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@@ -26,6 +26,10 @@ programming languages offer you 1 line of immortality?
 
 =head1 Tasks that only need Perl knowledge
 
+=head2 Remove macperl references from tests
+
+MacPerl is gone. The tests don't need to be there.
+
 =head2 Remove duplication of test setup.
 
 Schwern notes, that there's duplication of code - lots and lots of tests have
@@ -804,20 +808,18 @@ also the warning messages (see L<perllexwarn>, C<warnings.pl>).
 These tasks would need C knowledge, and knowledge of how the interpreter works,
 or a willingness to learn.
 
-=head2 forbid labels with keyword names
-
-Currently C<goto keyword> "computes" the label value:
-
-    $ perl -e 'goto print'
-    Can't find label 1 at -e line 1.
-
-It would be nice to forbid labels with keyword names, to avoid confusion.
-
 =head2 truncate() prototype
 
 The prototype of truncate() is currently C<$$>. It should probably
 be C<*$> instead. (This is changed in F<opcode.pl>)
 
+=head2 decapsulation of smart match argument
+
+Currently C<$foo ~~ $object> will die with the message "Smart matching a
+non-overloaded object breaks encapsulation". It would be nice to allow
+to bypass this by using explictly the syntax C<$foo ~~ %$object> or
+C<$foo ~~ @$object>.
+
 =head2 error reporting of [$a ; $b]
 
 Using C<;> inside brackets is a syntax error, and we don't propose to change
@@ -896,6 +898,15 @@ L<http://www.xray.mpe.mpg.de/mailing-lists/perl5-porters/2007-03/msg00481.html>
 There is no method on tied filehandles to allow them to be called back by
 formats.
 
+=head2 Propagate compilation hints to the debugger
+
+Currently a debugger started with -dE on the command-line doesn't see the
+features enabled by -E. More generally hints (C<$^H> and C<%^H>) aren't
+propagated to the debugger. Probably it would be a good thing to propagate
+hints from the innermost non-C<DB::> scope: this would make code eval'ed
+in the debugger see the features (and strictures, etc.) currently in
+scope.
+
 =head2 Attach/detach debugger from running program
 
 The old perltodo notes "With C<gdb>, you can attach the debugger to a running
@@ -1151,3 +1162,24 @@ This will allow the use of a regex from inside (?{ }), (??{ }) and
 Apparently these are quite useful. Anyway, Jeffery Friedl wants them.
 
 demerphq has this on his todo list, but right at the bottom.  
+
+
+=head1 Tasks for microperl
+
+
+[ Each and every one of these may be obsolete, but they were listed
+  in the old Todo.micro file]
+
+
+=head2 make creating uconfig.sh automatic 
+
+=head2 make creating Makefile.micro automatic
+
+=head2 do away with fork/exec/wait?
+
+(system, popen should be enough?)
+
+=head2 some of the uconfig.sh really needs to be probed (using cc) in buildtime:
+
+(uConfigure? :-) native datatype widths and endianness come to mind
+