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Guido van Rossum5552eb71994-08-05 15:51:00 +00001(-) write a script and add a "Make" rule (perhaps) that changes
2 #!/usr/local/bin/python to something else in all scripts around.
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Guido van Rossum433c8ad1994-08-01 12:07:07 +00004(*) int*int overflow check shouldn't doubles on alpha (cf. John Tromp's mail)
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6(*) add signal.alarm()
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8(*) when abort()ing because of unexpected exception, print a message
9 first (Jack)
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11----------------------------------------------------------------------
12(from BUGS1.0.1)
13----------------------------------------------------------------------
14document addpack, urllib, ...
15
16(*) import.c from JaapV
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18document os.exec*
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20name sunaudiodevmodule.c is too long
21
22(*) play with / include SUIT interface
23
24make regsub.[g]sub() optionally case insensitive
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26handle printing of errors in lines containing multiline strings
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28======================================================================
29
30(*) ought to use features from autoconf 1.8
31
32(*) errors in __repr__() are handled wrong when called from format
33
34- long(0x80000000) has wrong value!
35
36- hex(0x80000000) shouldn't have sign (?)
37
38(*) need way to set buffering at file open time
39
40(*) need way to force stdout unbuffered
41
42- document new modules (builtin as well as Lib)
43
44- restart CVS tree
45
46(?) build shared libs for SunOS 4.1.3
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48- Mac X... code resources as shared libs?
49
50(*) X patches from Adrian Phillips
51
52(*) Jaap's freeze script
53
54Incorporate with contrib status:
55- additions to glmodule by rg3h
56(*) Jaap's posixfile module (with locking)
57(*) pthreads interface
58
59Later:
60- put the offending object in IOError and posix.error
61- make module marshal work with user-defined file-like objects
62- built-in help?
63- hierarchical module names?
64
65Big plans:
66
67- allow separate interpreters (a la Xt's Applocation Contexts, and Tcl)
68- great renaming
69- complete reflexive nature of the language, e.g. have interfaces et
70create any kind of object
71(*) GUI interface a la Tk
72
73
74======================================================================
75For FAQ:
76
77(*) why don't strings (numbers, tuples, ...) have methods / attributes
78
79(*) why are strings / numbers / tuples immutable
80
81why don't list methods return self
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83======================================================================
84PM/TODO list after Egypt (from mailing list):
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86make .pyc files executable (how?)
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88thread status and improvements (lock stmt; signal/wait)
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90optional optimizations
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92pthread migration
93
94(*) test/incorporate new SUIT
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96shorten excessively long filenames (sunaudiodevmodule.c)
97
98(*) default parameter values
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100multiple interpreter objects
101
102(*) import shlib bug (irix5.2) (reload, dlclose)
103
104(*) addpack.py
105
106(*) newmodule.c (or other hacks to create new modules, classes, functions
107 etc. from their components)
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109persistency
110
111new Dbhash.py, dbhash library
112
113reraise; or raise 3rd param for traceback?
114-or- except type, value, tbackobjec
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116redesign exceptions from scratch?
117
118dbm objects miss items(), values() methods
119
120(*) jar's new profile
121
122answer q about coerce()
123
124(*) reconsider pass [expression] ??? -or- don't print non-interactive
125 exprs -or- option to suppress printing non-None expressions
126
127(*) should be able to hash code objs (add fns to convert between lists/tuples)
128
129describe() ?
130
131distribute demo2 with Holmes
132
133(*) re-reply on try-continue
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135classes are too slow
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137add += etc. ?
138
139optimize tuple = tuple
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141allow (a, b) = [1, 2] and [1, 2] = (1, 2) ???
142
143wustl is not un the northwest of the US?
144
145(*) MPW doesn't like \000 in string literals?
146
147MPW patches, unixemu patches
148
149prepare tar files with
150 - mac think projects (*)
151 - mpw makefiles
152 - dos makefiles
153 - mac unixemu lib
154
155explain rules about == vs. 'is' for strings (* by others on the list)
156
157(*) bug in ceval.c DELETE_FAST
158
159(*) possible optimize LOAD_NAME -> LOAD_GLOBAL
160
161get dos python with suit (inesc)
162
163(*) docs for try/continue are wrong and unclear
164
165better hashing fn?
166
167(*) add improved nested indent to python-mode.el
168
169(*) add a section to tutorial on "new" features
170
171rewrite section on formatting in tutorial
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173======================================================================
174TODO-TOO list:
175
176test for overflow when converting python long to float
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178lift restrictions on tuple or list in many cases
179
180(*) allow long ints with sensible values for getargs "i"
181
182(*) multiline string literals
183
184what to do about 64-bit int literals (on 64-bit machines) in .pyc
185files? (Currently truncated w/o warning!)
186
187DOCUMENTATION UPDATE! E.g. ref.tex doesn't describe:
188(*) - line joins w/o backslash
189(*) - double-quoted strings; \" in strings
190 - more?
191Should double-check all changes with docs!
192
193(?) Interrupting output still sometimes doesn't call clearerr() properly
194
195sometimes ghost errors when interrupting during debugging in
196'continue' mode?
197
198typing a comment to a primary prompt shouldn't issue a secondary prompt
199
200readline: add hooks to recognize Python syntax and to expand Python
201commands and names
202
203should have absolute pathnames in function objects
204
205in general check that all the exceptions are modernized and that the
206messages aren't giving the same error twice (e.g., stdwinmodule.c!)
207
208- check read/write allowed for file objects
209
210- introduce macros to set/inspect errno for syscalls, to support things
211 like getoserr()
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213======================================================================
214DOS/Windows Python
215
216(???) command line options?
217
218(*) os.system()
219
220(???) interrupts
221
222(???) wrap
223
224(*) pc module
225
226(*) dospath.py
227
228DOS/Windows Python -- TO DO
229
230(*) memtest from config.h
231
232(*) copy sources back
233
234(*) build DOS version
235
236(*) distribute 386 version
237
238(*) Mac 1.0.1 release?
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