2 files changed, 9 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/lib/thread.rb b/lib/thread.rb
index 8f7f6cdd6a..c47d7b20a4 100644
--- a/lib/thread.rb
+++ b/lib/thread.rb
@@ -69,6 +69,10 @@ class Mutex
       unlock
     end
   end
+
+  def num_waiting
+    @waiting.size
+  end
 end
 
 class Queue
@@ -137,4 +141,8 @@ class SizedQueue<Queue
     pop = super
     pop
   end
+
+  def num_waiting
+    @waiting.size + @queue_wait.size
+  end
 end
diff --git a/lib/tk.rb b/lib/tk.rb
index 5a3bf2052b..8d2e3b1f0e 100644
--- a/lib/tk.rb
+++ b/lib/tk.rb
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ module TkComm
   private :error_at
 
   def tk_tcl2ruby(val)
-    if val.include? ? 
+    if val.include? ?\s
       return val.split.collect{|v| tk_tcl2ruby(v)}
     end
     case val