TODO

   1 [ID: $Id: TODO,v 1.15 2001-06-27 09:46:44 ttn Exp $]
   2
   3 These are grouped by release target.  If you would like to suggest changes or
   4 contribute patches, please first email guile-devel@gnu.org to coordinate.  See
   5 also file HACKING.
   6
   7
   8 === Eventually (not yet associated with a specific release):
   9
  10 - deprecate `read-only-string?'
  11 - [after signal handling and threading have been fixed] remove the code
  12   corresponding to GUILE_OLD_ASYNC_CLICK and the corresponding
  13   GUILE_OLD_ASYNC_CLICK macro.
  14 - implement and integrate generational garbage collection
  15 - add POSIX thread support
  16 - factor thread support out of libguile
  17 - protect common resources using mutecis from the new interface
  18 - remove the dynamic roots
  19 - revise the fluid implementation
  20 - implement the GC thread synchronization (all threads: go to sleep!)
  21 - implementing the libguileposix threads glue library
  22 - GOOPS
  23   - develop better representation for GOOPS objects
  24   - rewrite method cache management in C
  25   - rewrite core macros (define-class et al) in C
  26   - define C API
  27 - write orbit CORBA interface
  28 - [after new module system] factor out modules sort.c and random.c should be
  29   factored out into separate modules
  30
  31 === In release 1.6.0:
  32
  33 - Make sure that the deprecation mechanism explained in INSTALL and
  34   README is completed and works.
  35
  36 === In release 1.8.0:
  37
  38 - remove deprecated "scm_*_t" type names in libguile.h.
  39
  40 - remove re-exporting behaviour of `export'.
  41     in boot-9.scm, remove begin-deprecated part of `module-export!'
  42     in format.scm, remove kluge at top
  43     in srfi13.scm, likewise
  44
  45 - remove deprecated subr and gsubr functions
  46     in procs.h, procs.c: scm_make_subr, scm_make_subr_opt,
  47       scm_make_subr_with_generic,
  48     in gsubr.h, gsubr.c: scm_make_gsubr, scm_make_gsubr_with_generic.
  49
  50 - remove deprecated C interface to modules
  51     in modules.h, modules.c:
  52       root_module_lookup_closure, scm_sym_app, scm_sym_modules,
  53       module_prefix, make_modules_in_var, beautify_user_module_x_var,
  54       scm_the_root_module, scm_make_module, scm_ensure_user_module,
  55       scm_load_scheme_module
  56
  57 - remove vcell and obarray support.
  58   Remove all code bracketed by `#if SCM_ENABLE_VCELLS'.
  59   Remove SCM_ENABLE_VCELLS itself.
  60   Also remove `variable-set-name-hint' completely.
  61
  62 - remove compatability module (ice-9 and-let*).  It
  63   has been replaced by (ice-9 and-let-star) and/or (srfi srfi-2).
  64
  65 - remove support for autoloading compiled-code modules:
  66     try-module-linked
  67     try-module-dynamic-link
  68     init-dynamic-module, etc.
  69     scm_register_module_xxx
  70     scm_registered_modules
  71     scm_clear_registered_modules
  72
  73 - remove deprecated variables:
  74     scm_top_level_lookup_closure_var
  75     scm_scm_system_transformer
  76     Remove all code that still sets them:
  77      `use-syntax', scm_set_current_module, ...
  78
  79 - remove deprecated functions:
  80     eval.c: scm_eval2, scm_eval_3
  81     load.c: scm_read_and_eval_x
  82     smob.c: scm_make_smob_type_mfpe, scm_set_smob_mfpe
  83     gc.c: scm_remember
  84     string.c: scm_makstr, scm_makfromstr
  85 - remove deprecated procedures:
  86     boot-9.scm: eval-in-module, id, -1+, return-it, string-character-length,
  87       flags
  88 - remove deprecated macros: SCM_OUTOFRANGE, SCM_NALLOC, SCM_HUP_SIGNAL,
  89   SCM_INT_SIGNAL, SCM_FPE_SIGNAL, SCM_BUS_SIGNAL, SCM_SEGV_SIGNAL,
  90   SCM_ALRM_SIGNAL, SCM_GC_SIGNAL, SCM_TICK_SIGNAL, SCM_SIG_ORD,
  91   SCM_ORD_SIG, SCM_NUM_SIGS, SCM_SLOPPY_STRINGP, SCM_VALIDATE_STRINGORSUBSTR,
  92   SCM_FREEP, SCM_NFREEP, SCM_CHARS, SCM_UCHARS, SCM_VALIDATE_ROSTRING,
  93   SCM_VALIDATE_ROSTRING_COPY, SCM_VALIDATE_NULLORROSTRING_COPY, SCM_ROLENGTH,
  94   SCM_LENGTH, SCM_HUGE_LENGTH, SCM_SUBSTRP, SCM_SUBSTR_STR, SCM_SUBSTR_OFFSET,
  95   SCM_COERCE_SUBSTR, SCM_ROSTRINGP, SCM_RWSTRINGP, SCM_VALIDATE_RWSTRING,
  96   SCM_ROCHARS, SCM_ROUCHARS, SCM_SETLENGTH, SCM_SETCHARS, SCM_LENGTH_MAX,
  97   SCM_GC8MARKP, SCM_SETGC8MARK, SCM_CLRGC8MARK, SCM_GCTYP16, SCM_GCCDR,
  98   SCM_SUBR_DOC, SCM_OPDIRP, SCM_VALIDATE_OPDIR, SCM_WTA, RETURN_SCM_WTA,
  99   SCM_WNA, SCM_FUNC_NAME, SCM_VALIDATE_NUMBER_COPY,
 100   SCM_VALIDATE_NUMBER_DEF_COPY, SCM_SLOPPY_CONSP, SCM_SLOPPY_NCONSP,
 101   SCM_SETAND_CDR, SCM_SETOR_CDR, SCM_SETAND_CAR, SCM_SETOR_CAR,
 102   SCM_ARRAY_CONTIGUOUS
 103 - remove scm_vector_set_length_x
 104 - remove function scm_call_catching_errors
 105   (replaced by catch functions from throw.[ch])
 106 - remove support for "#&" reader syntax in (ice-9 optargs).
 107 - remove scm_make_shared_substring
 108 - remove scm_read_only_string_p
 109 - remove scm_strhash
 110 - remove scm_tc7_ssymbol
 111 - remove scm_tc7_msymbol
 112 - remove scm_tcs_symbols
 113 - remove scm_sloppy_memq, scm_sloppy_memv, scm_sloppy_member
 114 - consider removing the automatic loading of (ice-9 rdelim) when guile
 115   starts up.  This would be a brave move, since a lot of code will
 116   assume that read-line is available by default.  However it would make
 117   it easier to use alternative implementations of this module, e.g., a
 118   strictly scsh-compatible version which uses multiple values.  For
 119   interactive use it would be easy to load the module in ~/.guile.
 120 - remove scm_close_all_ports_except
 121 - remove scm_strprint_obj
 122 - remove SCM_CONST_LONG
 123 - remove scm_wta
 124 - remove deprecated typedefs: long_long, ulong_long, scm_sizet
 125 - remove deprecated macros: scm_contregs, scm_port_rw_active,
 126   scm_port, scm_ptob_descriptor, scm_debug_info, scm_debug_frame,
 127   scm_fport, SCM_FIXNUM_BIT, scm_option, scm_subr_entry, scm_rstate,
 128   scm_rng, scm_i_rstate, scm_srcprops, scm_srcprops_chunk,
 129   scm_info_frame, scm_stack, scm_array, scm_array_dim.
 130 - remove deprecated functions: scm_mkbig, scm_big2num, scm_adjbig,
 131   scm_normbig, scm_copybig, scm_2ulong2big, scm_dbl2big, scm_big2dbl.
 132 - remove deprecated functions: scm_protect_object,
 133   scm_unprotect_object, scm_create_hook.
 134
 135 [TODO ends here]