TODO

   1 [ID: $Id: TODO,v 1.17 2001-06-29 08:10:00 kei Exp $]
   2
   3 These TODO items are grouped by target release version.  The first group is
   4 the "Eventually" group, which is not associated w/ any particular version.
   5 Move these items under a version upon completion (or better yet, ownership).
   6
   7 Upon completion, simply change the "-" to a "+", but do not delete the item.
   8 At release time, the "+" entries will be deleted after review to make sure
   9 that user-visible changes are reflected in NEWS (and that proper credit is
  10 applied :-).
  11
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  15
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  19
  20 See also file HACKING.
  21
  22 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  23
  24 === Eventually:
  25
  26 - deprecate `read-only-string?'
  27 - [after signal handling and threading have been fixed] remove the code
  28   corresponding to GUILE_OLD_ASYNC_CLICK and the corresponding
  29   GUILE_OLD_ASYNC_CLICK macro.
  30 - implement and integrate generational garbage collection
  31 - add POSIX thread support
  32 - factor thread support out of libguile
  33 - protect common resources using mutecis from the new interface
  34 - remove the dynamic roots
  35 - revise the fluid implementation
  36 - implement the GC thread synchronization (all threads: go to sleep!)
  37 - implementing the libguileposix threads glue library
  38 - GOOPS
  39   - develop better representation for GOOPS objects
  40   - rewrite method cache management in C
  41   - rewrite core macros (define-class et al) in C
  42   - define C API
  43 - write Orbit CORBA interface
  44 - [after new module system] factor out modules sort.c and random.c should be
  45   factored out into separate modules
  46
  47 === In release 1.6.0:
  48
  49 - Make sure that the deprecation mechanism explained in INSTALL and
  50   README is completed and works.
  51
  52 === In release 1.8.0:
  53
  54 - remove deprecated "scm_*_t" type names in libguile.h.
  55
  56 - remove re-exporting behaviour of `export'.
  57     in boot-9.scm, remove begin-deprecated part of `module-export!'
  58     in format.scm, remove kluge at top
  59     in srfi13.scm, likewise
  60
  61 - remove deprecated subr and gsubr functions
  62     in procs.h, procs.c: scm_make_subr, scm_make_subr_opt,
  63       scm_make_subr_with_generic,
  64     in gsubr.h, gsubr.c: scm_make_gsubr, scm_make_gsubr_with_generic.
  65
  66 - remove deprecated C interface to modules
  67     in modules.h, modules.c:
  68       root_module_lookup_closure, scm_sym_app, scm_sym_modules,
  69       module_prefix, make_modules_in_var, beautify_user_module_x_var,
  70       scm_the_root_module, scm_make_module, scm_ensure_user_module,
  71       scm_load_scheme_module
  72
  73 - remove vcell and obarray support.
  74   Remove all code bracketed by `#if SCM_ENABLE_VCELLS'.
  75   Remove SCM_ENABLE_VCELLS itself.
  76   Also remove `variable-set-name-hint' completely.
  77
  78 - remove compatability module (ice-9 and-let*).  It
  79   has been replaced by (ice-9 and-let-star) and/or (srfi srfi-2).
  80
  81 - remove support for autoloading compiled-code modules:
  82     try-module-linked
  83     try-module-dynamic-link
  84     init-dynamic-module, etc.
  85     scm_register_module_xxx
  86     scm_registered_modules
  87     scm_clear_registered_modules
  88
  89 - remove deprecated variables:
  90     scm_top_level_lookup_closure_var
  91     scm_scm_system_transformer
  92     Remove all code that still sets them:
  93      `use-syntax', scm_set_current_module, ...
  94
  95 - remove deprecated functions:
  96     eval.c: scm_eval2, scm_eval_3
  97     load.c: scm_read_and_eval_x
  98     smob.c: scm_make_smob_type_mfpe, scm_set_smob_mfpe
  99     gc.c: scm_remember
 100     string.c: scm_makstr, scm_makfromstr
 101 - remove deprecated procedures:
 102     boot-9.scm: eval-in-module, id, -1+, return-it, string-character-length,
 103       flags
 104 - remove deprecated macros: SCM_OUTOFRANGE, SCM_NALLOC, SCM_HUP_SIGNAL,
 105   SCM_INT_SIGNAL, SCM_FPE_SIGNAL, SCM_BUS_SIGNAL, SCM_SEGV_SIGNAL,
 106   SCM_ALRM_SIGNAL, SCM_GC_SIGNAL, SCM_TICK_SIGNAL, SCM_SIG_ORD,
 107   SCM_ORD_SIG, SCM_NUM_SIGS, SCM_SLOPPY_STRINGP, SCM_VALIDATE_STRINGORSUBSTR,
 108   SCM_FREEP, SCM_NFREEP, SCM_CHARS, SCM_UCHARS, SCM_VALIDATE_ROSTRING,
 109   SCM_VALIDATE_ROSTRING_COPY, SCM_VALIDATE_NULLORROSTRING_COPY, SCM_ROLENGTH,
 110   SCM_LENGTH, SCM_HUGE_LENGTH, SCM_SUBSTRP, SCM_SUBSTR_STR, SCM_SUBSTR_OFFSET,
 111   SCM_COERCE_SUBSTR, SCM_ROSTRINGP, SCM_RWSTRINGP, SCM_VALIDATE_RWSTRING,
 112   SCM_ROCHARS, SCM_ROUCHARS, SCM_SETLENGTH, SCM_SETCHARS, SCM_LENGTH_MAX,
 113   SCM_GC8MARKP, SCM_SETGC8MARK, SCM_CLRGC8MARK, SCM_GCTYP16, SCM_GCCDR,
 114   SCM_SUBR_DOC, SCM_OPDIRP, SCM_VALIDATE_OPDIR, SCM_WTA, RETURN_SCM_WTA,
 115   SCM_WNA, SCM_FUNC_NAME, SCM_VALIDATE_NUMBER_COPY,
 116   SCM_VALIDATE_NUMBER_DEF_COPY, SCM_SLOPPY_CONSP, SCM_SLOPPY_NCONSP,
 117   SCM_SETAND_CDR, SCM_SETOR_CDR, SCM_SETAND_CAR, SCM_SETOR_CAR,
 118   SCM_ARRAY_CONTIGUOUS,
 119   SCM_LIST0, SCM_LIST1, SCM_LIST2, SCM_LIST3, SCM_LIST4, SCM_LIST5,
 120   SCM_LIST6, SCM_LIST7, SCM_LIST8, SCM_LIST9
 121 - remove scm_listify
 122 - remove scm_vector_set_length_x
 123 - remove function scm_call_catching_errors
 124   (replaced by catch functions from throw.[ch])
 125 - remove support for "#&" reader syntax in (ice-9 optargs).
 126 - remove scm_make_shared_substring
 127 - remove scm_read_only_string_p
 128 - remove scm_strhash
 129 - remove scm_tc7_ssymbol
 130 - remove scm_tc7_msymbol
 131 - remove scm_tcs_symbols
 132 - remove scm_sloppy_memq, scm_sloppy_memv, scm_sloppy_member
 133 - consider removing the automatic loading of (ice-9 rdelim) when guile
 134   starts up.  This would be a brave move, since a lot of code will
 135   assume that read-line is available by default.  However it would make
 136   it easier to use alternative implementations of this module, e.g., a
 137   strictly scsh-compatible version which uses multiple values.  For
 138   interactive use it would be easy to load the module in ~/.guile.
 139 - remove scm_close_all_ports_except
 140 - remove scm_strprint_obj
 141 - remove SCM_CONST_LONG
 142 - remove scm_wta
 143 - remove deprecated typedefs: long_long, ulong_long, scm_sizet
 144 - remove deprecated macros: scm_contregs, scm_port_rw_active,
 145   scm_port, scm_ptob_descriptor, scm_debug_info, scm_debug_frame,
 146   scm_fport, SCM_FIXNUM_BIT, scm_option, scm_subr_entry, scm_rstate,
 147   scm_rng, scm_i_rstate, scm_srcprops, scm_srcprops_chunk,
 148   scm_info_frame, scm_stack, scm_array, scm_array_dim.
 149 - remove deprecated functions: scm_mkbig, scm_big2num, scm_adjbig,
 150   scm_normbig, scm_copybig, scm_2ulong2big, scm_dbl2big, scm_big2dbl.
 151 - remove deprecated functions: scm_protect_object,
 152   scm_unprotect_object, scm_create_hook.
 153
 154 [TODO ends here]