various cleanups and minor fixes

tests/support/test.tcl

@@ -37,13 +37,7 @@ proc assert_error {pattern code} {
 }
 
 proc assert_encoding {enc key} {
-    # Swapped out values don't have an encoding, so make sure that
-    # the value is swapped in before checking the encoding.
     set dbg [r debug object $key]
-    while {[string match "* swapped at:*" $dbg]} {
-        r debug swapin $key
-        set dbg [r debug object $key]
-    }
     assert_match "* encoding:$enc *" $dbg
 }