15.11. Slave Interpreters

Slave interpreters are Tcl interpreters that are children of some other interpreter (called the master). They are used in cases where there is a need to evaluate a Tcl script in a context that is substantially different from that of the main Tcl program, such as

• Processing untrusted code

• Handling a plugin mechanism for a larger program that does not expose the details of the main body of the application

• Creating a friendlier API for configuring an application

• Isolating executions of some code from each other

• Limiting the resources that may be used for a particular operation