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finally todo.txt reflects reality again

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Andreas Rumpf 2017-01-22 06:17:01 +01:00
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version 1.0 battle plan version 1.0 battle plan
======================= =======================
- iters for js - make 'not nil' the default (produce warnings instead of errors for
a smooth migration path)
- case objects needs to be safe and need to support pattern matching
- sanctionize some macro implementation for interfaces
- implement a way to forward object type declarations across module
boundaries; C++ style
- fix "high priority" bugs - fix "high priority" bugs
- try to fix as many compiler crashes as reasonable - try to fix as many compiler crashes as reasonable
@ -21,7 +26,6 @@ Not critical for 1.0
'static[T]' mess in the compiler! 'static[T]' mess in the compiler!
- ``not`` or ``~`` for the effects system - ``not`` or ``~`` for the effects system
- document and stress test ``.partial`` object declarations - document and stress test ``.partial`` object declarations
- add "all threads are blocked" detection to 'spawn'
- figure out why C++ bootstrapping is so much slower - figure out why C++ bootstrapping is so much slower
- The bitwise 'not' operator cold be renamed to 'bnot' to - The bitwise 'not' operator cold be renamed to 'bnot' to
prevent 'not 4 == 5' from compiling. -> requires 'mixin' annotation for procs! prevent 'not 4 == 5' from compiling. -> requires 'mixin' annotation for procs!
@ -30,8 +34,6 @@ Not critical for 1.0
- incrSeq - incrSeq
- addChar - addChar
- pragmas need 'bindSym' support - pragmas need 'bindSym' support
- allow simple read accesses to global variables --> difficult to ensure that
no data races happen
- pragmas need re-work: 'push' is dangerous, 'hasPragma' does not work - pragmas need re-work: 'push' is dangerous, 'hasPragma' does not work
reliably with user-defined pragmas reliably with user-defined pragmas
- memory manager: add a measure of fragmentation - memory manager: add a measure of fragmentation
@ -39,8 +41,6 @@ Not critical for 1.0
- optimize 'genericReset'; 'newException' leads to code bloat - optimize 'genericReset'; 'newException' leads to code bloat
- prevent 'alloc(TypeWithGCedMemory)'? - prevent 'alloc(TypeWithGCedMemory)'?
- split docgen into separate tool; not happy how it worked with ``nimsuggest``
though
- map ``string`` and ``seq`` to ``std::string`` and ``std::vector`` - map ``string`` and ``seq`` to ``std::string`` and ``std::vector``
- macro support for '='; bind '=' to a memory region - macro support for '='; bind '=' to a memory region
- macros as type pragmas - macros as type pragmas
@ -50,7 +50,6 @@ Bugs
==== ====
- VM: Pegs do not work at compile-time - VM: Pegs do not work at compile-time
- VM: ptr/ref T cannot work in general
- blocks can "export" an identifier but the CCG generates {} for them ... - blocks can "export" an identifier but the CCG generates {} for them ...
- ConcreteTypes in a 'case' means we don't check for duplicated case branches - ConcreteTypes in a 'case' means we don't check for duplicated case branches
@ -58,8 +57,7 @@ Bugs
GC GC
== ==
- use big blocks in the allocator - use slightly bigger blocks in the allocator
- provide tool/API to track leaks/object counts
- resizing of strings/sequences could take into account the memory that - resizing of strings/sequences could take into account the memory that
is allocated is allocated
@ -67,7 +65,6 @@ GC
Concurrency Concurrency
=========== ===========
- test 'deepCopy' for closures
- implement 'foo[1..4] = spawn(f[4..7])' - implement 'foo[1..4] = spawn(f[4..7])'
Low priority: Low priority: