integrate ansi branch to get s/foo/PL_foo/ changes

[perl5.git] / Todo

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@@ -1,7 +1,3 @@
-Modules needed
-       X/Motif/Tk etc.
-       Curses
-
 Tie Modules
        VecArray                Implement array using vec()
        SubstrArray             Implement array using substr()
@@ -9,27 +5,24 @@ Tie Modules
        ShiftSplice             Defines shift et al in terms of splice method
 
 Would be nice to have
-       Profiler
        pack "(stuff)*"
        Contiguous bitfields in pack/unpack
        lexperl
        Bundled perl preprocessor
        Use posix calls internally where possible
-       const variables
        gettimeofday
-       bytecompiler
        format BOTTOM
-       $obj->can("method") to probe method inheritance
        -iprefix.
        -i rename file only when successfully changed
        All ARGV input should act like <>
-       Multiple levels of warning
-       .= shouldn't complain about undefined under -w
        report HANDLE [formats].
-       tie(FILEHANDLE, ...)
-       __DATA__
        support in perlmain to rerun debugger
-       make 'r' print return value like gdb 'fini'
+       regression tests using __DIE__ hook
+       reference to compiled regexp
+       lexically scoped functions: my sub foo { ... }
+       lvalue functions
+       regression/sanity tests for suidperl
+       Full 64 bit support (i.e. "long long")
 
 Possible pragmas
        debugger
@@ -38,8 +31,7 @@ Possible pragmas
 Optimizations
        constant function cache
        switch structures
-       foreach(@array)
-       foreach (1..1000000)
+       eval qw() at compile time
        foreach(reverse...)
        Set KEEP on constant split
        Cache eval tree (unless lexical outer scope used (mark in &compiling?))
@@ -47,29 +39,19 @@ Optimizations
        Shrink opcode tables via multiple implementations selected in peep
        Cache hash value?  (Not a win, according to Guido)
        Optimize away @_ where possible
-       sfio?
        "one pass" global destruction
        Optimize sort by { $a <=> $b }
        Rewrite regexp parser for better integrated optimization
+       LRU cache of regexp: foreach $pat (@pats) { foo() if /$pat/ }
 
 Vague possibilities
        ref function in list context
-       Populate %SIG at startup if appropriate
-       sub mysplice(@, $, $, ...)
-       data prettyprint function?  (or is it, as I suspect, a lib routine?)
-       Nested destructors
        make tr/// return histogram in list context?
-       undef wantarray in void context
        Loop control on do{} et al
        Explicit switch statements
-       perl to C translator
-       multi-thread scheduling
        built-in globbing
        compile to real threaded code
        structured types
-       paren counting in tokener to queue remote expectations
        autocroak?
        Modifiable $1 et al
-       substr EXPR,OFFSET,LENGTH,STRING
-       locally capture warnings into an array