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(*) int*int overflow check shouldn't doubles on alpha (cf. John Tromp's mail)
(*) add signal.alarm()
(*) when abort()ing because of unexpected exception, print a message
first (Jack)
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(from BUGS1.0.1)
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document addpack, urllib, ...
(*) import.c from JaapV
document os.exec*
name sunaudiodevmodule.c is too long
(*) play with / include SUIT interface
make regsub.[g]sub() optionally case insensitive
handle printing of errors in lines containing multiline strings
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(*) ought to use features from autoconf 1.8
(*) errors in __repr__() are handled wrong when called from format
- long(0x80000000) has wrong value!
- hex(0x80000000) shouldn't have sign (?)
(*) need way to set buffering at file open time
(*) need way to force stdout unbuffered
- document new modules (builtin as well as Lib)
- restart CVS tree
(?) build shared libs for SunOS 4.1.3
- Mac X... code resources as shared libs?
(*) X patches from Adrian Phillips
(*) Jaap's freeze script
Incorporate with contrib status:
- additions to glmodule by rg3h
(*) Jaap's posixfile module (with locking)
(*) pthreads interface
Later:
- put the offending object in IOError and posix.error
- make module marshal work with user-defined file-like objects
- built-in help?
- hierarchical module names?
Big plans:
- allow separate interpreters (a la Xt's Applocation Contexts, and Tcl)
- great renaming
- complete reflexive nature of the language, e.g. have interfaces et
create any kind of object
(*) GUI interface a la Tk
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For FAQ:
(*) why don't strings (numbers, tuples, ...) have methods / attributes
(*) why are strings / numbers / tuples immutable
why don't list methods return self
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PM/TODO list after Egypt (from mailing list):
make .pyc files executable (how?)
thread status and improvements (lock stmt; signal/wait)
optional optimizations
pthread migration
(*) test/incorporate new SUIT
shorten excessively long filenames (sunaudiodevmodule.c)
(*) default parameter values
multiple interpreter objects
(*) import shlib bug (irix5.2) (reload, dlclose)
(*) addpack.py
(*) newmodule.c (or other hacks to create new modules, classes, functions
etc. from their components)
persistency
new Dbhash.py, dbhash library
reraise; or raise 3rd param for traceback?
-or- except type, value, tbackobjec
redesign exceptions from scratch?
dbm objects miss items(), values() methods
(*) jar's new profile
answer q about coerce()
(*) reconsider pass [expression] ??? -or- don't print non-interactive
exprs -or- option to suppress printing non-None expressions
(*) should be able to hash code objs (add fns to convert between lists/tuples)
describe() ?
distribute demo2 with Holmes
(*) re-reply on try-continue
classes are too slow
add += etc. ?
optimize tuple = tuple
allow (a, b) = [1, 2] and [1, 2] = (1, 2) ???
wustl is not un the northwest of the US?
(*) MPW doesn't like \000 in string literals?
MPW patches, unixemu patches
prepare tar files with
- mac think projects (*)
- mpw makefiles
- dos makefiles
- mac unixemu lib
explain rules about == vs. 'is' for strings (* by others on the list)
(*) bug in ceval.c DELETE_FAST
(*) possible optimize LOAD_NAME -> LOAD_GLOBAL
get dos python with suit (inesc)
(*) docs for try/continue are wrong and unclear
better hashing fn?
(*) add improved nested indent to python-mode.el
(*) add a section to tutorial on "new" features
rewrite section on formatting in tutorial
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TODO-TOO list:
test for overflow when converting python long to float
lift restrictions on tuple or list in many cases
(*) allow long ints with sensible values for getargs "i"
(*) multiline string literals
what to do about 64-bit int literals (on 64-bit machines) in .pyc
files? (Currently truncated w/o warning!)
DOCUMENTATION UPDATE! E.g. ref.tex doesn't describe:
(*) - line joins w/o backslash
(*) - double-quoted strings; \" in strings
- more?
Should double-check all changes with docs!
(?) Interrupting output still sometimes doesn't call clearerr() properly
sometimes ghost errors when interrupting during debugging in
'continue' mode?
typing a comment to a primary prompt shouldn't issue a secondary prompt
readline: add hooks to recognize Python syntax and to expand Python
commands and names
should have absolute pathnames in function objects
in general check that all the exceptions are modernized and that the
messages aren't giving the same error twice (e.g., stdwinmodule.c!)
- check read/write allowed for file objects
- introduce macros to set/inspect errno for syscalls, to support things
like getoserr()
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DOS/Windows Python
(???) command line options?
(*) os.system()
(???) interrupts
(???) wrap
(*) pc module
(*) dospath.py
DOS/Windows Python -- TO DO
(*) memtest from config.h
(*) copy sources back
(*) build DOS version
(*) distribute 386 version
(*) Mac 1.0.1 release?
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