Multi-threading $AUTOLOAD. Hmm. consistent semantics for exit/die in threads SvREFCNT_dec(curstack) in threadstart() in Thread.xs better support for externally created threads Thread::Pool spot-check globals like statcache and global GVs for thread-safety Compiler auto-produce executable typed lexicals should affect B::CC::load_pad workarounds to help Win32 END blocks need saving in compiled output _AUTOLOAD prodding fix comppadlist (names in comppad_name can have fake SvCUR from where newASSIGNOP steals the field) Namespace cleanup CPP-space: restrict what we export from headers header-space: move into CORE/perl/ API-space: begin list of things that constitute public api MULTIPLICITY support complete work on safe recursive interpreters, Cnew()> revisit extra implicit arg that provides curthread/curinterp context Configure make configuring+building away from source directory work (VPATH et al) _r support cross-compilation configuring mmap support POSIX 1003.1 1996 Edition support Locales locales across packages decimal separator (3,1415927 is Europeanese for an approximation of pi) Regexen POSIX [=bar=] and [.zap.] would nice too but there's no API for them (=bar= could be done with Unicode, though) approximate matching Reliable Signals alternate runops() for signal despatch figure out how to die() in delayed sighandler add tests for Thread::Signal Win32 stuff get PERL_OBJECT building under gcc get PERL_OBJECT building on non-win32 automate generation of 'protected' prototypes for CPerlObj rename new headers to be consistent with the rest sort out the spawnvp() mess work out DLL versioning style-check Miscellaneous rename and alter ISA.pm magic_setisa should be made to update %FIELDS [???] add new modules (Archive::Tar, Compress::Zlib, CPAN::FTP?) fix pod2html to generate relative URLs automate testing with large parts of CPAN Ongoing keep filenames 8.3 friendly, where feasible upgrade to newer versions of all independently maintained modules comprehensive perldelta.pod Documentation describe new age patterns update perl{guts,call,embed,xs} with additions, changes to API document Win32 choices spot-check all new modules for completeness better docs for pack()/unpack() reorg tutorials vs. reference sections