From: Jarkko Hietaniemi <jhi@iki.fi>
Date: Wed, 21 Jul 1999 13:54:42 +0000 (+0000)
Subject: Even still more todo.
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Even still more todo.

p4raw-id: //depot/cfgperl@3718
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diff --git a/Todo b/Todo
index 2602d4c..b8d9012 100644
--- a/Todo
+++ b/Todo
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+Check out always the latest perl5-porters discussions on these subjects
+before embaring on an implementation tour.
+
 Tie Modules
 	VecArray		Implement array using vec()
 	SubstrArray		Implement array using substr()
@@ -5,7 +8,7 @@ Tie Modules
 	ShiftSplice		Defines shift et al in terms of splice method
 
 Would be nice to have
-	pack "(stuff)*"
+	pack "(stuff)*", "(stuff)4", ...
 	Contiguous bitfields in pack/unpack
 	lexperl
 	Bundled perl preprocessor
@@ -20,7 +23,13 @@ Would be nice to have
 	reference to compiled regexp
 	lexically scoped functions: my sub foo { ... }
 	lvalue functions
+	    wantlvalue?  more generalized want()?
+	named prototypes: sub ($foo, @bar) foo { ... }
 	regression/sanity tests for suidperl
+	iterators/lazy evaluation/continuations/first/
+	    first_defined/short-circuiting grep/??
+	    This is a very thorny and hotly debated subject,
+	    tread carefully and do your homework first.
 	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!)
@@ -34,10 +43,10 @@ Would be nice to have
 	     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
+	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.
+	    to return just the grand total would be good).
 
 Possible pragmas
 	debugger