299 lines
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299 lines
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(-) systematically create /usr/local/lib/python/<machine>-<os>/
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subdirectories, with a lib/ subdirectory containing the lib*.a
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files etc.
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(-) need newer DOS binary (16 bit version doesn't do default args)
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(-) support for dynamically loadable libraries in makesetup and Extensions.
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e.g. add a make rule to build .so files (unfortunately need to figure
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out what ld option is needed) (more appropriate for makesetup
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script?)
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(-) Move tkinter into the standard Modules directory; Tkinter c.s. to
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Lib/tkinter etc. (???)
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(-) document Tk
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(-) class browser
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(-) interactive Python GUI (a la NT thingie)
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(-) speedup finddfa (and classify?)
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(-) more stuff under CVS (demo, extensions)
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(-) Mac port of 1.1
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(-) Mac port of STDWIN 0.9.9 to THINK C 6.0
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(-) use const for char * parameters (and many more) where possible
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(-) The Great Renaming!
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(-) redo __xxx__ operators for class instances
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(-) document __getattr__, __setattr__
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(-) add __delattr__ to class instances
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(-) many things that take strings should also take arrays of chars
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(-) add list of existing extensions to FAQ
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(-) update "recent additions" chapter in tutorial
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(-) rewrite "output formatting" chapter in tutorial
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(*) pass OPT from environment via configure to Makefile
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(*) version.c should be recompiled for each link
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(*) stropmodule should export find/rfind instead of index/rindex
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(*) add __getattr__, __setattr__ to class instances
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(*) fix pow(x, y, z) for integers
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(*) add tuple(seq) to turn any sequence into a tuple
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(*) Win32s for PC
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(*) integrate NT changes
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(*) write a script and add a "Make" rule (perhaps) that changes
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#!/usr/local/bin/python to something else in all scripts around.
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(*) int*int overflow check shouldn't doubles on alpha (cf. John Tromp's mail)
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(*) add signal.alarm()
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(*) when abort()ing because of unexpected exception, print a message
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first (Jack)
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(from BUGS1.0.1)
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(-) document addpack, urllib, ...
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(*) import.c from JaapV
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(*) document os.exec*
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(*) name sunaudiodevmodule.c is too long
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(*) play with / include SUIT interface
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(-) make regsub.[g]sub() optionally case insensitive
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======================================================================
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(*) ought to use features from autoconf 1.8
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(*) errors in __repr__() are handled wrong when called from format
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(*) long(0x80000000) has wrong value!
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(-) hex(0x80000000) shouldn't have sign (?)
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(*) need way to set buffering at file open time
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(*) need way to force stdout unbuffered
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(*) restart CVS tree
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(?) build shared libs for SunOS 4.1.3
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(-) dynamic linking on the Mac (is this a dream?)
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(*) X patches from Adrian Phillips
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(*) Jaap's freeze script
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Incorporate with contrib status:
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- additions to glmodule by rg3h
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(*) Jaap's posixfile module (with locking)
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(*) pthreads interface
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Later:
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- put the offending object in IOError and posix.error
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- make module marshal work with user-defined file-like objects
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- built-in help?
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- hierarchical module names?
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Big plans:
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- allow separate interpreters (a la Xt's Applocation Contexts, and Tcl)
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- great renaming
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- complete reflexive nature of the language, e.g. have interfaces et
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create any kind of object
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(*) GUI interface a la Tk
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For FAQ:
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(*) why don't strings (numbers, tuples, ...) have methods / attributes
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(*) why are strings / numbers / tuples immutable
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why don't list methods return self
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PM/TODO list after Egypt (from mailing list):
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make .pyc files executable (how?)
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thread status and improvements (lock stmt; signal/wait)
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optional optimizations
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pthread migration
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(*) test/incorporate new SUIT
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shorten excessively long filenames (sunaudiodevmodule.c)
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(*) default parameter values
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multiple interpreter objects
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(*) import shlib bug (irix5.2) (reload, dlclose)
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(*) addpack.py
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(*) newmodule.c (or other hacks to create new modules, classes, functions
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etc. from their components)
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persistency
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new Dbhash.py, dbhash library
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reraise; or raise 3rd param for traceback?
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-or- except type, value, tbackobjec
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redesign exceptions from scratch?
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dbm objects miss items(), values() methods
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(*) jar's new profile
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answer q about coerce()
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(*) reconsider pass [expression] ??? -or- don't print non-interactive
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exprs -or- option to suppress printing non-None expressions
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(*) should be able to hash code objs (add fns to convert between lists/tuples)
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describe() ?
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distribute demo2 with Holmes
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(*) re-reply on try-continue
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classes are too slow
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add += etc. ?
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optimize tuple = tuple
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allow (a, b) = [1, 2] and [1, 2] = (1, 2) ???
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wustl is not un the northwest of the US?
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(*) MPW doesn't like \000 in string literals?
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MPW patches, unixemu patches
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prepare tar files with
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- mac think projects (*)
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- mpw makefiles
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- dos makefiles
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- mac unixemu lib
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explain rules about == vs. 'is' for strings (* by others on the list)
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(*) bug in ceval.c DELETE_FAST
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(*) possible optimize LOAD_NAME -> LOAD_GLOBAL
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get dos python with suit (inesc)
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(*) docs for try/continue are wrong and unclear
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better hashing fn?
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(*) add improved nested indent to python-mode.el
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(*) add a section to tutorial on "new" features
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rewrite section on formatting in tutorial
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TODO-TOO list:
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test for overflow when converting python long to float
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lift restrictions on tuple or list in many cases
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(*) allow long ints with sensible values for getargs "i"
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(*) multiline string literals
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what to do about 64-bit int literals (on 64-bit machines) in .pyc
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files? (Currently truncated w/o warning!)
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DOCUMENTATION UPDATE! E.g. ref.tex doesn't describe:
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(*) - line joins w/o backslash
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(*) - double-quoted strings; \" in strings
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- more?
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Should double-check all changes with docs!
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(?) Interrupting output still sometimes doesn't call clearerr() properly
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sometimes ghost errors when interrupting during debugging in
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'continue' mode?
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typing a comment to a primary prompt shouldn't issue a secondary prompt
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readline: add hooks to recognize Python syntax and to expand Python
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commands and names
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should have absolute pathnames in function objects
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in general check that all the exceptions are modernized and that the
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messages aren't giving the same error twice (e.g., stdwinmodule.c!)
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- check read/write allowed for file objects
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- introduce macros to set/inspect errno for syscalls, to support things
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like getoserr()
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DOS/Windows Python
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(???) command line options?
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(*) os.system()
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(???) interrupts
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(???) wrap
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(*) pc module
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(*) dospath.py
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DOS/Windows Python -- TO DO
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(*) memtest from config.h
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(*) copy sources back
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(*) build DOS version
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(*) distribute 386 version
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(*) Mac 1.0.1 release?
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