Hi folks,

In the tcl documentation of ::safe:: (safe base), it is said that by
default a safe interpreter created with :
    ::safe::interpCreate
can source, load and "package require" in the auto_path of its master.

Indeed, when using tcl on Linux installed through ActiveState, with tcllib
installed through teacup by :
    teacup install ActiveState::ActiveTcl,

there are many packages in the tcllib that cannot be required from a safe
interp.
EG:
    % package require math::bigfloat
    2.0.1
    % ::safe::interpCreate
    interp0
    % interp eval interp0 "package require math::bigfloat"
    can't find package math::bigfloat
    % interp eval interp0 "package require math::linearalgebra"
    can't find package math::linearalgebra

Indeed, the packages that cannot be loaded are installed in:
/opt/ActiveTcl-8.5/lib/teapot/package/tcl/teapot/tcl8/8.4/

Also, I cannot find any pkgIndex.tcl containing a reference to the
non-safely-requirable packages throughout the activetcl installation.


Questions are:
- why is the master interp able to require these packages ?

- is the problem due to ActiveState architecture?
Or to the ::safe:: mechanism?
Or to a specifity of those packages (eg : math::linearalgebra ,
math::bigfloat, but also many many others) ?
Or to a misunderstanding of my side of the ::safe:: auto_path documentation ?

- how can I work arround these problem so that I can load ?

- or does it mean that none of the packages in tcllib are supposed to be
loaded in a safe interpreter ?

Thanks much !
Nicolas


PS :

I've found also a problem with safe-loading of the package math.
This time, the safe interp is able to locate the package, but cannot load it.
I've reported the issue on the tcllib bugtracker :
https://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=detail&atid=112883&aid=1998628&group_id=12883

I mention this here in case it would also concern ActiveState. In this
case, I can post a bug report, if needed !
Thx

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