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-Multi-threading
- $AUTOLOAD. Hmm.
- without USE_THREADS, change extern variable for dTHR
- consistent semantics for exit/die in threads
- SvREFCNT_dec(curstack) in threadstart() in Thread.xs
- better support for externally created threads
- Thread::Pool
- more Configure support
- spot-check globals like statcache and global GVs for thread-safety
-
-Compiler
- auto-produce executable
- typed lexicals should affect B::CC::load_pad
- workarounds to help Win32
- $^C to track compiler/checker status
- END blocks need saving in compiled output
- _AUTOLOAD prodding
- fix comppadlist (names in comppad_name can have fake SvCUR
- from where newASSIGNOP steals the field)
-
-Namespace cleanup
- symbol-space: "pl_" prefix for all global vars
- "Perl_" prefix for all functions
- CPP-space: restrict what we export from headers
- stop malloc()/free() pollution unless asked
- header-space: move into CORE/perl/
- API-space: begin list of things that constitute public api
-
-MULTIPLICITY support
- complete work on safe recursive interpreters, C<Perl->new()>
-
-Configure
- installation layout changes to avoid overwriting old versions
-
-Reliable Signals
- alternate runops() for signal despatch
- figure out how to die() in delayed sighandler
- add tests for Thread::Signal
-
-Win32 stuff
- automate maintenance of most PERL_OBJECT code
- get PERL_OBJECT building under gcc
- rename new headers to be consistent with the rest
- sort out the spawnvp() mess
- work out DLL versioning
- put perlobject in $ARCHNAME so it can coexist with rest
- get PERL_OBJECT building on non-win32?
- style-check
-
-Miscellaneous
- rename and alter ISA.pm
- magic_setisa should be made to update %FIELDS [???]
- be generous in accepting foreign line terminations
- make filenames 8.3 friendly, where feasible
- upgrade to newer versions of all independently maintained modules
- add new modules (Data-Dumper, Storable?)
- test it with large parts of CPAN
- fix pod2html to generate relative URLs
-
-Documentation
- comprehensive perldelta.pod
- describe new age patterns
- update perl{guts,call,embed,xs} with additions, changes to API
- document Win32 choices
- rework INSTALL to reflect changes in installation structure
- spot-check all new modules for completeness
- better docs for pack()/unpack()
- add perlport.pod