioned below will always return "0". For official Tcl releases, the fields are:
::tcl::build-info clang#-
Returns the clang version number (as 4 digits) if Tcl is compiled with clang, 0 otherwise.
::tcl::build-info commit#-
Returns the fossil commit-id where Tcl was built from.
::tcl::build-info compiledebug#-
Returns 1 if Tcl is compiled with
-DTCL_COMPILE_DEBUG, 0 otherwise. ::tcl::build-info compiler#-
Returns the compiler name (either clang, gcc, icc or msvc), followed by a dash and a (4-digit) version number.
::tcl::build-info compilestats#-
Returns 1 if Tcl is compiled with
-DTCL_COMPILE_STATS, 0 otherwise. ::tcl::build-info cplusplus#-
Returns 1 if Tcl is compiled with a C++ compiler, 0 otherwise.
::tcl::build-info debug#-
Returns 1 if Tcl is not compiled with
-DNDEBUG, 0 otherwise. ::tcl::build-info gcc#-
Returns the gcc version number (as 4 digits) if Tcl is compiled with gcc, 0 otherwise.
::tcl::build-info icc#-
Returns the icc version number (as 4 digits) if Tcl is compiled with icc, 0 otherwise.
::tcl::build-info ilp32#-
Returns 1 if Tcl is compiled such that integers, longs and pointers are all 32-bit, 0 otherwise.
::tcl::build-info memdebug#-
Returns 1 if Tcl is compiled with
-DTCL_MEM_DEBUG, 0 otherwise. ::tcl::build-info msvc#-
Returns the msvc version number (as 4 digits) if Tcl is compiled with msvc, 0 otherwise.
::tcl::build-info nmake#-
Returns 1 if Tcl is built using nmake, 0 otherwise.
::tcl::build-info no-deprecate#-
Returns 1 if Tcl is compiled with
-DTCL_NO_DEPRECATED, 0 otherwise. ::tcl::build-info no-thread#-
Returns 1 if Tcl is compiled with
-DTCL_THREADS=0, 0 otherwise. ::tcl::build-info no-optimize#-
Returns 1 if Tcl is not compiled with
-DTCL_CFG_OPTIMIZED, 0 otherwise. ::tcl::build-info objective-c#-
Returns 1 if Tcl is compiled with an objective-c compiler, 0 otherwise.
::tcl::build-info objective-cplusplus#-
Returns 1 if Tcl is compiled with an objective-c++ compiler, 0 otherwise.
::tcl::build-info patchlevel#-
Returns the Tcl patchlevel, same as
info patchlevel. ::tcl::build-info profile#-
Returns 1 if Tcl is compiled with
-DTCL_CFG_PROFILED, 0 otherwise. ::tcl::build-info purify#-
Returns 1 if Tcl is compiled with
-DPURIFY, 0 otherwise. ::tcl::build-info static#-
Returns 1 if Tcl is compiled as a static library, 0 otherwise.
::tcl::build-info tommath#-
Returns the libtommath version number (as 4 digits) if libtommath is built into Tcl, 0 otherwise.
::tcl::build-info version#-
Returns the Tcl version, same as
info tclversion. ::tcl::build-info zlib#-
Returns the zlib version number (as 4 digits) if zlib is built into Tcl, 0 otherwise.
Examples#
These show the use of ::tcl::build-info.
::tcl::build-info
→ 9.0.2+af16c07b81655fabde8028374161ad54b84ef9956843c63f49976b4ef601b611.gcc-1204
::tcl::build-info commit
→ af16c07b81655fabde8028374161ad54b84ef9956843c63f49976b4ef601b611
::tcl::build-info compiler
→ gcc-1204
::tcl::build-info gcc
→ 1204
::tcl::build-info version
→ 9.0
::tcl::build-info patchlevel
→ 9.0.2
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Copyright#
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