| 1 | Bugs |
| 2 | fix small memory leaks on compile-time failures |
| 3 | |
| 4 | Unicode support |
| 5 | finish byte <-> utf8 and localencoding <-> utf8 conversions |
| 6 | make substr($bytestr,0,0,$charstr) do the right conversion |
| 7 | add Unicode::Map equivivalent to core |
| 8 | add support for I/O disciplines |
| 9 | - a way to specify disciplines when opening things: |
| 10 | open(F, "<:crlf :utf16", $file) |
| 11 | - a way to specify disciplines for an already opened handle: |
| 12 | binmode(STDIN, ":slurp :raw") |
| 13 | - a way to set default disciplines for all handle constructors: |
| 14 | use open IN => ":any", OUT => ":utf8", SYS => ":utf16" |
| 15 | eliminate need for "use utf8;" |
| 16 | autoload utf8_heavy.pl's swash routines in swash_init() |
| 17 | autoload byte.pm when byte:: is seen by the parser |
| 18 | check uv_to_utf8() calls for buffer overflow |
| 19 | |
| 20 | Multi-threading |
| 21 | support "use Thread;" under useithreads |
| 22 | add mechanism to: |
| 23 | - create new interpreter in a different thread |
| 24 | - exchange data between interpreters/threads |
| 25 | - share namespaces between interpreters/threads |
| 26 | work out consistent semantics for exit/die in threads |
| 27 | support for externally created threads? |
| 28 | Thread::Pool? |
| 29 | |
| 30 | Compiler |
| 31 | auto-produce executable |
| 32 | typed lexicals should affect B::CC::load_pad |
| 33 | workarounds to help Win32 |
| 34 | END blocks need saving in compiled output |
| 35 | _AUTOLOAD prodding |
| 36 | fix comppadlist (names in comppad_name can have fake SvCUR |
| 37 | from where newASSIGNOP steals the field) |
| 38 | |
| 39 | Namespace cleanup |
| 40 | CPP-space: restrict what we export from headers when !PERL_CORE |
| 41 | header-space: move into CORE/perl/? |
| 42 | API-space: complete the list of things that constitute public api |
| 43 | |
| 44 | Configure |
| 45 | make configuring+building away from source directory work (VPATH et al) |
| 46 | _r support |
| 47 | cross-compilation configuring |
| 48 | POSIX 1003.1 1996 Edition support |
| 49 | |
| 50 | Locales |
| 51 | deprecate traditional/legacy locales? |
| 52 | figure out how to support Unicode locales |
| 53 | locales across packages? |
| 54 | |
| 55 | Regexen |
| 56 | make RE engine thread-safe |
| 57 | POSIX [=bar=] and [.zap.] would nice too but there's no API for them |
| 58 | (=bar= could be done with Unicode, though, see TR about normalization forms) |
| 59 | approximate matching |
| 60 | |
| 61 | Security |
| 62 | use fchown, fchmod (and futimes?) internally when possible |
| 63 | use fchdir(how portable?) |
| 64 | |
| 65 | Reliable Signals |
| 66 | custom opcodes |
| 67 | alternate runops() for signal despatch |
| 68 | figure out how to die() in delayed sighandler |
| 69 | make Thread::Signal work under useithreads |
| 70 | |
| 71 | Win32 stuff |
| 72 | sort out the spawnvp() mess for system('a','b','c') compatibility |
| 73 | work out DLL versioning |
| 74 | |
| 75 | Miscellaneous |
| 76 | add new modules (Archive::Tar, Compress::Zlib, CPAN::FTP?) |
| 77 | sub-second sleep? (integrate Time::HiRes?) |
| 78 | floating point handling: nans, infinities, fp exception masks, etc |
| 79 | replace pod2html with new PodtoHtml? (requires other modules from CPAN) |
| 80 | automate testing with large parts of CPAN |
| 81 | Unicode collation? |
| 82 | |
| 83 | Ongoing |
| 84 | keep filenames 8.3 friendly, where feasible |
| 85 | upgrade to newer versions of all independently maintained modules |
| 86 | comprehensive perldelta.pod |
| 87 | |
| 88 | Documentation |
| 89 | describe new age patterns |
| 90 | update perl{guts,call,embed,xs} with additions, changes to API |
| 91 | document Win32 choices |
| 92 | spot-check all new modules for completeness |
| 93 | better docs for pack()/unpack() |
| 94 | reorg tutorials vs. reference sections |