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@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@ 2015-06-19 Arnold D. Robbins <arnold@skeeve.com> * builtin.c (do_isarray): Minor edit to lint warning. + * TODO: Updated. 2015-06-14 Arnold D. Robbins <arnold@skeeve.com> @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -Wed Dec 24 20:41:38 IST 2014 +Fri Jun 19 12:44:56 IDT 2015 ============================ There were too many files tracking different thoughts and ideas for @@ -15,10 +15,6 @@ TODO Minor Cleanups and Code Improvements ------------------------------------ - Review the bash source script for working with shared libraries in - order to nuke the use of libtool. [ Partially started in the - nolibtool branch. ] - API: ??? #if !defined(GAWK) && !defined(GAWK_OMIT_CONVENIENCE_MACROS) @@ -62,16 +58,6 @@ Major New Features Indirect through array elements, not just scalar variables - Some way to make regexp constants first class citizens: - - Assign to variables - - Pass to functions - Tawk has this and it would also make indirect calling of builtins - work more reasonably. Probably would use a special syntax like - @/.../ for such objects. - - Consider a typeof() function that returns a string (scalar, array, - regexp). - Add ability to do decimal arithmetic. Rework management of array index storage. (Partially DONE.) @@ -133,6 +119,9 @@ Things To Think About That May Never Happen Enhance FIELDWIDTHS with some way to indicate "the rest of the record". E.g., a length of 0 or -1 or something. Maybe "n"? + Review the bash source script for working with shared libraries in + order to nuke the use of libtool. [ Partially started in the + dead-branches/nolibtool branch. ] Things That We Decided We Will Never Do ======================================= @@ -163,7 +152,7 @@ Things That We Decided We Will Never Do in a debugger is generally enough. Also, I would have to try to track down the latest version of this. - "Make awk '/foo/' files... run at egrep speeds (how?)" + "Make awk '/foo/' files... run at egrep speeds" (How?) This has been on the list since the early days (gawk 1.x or early 2.x). But I am not sure how to really do this, nor have I done timings, nor does there seem to be any real demand for this. |