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@@ -1,14 +1,26 @@ This file lists future projects and enhancements for gawk. Items are listed in roughly the order they will be done for a given release. This file is -mainly for use by the developers to help keep themselves on track, please +mainly for use by the developer(s) to help keep themselves on track, please don't bug us too much about schedules or what all this really means. +(An `x' indicates that some progress has been made, but that the feature is +not complete yet.) + For 2.16 ======== -David: - Move to autoconf-based configure system. +x Move to autoconf-based configure system. + +x Research awk `fflush' function. + +x Generalize IGNORECASE + any value makes it work, not just numeric non-zero + make it apply to *all* string comparisons + +x Fix FILENAME to have an initial value of "", not "-" - Allow RS to be a regexp. +In 2.17 +======= +x Allow RS to be a regexp. RT variable to hold text of record terminator @@ -16,46 +28,24 @@ David: Feedback alloca.s changes to FSF - Extensible hashing in memory of awk arrays +x Split() with null string as third arg to split up strings - Split() with null string as third arg to split up strings - - Analogously, setting FS="" would split the input record into individual +x Analogously, setting FS="" would split the input record into individual characters. -Arnold: - Generalize IGNORECASE - any value makes it work, not just numeric non-zero - make it apply to *all* string comparisons - - Fix FILENAME to have an initial value of "", not "-" - - Clean up code by isolating system-specific functions in separate files. +x Clean up code by isolating system-specific functions in separate files. Undertake significant directory reorganization. - Extensive manual cleanup: +x Extensive manual cleanup: Use of texinfo 2.0 features Lots more examples Document all of the above. -In 2.17 -======= -David: - - Incorporate newer dfa.c and regex.c (go to POSIX regexps) +x Go to POSIX regexps Make regex + dfa less dependant on gawk header file includes - General sub functions: - edit(line, pat, sub) and gedit(line, pat, sub) - that return the substituted strings and allow \1 etc. in the sub string. - -Arnold: - DBM storage of awk arrays. Try to allow multiple dbm packages - - ? Have strftime() pay attention to the value of ENVIRON["TZ"] - Additional manual features: Document posix regexps Document use of dbm arrays @@ -67,19 +57,26 @@ Arnold: For 2.18 ======== + DBM storage of awk arrays. Try to allow multiple dbm packages -Arnold: + General sub functions: + edit(line, pat, sub) and gedit(line, pat, sub) + that return the substituted strings and allow \1 etc. in the sub + string. + + ? Have strftime() pay attention to the value of ENVIRON["TZ"] + +For 2.19 +======== Add chdir and stat built-in functions. Add function pointers as valid variable types. Add an `ftw' built-in function that takes a function pointer. -David: - Do an optimization pass over parse tree? -For 2.19 or later: +For 2.20 or later: ================== Add variables similar to C's __FILE__ and __LINE__ for better diagnostics from within awk programs. @@ -101,7 +98,7 @@ Make awk '/foo/' files... run at egrep speeds Do a reference card -Allow OFMT to be other than a floating point format. +Allow OFMT and CONVFMT to be other than a floating point format. Allow redefining of builtin functions? |