I'm working on a project where I need to automatically identify the programming language of a given string. Specifically, I want to find a straightforward method to check if a string represents valid TCL code. Any suggestions on how I can achieve this in Python?
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One effective method is to actually run the string through a TCL lexer and parser. If it returns a syntax error, then it's not valid TCL. If you'd rather not run it, you could implement checks based on the TCL language specifications, but that might be complicated.
Using `subprocess.run` can help you if you just need to validate the code. It lets you call external programs, so you could leverage whatever you have available.