from where newASSIGNOP steals the field)
Namespace cleanup
- symbol-space: "pl_" prefix for all global vars
+ symbol-space: "PL_" prefix for all global vars
"Perl_" prefix for all functions
CPP-space: restrict what we export from headers
stop malloc()/free() pollution unless asked
rename new headers to be consistent with the rest
sort out the spawnvp() mess
work out DLL versioning
- put perlobject in $ARCHNAME so it can coexist with rest
get PERL_OBJECT building on non-win32?
style-check
Miscellaneous
rename and alter ISA.pm
magic_setisa should be made to update %FIELDS [???]
- be generous in accepting foreign line terminations
make filenames 8.3 friendly, where feasible
upgrade to newer versions of all independently maintained modules
- add new modules (Data-Dumper, Storable?)
+ add new modules (Archive::Tar, Compress::Zlib, CPAN::FTP?)
test it with large parts of CPAN
fix pod2html to generate relative URLs
rework INSTALL to reflect changes in installation structure
spot-check all new modules for completeness
better docs for pack()/unpack()
- add perlport.pod