Retract #6826 as the #6828 should be do the same

[perl5.git] / Todo-5.6

diff --git a/Todo-5.6 b/Todo-5.6
index 536a59c..30c7cc0 100644 (file)
--- a/Todo-5.6
+++ b/Todo-5.6
@@ -12,7 +12,11 @@ Unicode support
     eliminate need for "use utf8;"
     autoload byte.pm when byte:: is seen by the parser
     check uv_to_utf8() calls for buffer overflow
-    (see also "Locales", "Regexen", and "Miscellaneous")
+    make \uXXXX (and \u{XXXX}?) where XXXX are hex digits
+       to work similarly to Unicode tech reports and Java
+       notation \uXXXX (and already existing \x{XXXX))?
+       more than four hexdigits? make also \U+XXXX work?
+    See also "Locales", "Regexen", and "Miscellaneous".
 
 Multi-threading
     support "use Thread;" under useithreads
@@ -39,18 +43,18 @@ Namespace cleanup
     API-space:    complete the list of things that constitute public api
 
 Configure
-    fix the vicious cyclic multidependency of cc <-> libpth <-> loclibpth
-       libswanted <-> usethreads <-> use64bitint <-> use64bitall <->
-       uselargefiles <-> ...  
     make configuring+building away from source directory work (VPATH et al)
        this is related to: cross-compilation configuring (see Todo)
     _r support (see Todo for mode detailed description)
     POSIX 1003.1 1996 Edition support--realtime stuff:
        POSIX semaphores, message queues, shared memory, realtime clocks,
        timers, signals (the metaconfig units mostly already exist for these)
-    better shadow password support: see pp_sys.c:pp_gpwent()
+       PREFERABLY AS AN EXTENSION
     UNIX98 support: reader-writer locks, realtime/asynchronous IO
+       PREFERABLY AS AN EXTENSION
     IPv6 support: see RFC2292, RFC2553
+       PREFERABLY AS AN EXTENSION
+       there already is Socket6 in CPAN
 
 Long doubles
     figure out where the PV->NV->PV conversion gets it wrong at least
@@ -61,6 +65,7 @@ Long doubles
 64-bit support
     Configure probe for quad_t, uquad_t, and (argh) u_quad_t, they might
     be in some systems the only thing working as quadtype and uquadtype.
+    more pain: long_long, u_long_long. 
 
 Locales
     deprecate traditional/legacy locales?
@@ -125,6 +130,7 @@ Win32 stuff
     work out DLL versioning
 
 Miscellaneous
+    introduce @( and @) because group names can have spaces
     add new modules (Archive::Tar, Compress::Zlib, CPAN::FTP?)
     sub-second sleep()? alarm()? time()? (integrate Time::HiRes?
        Configure doesn't yet probe for usleep/nanosleep/ualarm but
@@ -137,9 +143,12 @@ Miscellaneous
        (no metaconfig units yet for these).
         Don't forget finitel(), fp_classl(), fp_class_l(), (yes, both do,
        unfortunately, exist), and unorderedl().
+       PREFERABLY AS AN EXTENSION.
        As of 5.6.1 there is cpp macro Perl_isnan().
     fix the basic arithmetics (+ - * / %) to preserve IVness/UVness if
-       both arguments are IVs/UVs
+       both arguments are IVs/UVs: it sucks that one cannot see
+       the 'carry flag' (or equivalent) of the CPU from C,
+       C is too high-level...
     replace pod2html with new PodtoHtml? (requires other modules from CPAN)
     automate testing with large parts of CPAN
     Unicode collation? http://www.unicode.org/unicode/reports/tr10/
@@ -161,3 +170,5 @@ Documentation
     spot-check all new modules for completeness
     better docs for pack()/unpack()
     reorg tutorials vs. reference sections
+    make roffitall to be dynamical about its pods and libs
+