-=head1 Perl TO-DO List
+=head1 NAME
+
+perltodo - Perl TO-DO List
+
+=head1 DESCRIPTION
This is a list of wishes for Perl. It is maintained by Nathan
Torkington for the Perl porters. Send updates to
stat(), or tell can fit into a perl number without losing precision.
Work with the perl-64bit mailing list on perl.org.
-=head2 Figure a way out of $^(capital letter)
-
-Figure out a clean way to extend $^(capital letter) beyond
-the 26 alphabets. (${^WORD} maybe?)
-
=head2 Prototypes
=over 4
=head2 Install ALL Documentation
Make the standard documentation kit include the VMS, OS/2, Win32,
-Threads, etc information.
+Threads, etc information. installperl and pod/Makefile should know
+enough to copy README.foo to perlfoo.pod before building everything,
+when appropriate.
=head2 Outstanding issues to be documented
=head2 Making my() work on "package" variables
Being able to say my($Foo::Bar), something that sounds ludicrous and
-the 5.006 pumpking has mocked.
+the 5.6 pumpking has mocked.
=head2 "or" testing defined not truth
=head2 END blocks
-END blocks need saving in compiled output.
+END blocks need saving in compiled output, now that STOP blocks
+are available.
=head2 _AUTOLOAD
=head1 Recently Finished Tasks
+=head2 Figure a way out of $^(capital letter)
+
+Figure out a clean way to extend $^(capital letter) beyond
+the 26 alphabets. (${^WORD} maybe?)
+
+Mark-Jason Dominus sent a patch which went into 5.005_56.
+
=head2 Filenames
Make filenames in the distribution and in the standard module set