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1 | Unicode support |
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2 | finish byte <-> utf8 and localencoding <-> utf8 conversions |
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3 | add Unicode::Map equivivalent to core |
4 | add support for I/O disciplines |
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5 | - a way to specify disciplines when opening things: |
6 | open(F, "<:crlf :utf16", $file) |
7 | - a way to specify disciplines for an already opened handle: |
8 | binmode(STDIN, ":slurp :raw") |
9 | - a way to set default disciplines for all handle constructors: |
10 | use open IN => ":any", OUT => ":utf8", SYS => ":utf16" |
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11 | eliminate need for "use utf8;" |
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12 | autoload byte.pm when byte:: is seen by the parser |
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13 | check uv_to_utf8() calls for buffer overflow |
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14 | make \uXXXX (and \u{XXXX}?) where XXXX are hex digits |
15 | to work similarly to Unicode tech reports and Java |
16 | notation \uXXXX (and already existing \x{XXXX))? |
17 | more than four hexdigits? make also \U+XXXX work? |
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18 | overloadable regex assertions? e.g. in Thai \b cannot |
19 | be deduced by any simple character class boundary rules, |
20 | word boundaries must algorithmically computed |
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21 | |
22 | see ext/Encode/Todo for notes and references about proper detection |
23 | of malformed UTF-8 |
24 | |
25 | SCSU? http://www.unicode.org/unicode/reports/tr6/ |
26 | Collation? http://www.unicode.org/unicode/reports/tr10/ |
27 | Normalization? http://www.unicode.org/unicode/reports/tr15/ |
28 | EBCDIC? http://www.unicode.org/unicode/reports/tr16/ |
29 | Regexes? http://www.unicode.org/unicode/reports/tr18/ |
30 | Case Mappings? http://www.unicode.org/unicode/reports/tr21/ |
31 | |
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32 | See also "Locales", "Regexen", and "Miscellaneous". |
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33 | |
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34 | Multi-threading |
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35 | support "use Thread;" under useithreads |
36 | add mechanism to: |
37 | - create new interpreter in a different thread |
38 | - exchange data between interpreters/threads |
39 | - share namespaces between interpreters/threads |
40 | work out consistent semantics for exit/die in threads |
41 | support for externally created threads? |
42 | Thread::Pool? |
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43 | |
44 | Compiler |
45 | auto-produce executable |
46 | typed lexicals should affect B::CC::load_pad |
47 | workarounds to help Win32 |
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48 | END blocks need saving in compiled output |
49 | _AUTOLOAD prodding |
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50 | fix comppadlist (names in comppad_name can have fake SvCUR |
51 | from where newASSIGNOP steals the field) |
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52 | |
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53 | Namespace cleanup |
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54 | CPP-space: restrict what we export from headers when !PERL_CORE |
55 | header-space: move into CORE/perl/? |
56 | API-space: complete the list of things that constitute public api |
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57 | |
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58 | Configure |
59 | make configuring+building away from source directory work (VPATH et al) |
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60 | this is related to: cross-compilation configuring (see Todo) |
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61 | _r support (see Todo for mode detailed description) |
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62 | POSIX 1003.1 1996 Edition support--realtime stuff: |
63 | POSIX semaphores, message queues, shared memory, realtime clocks, |
64 | timers, signals (the metaconfig units mostly already exist for these) |
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65 | PREFERABLY AS AN EXTENSION |
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66 | UNIX98 support: reader-writer locks, realtime/asynchronous IO |
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67 | PREFERABLY AS AN EXTENSION |
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68 | IPv6 support: see RFC2292, RFC2553 |
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69 | PREFERABLY AS AN EXTENSION |
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70 | there already is Socket6 in CPAN |
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71 | |
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72 | Long doubles |
73 | figure out where the PV->NV->PV conversion gets it wrong at least |
74 | in AIX and Tru64 (V5.0 and onwards) when using long doubles: see the |
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75 | regexp tricks we had to insert to t/comp/use.t and t/lib/bigfltpm.t, |
76 | (?:9|8999\d+) and the like. |
77 | |
78 | 64-bit support |
79 | Configure probe for quad_t, uquad_t, and (argh) u_quad_t, they might |
80 | be in some systems the only thing working as quadtype and uquadtype. |
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81 | more pain: long_long, u_long_long. |
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82 | |
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83 | Locales |
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84 | deprecate traditional/legacy locales? |
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85 | How do locales work across packages? |
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86 | figure out how to support Unicode locales |
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87 | suggestion: integrate the IBM Classes for Unicode (ICU) |
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88 | http://oss.software.ibm.com/developerworks/opensource/icu/project/ |
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89 | ICU is "portable, open-source Unicode library with: |
90 | charset-independent locales (with multiple locales |
91 | simultaneously supported in same thread; character |
92 | conversions; formatting/parsing for numbers, currencies, |
93 | date/time and messages; message catalogs (resources); |
94 | transliteration, collation, normalization, and text |
95 | boundaries (grapheme, word, line-break))". |
96 | Check out also the Locale Converter: |
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97 | http://alphaworks.ibm.com/tech/localeconverter |
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98 | There is also the iconv interface, either from XPG4 or GNU (glibc). |
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99 | iconv is about character set conversions. |
100 | Either ICU or iconv would be valuable to get integrated |
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101 | into Perl, Configure already probes for libiconv and <iconv.h>. |
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102 | |
103 | Regexen |
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104 | make RE engine thread-safe |
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105 | a way to do full character set arithmetics: now one can do |
106 | addition, negate a whole class, and negate certain subclasses |
107 | (e.g. \D, [:^digit:]), but a more generic way to add/subtract/ |
108 | intersect characters/classes, like described in the Unicode technical |
109 | report on Regular Expression Guidelines, |
110 | http://www.unicode.org/unicode/reports/tr18/ |
111 | (amusingly, the TR notes that difference and intersection |
112 | can be done using "Perl-style look-ahead") |
113 | difference syntax? maybe [[:alpha:][^abc]] meaning |
114 | "all alphabetic expect a, b, and c"? or [[:alpha:]-[abc]]? |
115 | (maybe bad, as we explicitly disallow such 'ranges') |
116 | intersection syntax? maybe [[..]&[...]]? |
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117 | POSIX [=bar=] and [.zap.] would nice too but there's no API for them |
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118 | =bar= could be done with Unicode, though, see the Unicode TR #15 about |
119 | normalization forms: |
120 | http://www.unicode.org/unicode/reports/tr15/ |
121 | this is also a part of the Unicode 3.0: |
122 | http://www.unicode.org/unicode/uni2book/u2.html |
123 | executive summary: there are several different levels of 'equivalence' |
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124 | trie optimization: factor out common suffixes (and prefixes?) |
125 | from |-alternating groups (both for exact strings and character |
126 | classes, use lookaheads?) |
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127 | approximate matching |
128 | |
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129 | Security |
130 | use fchown, fchmod (and futimes?) internally when possible |
131 | use fchdir(how portable?) |
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132 | create secure reliable portable temporary file modules |
133 | audit the standard utilities for security problems and fix them |
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134 | |
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135 | Reliable Signals |
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136 | custom opcodes |
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137 | alternate runops() for signal despatch |
138 | figure out how to die() in delayed sighandler |
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139 | make Thread::Signal work under useithreads |
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140 | |
141 | Win32 stuff |
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142 | sort out the spawnvp() mess for system('a','b','c') compatibility |
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143 | work out DLL versioning |
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144 | |
145 | Miscellaneous |
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146 | introduce @( and @) because group names can have spaces |
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147 | add new modules (Archive::Tar, Compress::Zlib, CPAN::FTP?) |
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148 | sub-second sleep()? alarm()? time()? (integrate Time::HiRes? |
149 | Configure doesn't yet probe for usleep/nanosleep/ualarm but |
150 | the units exist) |
151 | floating point handling: nans, infinities, fp exception masks, etc. |
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152 | At least the following interfaces exist: fp_classify(), fp_class(), |
153 | class(), isinf(), isfinite(), finite(), isnormal(), unordered(), |
154 | <ieeefp.h>, <fp_class.h> (there are metaconfig units for all these), |
155 | fp_setmask(), fp_getmask(), fp_setround(), fp_getround() |
156 | (no metaconfig units yet for these). |
157 | Don't forget finitel(), fp_classl(), fp_class_l(), (yes, both do, |
158 | unfortunately, exist), and unorderedl(). |
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159 | PREFERABLY AS AN EXTENSION. |
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160 | As of 5.6.1 there is cpp macro Perl_isnan(). |
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161 | fix the basic arithmetics (+ - * / %) to preserve IVness/UVness if |
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162 | both arguments are IVs/UVs: it sucks that one cannot see |
163 | the 'carry flag' (or equivalent) of the CPU from C, |
164 | C is too high-level... |
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165 | replace pod2html with new PodtoHtml? (requires other modules from CPAN) |
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166 | automate testing with large parts of CPAN |
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167 | turn Cwd into an XS module? (Configure already probes for getcwd()) |
168 | mmap for speeding up input? (Configure already probes for the mmap family) |
169 | sendmsg, recvmsg? (Configure doesn't probe for these but the units exist) |
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170 | sockatmark? |
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171 | setitimer, getitimer? (the metaconfig units exist) |
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172 | |
173 | Ongoing |
174 | keep filenames 8.3 friendly, where feasible |
175 | upgrade to newer versions of all independently maintained modules |
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176 | comprehensive perldelta.pod |
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177 | |
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178 | Documentation |
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179 | describe new age patterns |
180 | update perl{guts,call,embed,xs} with additions, changes to API |
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181 | convert more examples to use autovivified filehandles |
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182 | document Win32 choices |
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183 | spot-check all new modules for completeness |
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184 | better docs for pack()/unpack() |
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185 | reorg tutorials vs. reference sections |
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186 | make roffitall to be dynamical about its pods and libs |
187 | |