_Tcl::toList

Given a PMC, get a list from it. If the PMC is a TclList, this is as simple as returning the list.

_Tcl::toDict

Given a PMC, get a TclDict from it, converting as needed.

_Tcl::toNumber

Given a PMC, get a number from it.

_Tcl::toInteger

Given a PMC, get an integer from it.

_Tcl::getIndex

Given a tcl string index and an List pmc, return the corresponding numeric index.

_Tcl::getChannel

Given a string, return the appropriate channel.

_Tcl::compileExpr

Given an expression, return a subroutine, or optionally, the raw PIR

_Tcl::compileTcl

Given a chunk of tcl code, return a subroutine.

_Tcl::splitNamespace

Given a string namespace, return an array of names.

_Tcl::toBoolean

Given a string, return its boolean value if it's a valid boolean. Otherwise, throw an exception.

_Tcl::getCallLevel

Given a pmc containing the tcl-style call level, return an int-like pmc indicating the parrot-style level, and an integer with a boolean 0/1 - was this a valid tcl-style level, or did we get this value as a default?

_Tcl::backslash_newline_subst

Given a string of tcl code, perform the backslash/newline subsitution.