2 finish byte <-> utf8 and localencoding <-> utf8 conversions
3 make "$bytestr$charstr" do the right conversion
4 add Unicode::Map equivivalent to core
5 add support for I/O disciplines
6 - open(F, "<!crlf!utf16", $file)
7 - binmode(STDIN, "<!crlf!utf16")?
8 - a way to set the "system" discipline (binmode("!crlf!utf16") maybe?)
9 - nice IO::Filter module to push/pop disciplines
10 eliminate need for "use utf8;"
11 support C<print v1.2.3>
12 make C<v123> mean C<chr(123)> (if !exists(&v123))
13 autoload utf8_heavy.pl's swash routines in swash_init()
16 support "use Thread;" under useithreads
18 - create new interpreter in a different thread
19 - exchange data between interpreters/threads
20 - share namespaces between interpreters/threads
21 work out consistent semantics for exit/die in threads
22 support for externally created threads?
26 auto-produce executable
27 typed lexicals should affect B::CC::load_pad
28 workarounds to help Win32
29 END blocks need saving in compiled output
31 fix comppadlist (names in comppad_name can have fake SvCUR
32 from where newASSIGNOP steals the field)
35 CPP-space: restrict what we export from headers when !PERL_CORE
36 header-space: move into CORE/perl/?
37 API-space: complete the list of things that constitute public api
40 make configuring+building away from source directory work (VPATH et al)
42 cross-compilation configuring
43 POSIX 1003.1 1996 Edition support
46 deprecate traditional/legacy locales?
47 figure out how to support Unicode locales
48 locales across packages?
51 make RE engine thread-safe
52 POSIX [=bar=] and [.zap.] would nice too but there's no API for them
53 (=bar= could be done with Unicode, though)
58 alternate runops() for signal despatch
59 figure out how to die() in delayed sighandler
60 make Thread::Signal work under useithreads
63 sort out the spawnvp() mess for system('a','b','c') compatibility
64 work out DLL versioning
67 magic_setisa should be made to update %FIELDS [???]
68 add new modules (Archive::Tar, Compress::Zlib, CPAN::FTP?)
69 replace pod2html with new PodtoHtml? (requires other modules from CPAN)
70 automate testing with large parts of CPAN
73 keep filenames 8.3 friendly, where feasible
74 upgrade to newer versions of all independently maintained modules
75 comprehensive perldelta.pod
78 describe new age patterns
79 update perl{guts,call,embed,xs} with additions, changes to API
80 document Win32 choices
81 spot-check all new modules for completeness
82 better docs for pack()/unpack()
83 reorg tutorials vs. reference sections