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diff --git a/Todo b/Todo
index 9a4d030..2602d4c 100644
--- a/Todo
+++ b/Todo
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ Would be nice to have
 	lexperl
 	Bundled perl preprocessor
 	Use posix calls internally where possible
-	gettimeofday
+	gettimeofday (possibly best left for a module?)
 	format BOTTOM
 	-i rename file only when successfully changed
 	All ARGV input should act like <>
@@ -21,9 +21,23 @@ Would be nice to have
 	lexically scoped functions: my sub foo { ... }
 	lvalue functions
 	regression/sanity tests for suidperl
-	Full 64 bit support (i.e. "long long")
+	Full 64 bit support (i.e. "long long").  Things to consider:
+	    how to store/retrieve 32+ integers into/from Perl scalars?
+	    32+ constants in Perl code? (non-portable!)
+	    32+ arguments/return values to/from system calls? (seek et al)
+	    32+ bit ops (&|^~, currently explicitly disabled)
 	Generalise Errno way of extracting cpp symbols and use that in
 	    Errno and Fcntl (ExtUtils::CppSymbol?)
+	The _r-problem: for all the {set,get,end}*() system database
+	     calls (and a couple more: readdir, *rand*, crypt, *time,
+	     tmpnam) there are in many systems the _r versions
+	     to be used in re-entrant (=multithreaded) code.
+	     Icky things: the _r API is not standardized and
+	     the _r-forms require per-thread data to store their state.
+	memory profiler: turn malloc.c:Perl_dump_mstats() into
+	    an extension (Devel::MProf?) that would return the malloc
+	    stats in a nice Perl datastructure (also a simple interface
+	    to return just the grand total) would be good.
 
 Possible pragmas
 	debugger
@@ -32,7 +46,6 @@ Possible pragmas
 Optimizations
 	constant function cache
 	switch structures
-	eval qw() at compile time
 	foreach(reverse...)
 	Set KEEP on constant split
 	Cache eval tree (unless lexical outer scope used (mark in &compiling?))