3 consistent semantics for exit/die in threads
4 SvREFCNT_dec(curstack) in threadstart() in Thread.xs
5 better support for externally created threads
7 spot-check globals like statcache and global GVs for thread-safety
10 auto-produce executable
11 typed lexicals should affect B::CC::load_pad
12 workarounds to help Win32
13 END blocks need saving in compiled output
15 fix comppadlist (names in comppad_name can have fake SvCUR
16 from where newASSIGNOP steals the field)
19 CPP-space: restrict what we export from headers
20 header-space: move into CORE/perl/
21 API-space: begin list of things that constitute public api
24 complete work on safe recursive interpreters, C<Perl->new()>
25 revisit extra implicit arg that provides curthread/curinterp context
28 make configuring+building away from source directory work (VPATH et al)
30 cross-compilation configuring
32 POSIX 1003.1 1996 Edition support
35 locales across packages
36 decimal separator (3,1415927 is Europeanese for an approximation of pi)
39 POSIX [=bar=] and [.zap.] would nice too but there's no API for them
40 (=bar= could be done with Unicode, though)
44 alternate runops() for signal despatch
45 figure out how to die() in delayed sighandler
46 add tests for Thread::Signal
49 get PERL_OBJECT building under gcc
50 get PERL_OBJECT building on non-win32
51 automate generation of 'protected' prototypes for CPerlObj
52 rename new headers to be consistent with the rest
53 sort out the spawnvp() mess
54 work out DLL versioning
58 rename and alter ISA.pm
59 magic_setisa should be made to update %FIELDS [???]
60 add new modules (Archive::Tar, Compress::Zlib, CPAN::FTP?)
61 fix pod2html to generate relative URLs
62 automate testing with large parts of CPAN
65 keep filenames 8.3 friendly, where feasible
66 upgrade to newer versions of all independently maintained modules
67 comprehensive perldelta.pod
70 describe new age patterns
71 update perl{guts,call,embed,xs} with additions, changes to API
72 document Win32 choices
73 spot-check all new modules for completeness
74 better docs for pack()/unpack()
75 reorg tutorials vs. reference sections