diff --git a/TODO b/TODO deleted file mode 100644 index 2458496d6..000000000 --- a/TODO +++ /dev/null @@ -1,202 +0,0 @@ --*-text-*- - -These TODO items are grouped by target release version. The first group is -the "Eventually" group, which is not associated w/ any particular version. -Move these items under a version upon completion (or better yet, ownership). - -Upon completion, simply change the "-" to a "+", but do not delete the item. -At release time, the "+" entries will be deleted after review to make sure -that user-visible changes are reflected in NEWS (and that proper credit is -applied :-). - -Ownership is indicated by `[USERNAME]'. Maintainers (w/ write privs) can -indicate sponsorship by `[ACTUAL-OWNER:MAINTAINER]', where both elements are -usernames. - -See also file HACKING. - ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- - -=== Eventually: - -- deprecate `read-only-string?' -- [after signal handling and threading have been fixed] remove the code - corresponding to GUILE_OLD_ASYNC_CLICK and the corresponding - GUILE_OLD_ASYNC_CLICK macro. -- implement and integrate generational garbage collection -- add POSIX thread support -- factor thread support out of libguile -- protect common resources using mutecis from the new interface -- remove the dynamic roots -- revise the fluid implementation -- implement the GC thread synchronization (all threads: go to sleep!) -- implementing the libguileposix threads glue library -- GOOPS - - develop better representation for GOOPS objects - - rewrite method cache management in C - - rewrite core macros (define-class et al) in C - - define C API -- write Orbit CORBA interface -- [after new module system] factor out modules sort.c and random.c should be - factored out into separate modules -- include malloc debugging code in an optional file in libguile -- fix looking up procedure names in environment in backtraces -- implement srcprops using double cells -- use "real" procprops -- add facilities for easily debugging Scheme programs from Emacs -- write good interface to Tk -- write translators for additional languages - - Perl - - Python - - TCL - - Emacs Lisp - - Rexx -- make GDB work with Guile -- use the SCM trick of tagging environments with immediates (see m_letrec1) - to convert source correctly in unmemocopy -- eliminate argument checking for closures -- Implement a thread-safe alternative to SCM's environment caches - - -=== Before releasing 1.6.0: - -(Also, please try to fold any relevant changes you make into the - unstable tree as well.) - -- Write instructions to distributors on how to build a generic Guile - for including in a distribution. - -- Wait for reply from ttn about version numbers. - -- Update the version numbers in GUILE-VERSION and README. [rlb] - -- perform testing cycles. - -- wait for rlb to release. - -=== Before releasing 1.8.0: - -- Compile with --enable-error-on-warning without failure. Requires a - number of fixes, including num2integral.i.c and on some platforms - gc_os_dep.c. Also SCM_FIXABLE etc. will produce unavoidable - warnings on some platforms with some vars as written now. i.e. on - alphas, SCM_FIXABLE(some_int) is always true. We need more - conditional compilation or similar. - -- Move sample .gdbinit in HACKING to somewhere more appropriate (manual?). - -- Make sure we have appropriate interface numbers for shared - libraries, and that we document and use the libtool - conventions. [rlb]. - -- Update the version numbers in GUILE-VERSION and README. [rlb] - -- Start a new section of the NEWS file. - -- Start a new THANKS file. - -- remove deprecated functions scm_read_0str, scm_eval_0str. - -- remove deprecated "scm_*_t" type names in libguile.h. - -- remove re-exporting behaviour of `export'. - in boot-9.scm, remove begin-deprecated part of `module-export!' - in format.scm, remove kluge at top - in srfi-13.scm, likewise - in srfi-1.scm, likewise - in syncase.scm, likewise - -- remove deprecated subr and gsubr functions - in procs.h, procs.c: scm_make_subr, scm_make_subr_opt, - scm_make_subr_with_generic, - in gsubr.h, gsubr.c: scm_make_gsubr, scm_make_gsubr_with_generic. - -- remove deprecated C interface to modules - in modules.h, modules.c: - root_module_lookup_closure, scm_sym_app, scm_sym_modules, - module_prefix, make_modules_in_var, beautify_user_module_x_var, - scm_the_root_module, scm_make_module, scm_ensure_user_module, - scm_load_scheme_module - -- remove vcell and obarray support. - Remove all code bracketed by `#if SCM_ENABLE_VCELLS'. - Remove SCM_ENABLE_VCELLS itself. - Also remove `variable-set-name-hint' completely. - -- remove compatability module (ice-9 and-let*). It - has been replaced by (ice-9 and-let-star) and/or (srfi srfi-2). - -- remove support for autoloading compiled-code modules: - try-module-linked - try-module-dynamic-link - init-dynamic-module, etc. - scm_register_module_xxx - scm_registered_modules - scm_clear_registered_modules - -- remove deprecated variables: - scm_top_level_lookup_closure_var - scm_scm_system_transformer - Remove all code that still sets them: - `use-syntax', scm_set_current_module, ... - -- remove deprecated functions: - eval.c: scm_eval2, scm_eval_3 - load.c: scm_read_and_eval_x - smob.c: scm_make_smob_type_mfpe, scm_set_smob_mfpe - gc.c: scm_remember - string.c: scm_makstr, scm_makfromstr -- remove deprecated procedures: - boot-9.scm: eval-in-module, id, -1+, return-it, string-character-length, - flags -- remove deprecated macros: SCM_OUTOFRANGE, SCM_NALLOC, SCM_HUP_SIGNAL, - SCM_INT_SIGNAL, SCM_FPE_SIGNAL, SCM_BUS_SIGNAL, SCM_SEGV_SIGNAL, - SCM_ALRM_SIGNAL, SCM_GC_SIGNAL, SCM_TICK_SIGNAL, SCM_SIG_ORD, - SCM_ORD_SIG, SCM_NUM_SIGS, SCM_SLOPPY_STRINGP, SCM_VALIDATE_STRINGORSUBSTR, - SCM_FREEP, SCM_NFREEP, SCM_CHARS, SCM_UCHARS, SCM_VALIDATE_ROSTRING, - SCM_VALIDATE_ROSTRING_COPY, SCM_VALIDATE_NULLORROSTRING_COPY, SCM_ROLENGTH, - SCM_LENGTH, SCM_HUGE_LENGTH, SCM_SUBSTRP, SCM_SUBSTR_STR, SCM_SUBSTR_OFFSET, - SCM_COERCE_SUBSTR, SCM_ROSTRINGP, SCM_RWSTRINGP, SCM_VALIDATE_RWSTRING, - SCM_ROCHARS, SCM_ROUCHARS, SCM_SETLENGTH, SCM_SETCHARS, SCM_LENGTH_MAX, - SCM_GC8MARKP, SCM_SETGC8MARK, SCM_CLRGC8MARK, SCM_GCTYP16, SCM_GCCDR, - SCM_SUBR_DOC, SCM_OPDIRP, SCM_VALIDATE_OPDIR, SCM_WTA, RETURN_SCM_WTA, - SCM_WNA, SCM_FUNC_NAME, SCM_VALIDATE_NUMBER_COPY, - SCM_VALIDATE_NUMBER_DEF_COPY, SCM_SLOPPY_CONSP, SCM_SLOPPY_NCONSP, - SCM_SETAND_CDR, SCM_SETOR_CDR, SCM_SETAND_CAR, SCM_SETOR_CAR, - SCM_ARRAY_CONTIGUOUS, - SCM_LIST0, SCM_LIST1, SCM_LIST2, SCM_LIST3, SCM_LIST4, SCM_LIST5, - SCM_LIST6, SCM_LIST7, SCM_LIST8, SCM_LIST9 -- remove scm_listify -- remove scm_vector_set_length_x -- remove function scm_call_catching_errors - (replaced by catch functions from throw.[ch]) -- remove support for "#&" reader syntax in (ice-9 optargs). -- remove scm_make_shared_substring -- remove scm_read_only_string_p -- remove scm_strhash -- remove scm_tc7_ssymbol -- remove scm_tc7_msymbol -- remove scm_tcs_symbols -- remove scm_sloppy_memq, scm_sloppy_memv, scm_sloppy_member -- consider removing the automatic loading of (ice-9 rdelim) when guile - starts up. This would be a brave move, since a lot of code will - assume that read-line is available by default. However it would make - it easier to use alternative implementations of this module, e.g., a - strictly scsh-compatible version which uses multiple values. For - interactive use it would be easy to load the module in ~/.guile. -- remove scm_close_all_ports_except -- remove scm_strprint_obj -- remove SCM_CONST_LONG -- remove scm_wta -- remove deprecated typedefs: long_long, ulong_long, scm_sizet -- remove deprecated macros: scm_contregs, scm_port_rw_active, - scm_port, scm_ptob_descriptor, scm_debug_info, scm_debug_frame, - scm_fport, SCM_FIXNUM_BIT, scm_option, scm_subr_entry, scm_rstate, - scm_rng, scm_i_rstate, scm_srcprops, scm_srcprops_chunk, - scm_info_frame, scm_stack, scm_array, scm_array_dim. -- remove deprecated functions: scm_mkbig, scm_big2num, scm_adjbig, - scm_normbig, scm_copybig, scm_2ulong2big, scm_dbl2big, scm_big2dbl. -- remove deprecated functions: scm_protect_object, - scm_unprotect_object, scm_create_hook. - -[TODO ends here]