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	1	Tie Modules
	2	VecArray Implement array using vec()
	3	SubstrArray Implement array using substr()
	4	VirtualArray Implement array using a file
	5	ShiftSplice Defines shift et al in terms of splice method
	6
	7	Would be nice to have
	8	pack "(stuff)*"
	9	Contiguous bitfields in pack/unpack
	10	lexperl
	11	Bundled perl preprocessor
	12	Use posix calls internally where possible
	13	gettimeofday (possibly best left for a module?)
	14	format BOTTOM
	15	-i rename file only when successfully changed
	16	All ARGV input should act like <>
	17	report HANDLE [formats].
	18	support in perlmain to rerun debugger
	19	regression tests using __DIE__ hook
	20	reference to compiled regexp
	21	lexically scoped functions: my sub foo { ... }
	22	lvalue functions
	23	regression/sanity tests for suidperl
	24	Full 64 bit support (i.e. "long long")
	25	Generalise Errno way of extracting cpp symbols and use that in
	26	Errno and Fcntl (ExtUtils::CppSymbol?)
	27
	28	Possible pragmas
	29	debugger
	30	optimize (use less memory, CPU)
	31
	32	Optimizations
	33	constant function cache
	34	switch structures
	35	foreach(reverse...)
	36	Set KEEP on constant split
	37	Cache eval tree (unless lexical outer scope used (mark in &compiling?))
	38	rcatmaybe
	39	Shrink opcode tables via multiple implementations selected in peep
	40	Cache hash value? (Not a win, according to Guido)
	41	Optimize away @_ where possible
	42	"one pass" global destruction
	43	Rewrite regexp parser for better integrated optimization
	44	LRU cache of regexp: foreach $pat (@pats) { foo() if /$pat/ }
	45
	46	Vague possibilities
	47	ref function in list context
	48	make tr/// return histogram in list context?
	49	Loop control on do{} et al
	50	Explicit switch statements
	51	built-in globbing
	52	compile to real threaded code
	53	structured types
	54	autocroak?
	55	Modifiable $1 et al
	56