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                              ACE/TAO TODO List
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ACE and TAO
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For notes about what things need to be done for ACE and TAO, see their
respective release notes.


ACE/TAO Configuration Project
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1.	Add support for Linux netdb reentrant functions  (LOW PRIORITY)
2.	Add support for Linux sysinfo().   (LOW PRIORITY)
3.	Change tests that need ACE_CONVERT_WARNINGS_TO_ERRORS and possibly
	others to use regular expression searches instead.    (MAYBE NOT)
4.	Process all of the remaining TODOs and FIXMEs in configure.in.
5.	Ensure the configure script will work for cross-compiled platforms.
6.	Make sure failed autoconf test programs in config.log failed for
	the "right" reasons, not due to some typo, for example.
7.	Figure out the best way to choose interface numbers for the libACE.la
	-version-info libtool flag.
8.	Integrate the remaining ACE subdirectories into the automake scheme.
9.	Verify that the new automake build scheme works, i.e. everything
	gets built correctly.
10.	Really test the configure script and automake build scheme; really
        "pound" on them.  (e.g. test and make sure everything works on
	as many platforms as possible).
11.	Write documentation on how to maintain the Autoconf and Automake files.
	HOWTOs/tutorials on how to use Auto{conf,make} and libtool would be
	good, too.
12.	Implement remaining configure script options (e.g. --enable-optimize).
13.	Make sure all of the ACE feature macros are supported by the configure
	script.
14.	Modify ace/Makefile.am and tao/Makefile.am so that the template
	sources are always included in the distribution (though not
	necessarily the installation).
15.	Verify that the contents of the `AUTHORS' file is correct.
16.	Add some information to the `NEWS' file.
17.     Add subset dependencies to subsets.m4 for libACE_Token and
        libACE_Other.
18.     Add ACE subset library support to the ace-config script.
19.     Fix/check the minimum/maximum thread priority test.
20.     Verify that the asynchronous IO checks actually work properly.
21.     ACE_TEMPLATES_REQUIRE_SOURCE test fails for the wrong reasons
        Solaris' linker claims that the function Foo<int>::Foo<int> (int)
        doesn't exist.  Where is it getting function Foo<int>::Foo<int> (int)
        from?  It should be getting function Foo<int>::Foo (int).
22.     Fix tests/Makefile.am to conditionally build some of the tests
        since some of the ACE components that are needed for the tests
        may not have been built.
23.     Repeat #22 for other binaries in ACE.
24.	Need to implement and/or verify tests for the following ACE macros:

/* Define this if you don't want debug version ACE search for debug version
   DLLs first before looking for the DLL names specified. */
#undef ACE_DISABLE_DEBUG_DLL_CHECK

+ACE_DONT_INCLUDE_ACE_SIGNAL_H

+ACE_HAS_BROKEN_ACCEPT_ADDR

/* Platform doesn't cast MAP_FAILED to a (void *). */
#undef ACE_HAS_BROKEN_MAP_FAILED

/* Compiler/platform has the wrong prototype for t_error(), i.e.,
   t_error(char *) rather than t_error(const char *). */
#undef ACE_HAS_BROKEN_T_ERROR

/* Platform has Fast-Light (FL) toolkit installed */
#undef ACE_HAS_FL

+ACE_HAS_FORE_ATM_WS2
+ACE_HAS_FORE_ATM_XTI
+ACE_HAS_IP6
+ACE_HAS_LIMITED_SELECT
+ACE_HAS_PHARLAP_RT
-ACE_HAS_PTHREAD_SIGMASK
+ACE_HAS_STD_TEMPLATE_SPECIALIZATION
+ACE_HAS_TK
+ACE_HAS_WINSOCK2_GQOS
+ACE_LACKS_CHAR_RIGHT_SHIFTS
+ACE_LACKS_CHAR_STAR_RIGHT_SHIFTS
+ACE_LACKS_NULL_PTHREAD_STATUS
+ACE_LACKS_PTHREAD_SIGMASK
-ACE_LACKS_SCHED_H
+ACE_LACKS_TCP_NODELAY
+ACE_NEEDS_SCHED_H
+ACE_USES_OLD_TERMIOS_STRUCT



/* Compiler enforces C++ One Definition Rule */
#undef ACE_HAS_ONE_DEFINITION_RULE

/* Platform has void (*)(...) prototype for pthread_key_create() destructor
   (e.g., LynxOS). */
#undef ACE_HAS_STDARG_THR_DEST

/* Platform/compiler supports Win32 structural exceptions */
#undef ACE_HAS_WIN32_STRUCTURAL_EXCEPTIONS

/* Platform, such as AIX4, needs to wrap #include of sys/socket.h with
   #undef/#define of __cplusplus. */
#undef ACE_HAS_AIX_BROKEN_SOCKET_HEADER

/* Compiler/platform correctly calls init()/fini() for shared libraries */
#undef ACE_HAS_AUTOMATIC_INIT_FINI

/* Compiler has integer overflow problem with bit-shift operations. */
#undef ACE_HAS_BROKEN_BITSHIFT

/* Earlier versions of HP/UX C++ are damned... */
#undef ACE_HAS_BROKEN_HPUX_TEMPLATES

/* FIXME: What does this do and what do we test for? */
#undef ACE_HAS_BROKEN_IF_HEADER

/* TODO: WE HAVE A TEST FOR THIS, BUT WE NEED TO KNOW IF IT WORKS! */
/* Platform headers don't support <msg.h> prototypes */
#undef ACE_HAS_BROKEN_MSG_H

/* MSVC has trouble with defining STL containers for nested structs and
   classes */
#undef ACE_HAS_BROKEN_NESTED_TEMPLATES

/* Platform has a bug with non-blocking connects (e.g., WinNT 4.0) */
#undef ACE_HAS_BROKEN_NON_BLOCKING_CONNECTS

/* OS/compiler's header files are inconsistent with libC definition of
   rand_r(). */
#undef ACE_HAS_BROKEN_RANDR

/* OS/Compiler's header files are not consistent with readv() definition. */
#undef ACE_HAS_BROKEN_READV

/* OS header files have some problems with XTI (HP/UX 11). */
#undef ACE_HAS_BROKEN_XTI_MACROS

/* Build ACE using the frigging PC DLL nonsense... */
#undef ACE_HAS_DLL

/* Needed for pSoS -- FIXME: need a better description */
#undef ACE_HAS_EXPLICIT_TEMPLATE_INSTANTIATION_FILE

/* Optimize ACE_Handle_Set::count_bits for select() operations (common case) */
#undef ACE_HAS_HANDLE_SET_OPTIMIZED_FOR_SELECT

/* Platform supports IP multicast */
#undef ACE_HAS_IP_MULTICAST

/* Platform supports IPv6 */
#undef ACE_HAS_IP6

/* Causes the ACE_Object_Manager instance to be created in
   main (int, char *[]), instead of as a static (global) instance. */
#undef ACE_HAS_NONSTATIC_OBJECT_MANAGER

/* Compiler/platform has "big" fd_set, i.e. large number of bits set
   in fd_set passed back from select(). */
#undef ACE_HAS_BIG_FD_SET

/* Platform supports MT safe mktime() call (do any of them?) */
#undef ACE_HAS_MT_SAFE_MKTIME

/* Sockets may be called in multi-threaded programs */
#undef ACE_HAS_MT_SAFE_SOCKETS

/* Use the semaphore implementation of ACE_Message_Queue rather than the
   emulated condition variable (NT and VxWorks). */
#undef ACE_HAS_OPTIMIZED_MESSAGE_QUEUE

/* Purify'ing.  Defined on command line. */
#undef ACE_HAS_PURIFY

/* Quantify'ing.  Defined on command line. */
#undef ACE_HAS_QUANTIFY

/* Platform will recurse infinitely on thread exits from TSS cleanup routines
   (e.g., AIX) */
#undef ACE_HAS_RECURSIVE_THR_EXIT_SEMANTICS

/* Compiler typedefs wchar with char. */
#undef ACE_HAS_WCHAR_TYPEDEFS_CHAR

/* For Win32: Use Select_Reactor as default implementation of Reactor instead
   of WFMO_Reactor. */
#undef ACE_USE_SELECT_REACTOR_FOR_REACTOR_IMPL

/* Platform has bug with sigismember() (HP/UX 11). */
#undef ACE_HAS_SIGISMEMBER_BUG

/* Compiler requires extern "C" functions for signals. */
#undef ACE_HAS_SIG_C_FUNC

/* Use the STRICT compilation mode on Win32. */
#undef ACE_HAS_STRICT

/* Compiler/platform has strange hostent API for socket *_r() calls */
#undef ACE_HAS_STRUCT_NETDB_DATA

/* HP/UX has an undefined syscall for GETRUSAGE... */
#undef ACE_HAS_SYSCALL_GETRUSAGE

/* Platform allows multiple threads to call accept() on the same port
   (e.g., WinNT). */
#undef ACE_HAS_THREAD_SAFE_ACCEPT

/* The pthread_keycreate() routine *must* take extern C functions. */
#undef ACE_HAS_THR_C_DEST

/* The pthread_create() routine *must* take extern C functions. */
#undef ACE_HAS_THR_C_FUNC

/* Platform/compiler supports WCHAR */
#undef ACE_HAS_WCHAR

/* The Win32 platform supports WinSock 2.0 */
#undef ACE_HAS_WINSOCK2

/* No system support for replacing any previous mappings. */
#undef ACE_LACKS_AUTO_MMAP_REPLACEMENT

/* pthread_cond_timedwait does *not* reset the time argument when
   the lock is acquired. */
#undef ACE_LACKS_COND_TIMEDWAIT_RESET

/* Platform forgot const in cond_timewait (e.g., HP/UX). */
#undef ACE_LACKS_CONST_TIMESPEC_PTR

/* Platform lacks SYSV message queue prototypes */
#undef ACE_LACKS_SYSV_MSQ_PROTOS

/* Required by platforms with small default stacks. */
#undef ACE_NEEDS_HUGE_THREAD_STACKSIZE

///// FIX THIS TEST /////
/* Platform needs regexpr.h for regular expression support */
#undef ACE_NEEDS_REGEXPR_H

///// FIX THIS TEST /////
/* Platform needs to #include <sched.h> to get thread scheduling defs. */
#undef ACE_NEEDS_SCHED_H

/* OS has LWPs, and when the priority of a bound thread is set, then the LWP
   priority must be set also. */
#undef ACE_NEEDS_LWP_PRIO_SET

/* Platform redefines the t_... names (UnixWare) */
#undef ACE_REDEFINES_XTI_FUNCTIONS

/* Compiler's template mechanism must use a pragma.  This is used for AIX's
   C++ compiler. */
#undef ACE_TEMPLATES_REQUIRE_PRAGMA

/* Platform uses assembly symbols instead of C symbols in dlsym() */
#undef ACE_USES_ASM_SYMBOL_IN_DLSYM

/* When linking MFC as a static library is desired */
#undef ACE_USES_STATIC_MFC

/* A parameter list indicating the version of WinSock (e.g., "1, 1" is
   version 1.1). */
#undef ACE_WSOCK_VERSION