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Hello everyone,

I am pleased to announce the release of TBCX v1.0.

TBCX is a C extension for Tcl 9.1+ that serializes compiled Tcl bytecode
(plus enough metadata to reconstruct `proc`s, TclOO methods, and lambda constructs) into a compact binary file — and later allows to load that
file into another interpreter for fast startup without re-parsing or re-compiling the original source. There’s also a disassembler for human-readable inspection.

The binary files that store the bytecode are not encoded/obfuscated in
any way. If you seek to hide the content of your Tcl source code, you
will need to add additional mechanisms. Both tbcx::save and tbcx::load
play nicely with Tcl input/output channels.

Compatibility:

This package supports only Tcl 9.1+. For previous versions you may want
to use

- https://github.com/tcltk-depot/tclcompiler
- https://github.com/tcltk-depot/tbcload

Project Homepage:

https://github.com/bagnongithub/tbcx

Documentation:

https://bagnongithub.github.io/tbcx

License:

MIT License

Feedback/Bug Reports:

Feedback is welcome on the issue tracker https://github.com/bagnongithub/tbcx/issues
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From Newsgroup: comp.lang.tcl

Am 26.10.2025 um 21:01 schrieb bagnon:

Hello everyone,

I am pleased to announce the release of TBCX v1.0.

TBCX is a C extension for Tcl 9.1+ that serializes compiled Tcl bytecode (plus enough metadata to reconstruct `proc`s, TclOO methods, and lambda constructs) into a compact binary file — and later allows to load that file into another interpreter for fast startup without re-parsing or re-compiling the original source. There’s also a disassembler for human- readable inspection.

The binary files that store the bytecode are not encoded/obfuscated in
any way. If you seek to hide the content of your Tcl source code, you
will need to add additional mechanisms. Both tbcx::save and tbcx::load
play nicely with Tcl input/output channels.

Compatibility:

This package supports only Tcl 9.1+. For previous versions you may want
to use

-  https://github.com/tcltk-depot/tclcompiler
-  https://github.com/tcltk-depot/tbcload

Project Homepage:

   https://github.com/bagnongithub/tbcx

Documentation:

   https://bagnongithub.github.io/tbcx

License:

   MIT License

Feedback/Bug Reports:

Feedback is welcome on the issue tracker https://github.com/ bagnongithub/tbcx/issues

I don't fully understand how this package works but I get it, that it
makes loading of Tcl code faster, right?

Is the compiled code also faster than the original Tcl code?
For example, if I compile a Tcl procedure with TBCX, will that procedure
run faster every time I call it?

Thanks
Alex
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Am 27.10.2025 um 07:53 schrieb meshparts:

Is the compiled code also faster than the original Tcl code?
For example, if I compile a Tcl procedure with TBCX, will that procedure
run faster every time I call it?

No. You only save the compile time the first time tcl sees your
procedure. This is a one time saving.
So, it is only the first call which is faster.

Harald
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Hi Miquel,
that sounds great !
The "metadata assembly" of TCL-OO objects sounds like a totally new functionality.

As you know, my aim is to get this as close to the core as possible.

I hope, the MIT licence is compatible to the core licence.

Thanks for all, I appreciate,
Harald

Am 26.10.2025 um 21:01 schrieb bagnon:

Hello everyone,

I am pleased to announce the release of TBCX v1.0.

TBCX is a C extension for Tcl 9.1+ that serializes compiled Tcl bytecode (plus enough metadata to reconstruct `proc`s, TclOO methods, and lambda constructs) into a compact binary file — and later allows to load that file into another interpreter for fast startup without re-parsing or re-compiling the original source. There’s also a disassembler for human- readable inspection.

The binary files that store the bytecode are not encoded/obfuscated in
any way. If you seek to hide the content of your Tcl source code, you
will need to add additional mechanisms. Both tbcx::save and tbcx::load
play nicely with Tcl input/output channels.

Compatibility:

This package supports only Tcl 9.1+. For previous versions you may want
to use

-  https://github.com/tcltk-depot/tclcompiler
-  https://github.com/tcltk-depot/tbcload

Project Homepage:

   https://github.com/bagnongithub/tbcx

Documentation:

   https://bagnongithub.github.io/tbcx

License:

   MIT License

Feedback/Bug Reports:

Feedback is welcome on the issue tracker https://github.com/ bagnongithub/tbcx/issues

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Thanks a lot Harald.

I'm not an expert in source code license types, but changing the license
would be the least of the problems here, let me know what you need.

I encourage folks to try this, would be nice to have feedback from a
wide usage.

Best regards

On 27/10/2025 09:12, Harald Oehlmann wrote:

Hi Miquel,
that sounds great !
The "metadata assembly" of TCL-OO objects sounds like a totally new functionality.

As you know, my aim is to get this as close to the core as possible.

I hope, the MIT licence is compatible to the core licence.

Thanks for all, I appreciate,
Harald

Am 26.10.2025 um 21:01 schrieb bagnon:

Hello everyone,

I am pleased to announce the release of TBCX v1.0.

TBCX is a C extension for Tcl 9.1+ that serializes compiled Tcl
bytecode (plus enough metadata to reconstruct `proc`s, TclOO methods,
and lambda constructs) into a compact binary file — and later allows
to load that file into another interpreter for fast startup without
re-parsing or
re-compiling the original source. There’s also a disassembler for
human- readable inspection.

The binary files that store the bytecode are not encoded/obfuscated in
any way. If you seek to hide the content of your Tcl source code, you
will need to add additional mechanisms. Both tbcx::save and tbcx::load
play nicely with Tcl input/output channels.

Compatibility:

This package supports only Tcl 9.1+. For previous versions you may
want to use

-  https://github.com/tcltk-depot/tclcompiler
-  https://github.com/tcltk-depot/tbcload

Project Homepage:

    https://github.com/bagnongithub/tbcx

Documentation:

    https://bagnongithub.github.io/tbcx

License:

    MIT License

Feedback/Bug Reports:

Feedback is welcome on the issue tracker https://github.com/
bagnongithub/tbcx/issues

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From Newsgroup: comp.lang.tcl

On 10/26/2025 4:01 PM, bagnon wrote:

Hello everyone,

I am pleased to announce the release of TBCX v1.0.

TBCX is a C extension for Tcl 9.1+ that serializes compiled Tcl bytecode

Question:

Do you need to compile source code first to use this package? Or does
it first compile the source code and then serialize it?

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From Newsgroup: comp.lang.tcl

On 28/10/2025 18:21, saito wrote:

On 10/26/2025 4:01 PM, bagnon wrote:

Hello everyone,

I am pleased to announce the release of TBCX v1.0.

TBCX is a C extension for Tcl 9.1+ that serializes compiled Tcl bytecode

Question:

Do you need to compile source code first to use this package?  Or does
it first compile the source code and then serialize it?

You pass tcl source code to the tbcx::save command, an this one takes
care to compile and save/serialize it in one go.

https://bagnongithub.github.io/tbcx/


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