TODO:

* > 3. In several cases, "perl ppport.h --copy=.new" output a new file in

  > which the only change was the addition of "#include "ppport.h"". In each

  > case, that actually wasn't necessary because the source file in question

  > already #included another source file which #included ppport.h itself.

  > Would it be possible for the analyzer to follow #include directives to

  > spot cases like this?

  Uh, well, I guess it would be possible. But I have some concerns:

  1. ppport.h is already too big. :-)

  2. There is code in ppport.h to actually remove an

       #include "ppport.h"

     if it appears not to be needed. If it's not needed in your

     included file, it might be dropped from there and moved to

     the other file that included the first one. This would make

     the logic much more complicated.

  3. As ppport.h is configurable, it's not (always) a good idea

     to put it into a file that's included from another file.

  I guess I'll have to think about this a little more. Maybe I can

  come up with a fancy solution that doesn't increase the code size

  too much.

* On 14/12/06, Nicholas Clark <nick@ccl4.org> wrote:

  > On Thu, Dec 14, 2006 at 05:03:24AM +0100, Andreas J. Koenig wrote:

  >

  > > Params::Validate and Clone suffer from the same cold:

  >

  > The same patch will make both compile and pass tests.

  > I'm wondering if it might be better to totally drop SVt_PBVM and let source

  > code fail to compile.

  I don't think so. Because :

  1. your redefinition of SVt_PBVM is probably what most XS modules want

  2. anyway, if we remove it from the core, it might appear in Devel::PPPort :)

* maybe backport bytes_from_utf8() for 5.6.0 (or even before)?

* check which of the following we need to support:

    amagic_generation

    AMG_names

    an

    Argv

    argvgv

    argvoutgv

    basetime

    beginav

    block_type

    bodytarget

    bufend

    bufptr

    check

    chopset

    Cmd

    compcv

    compiling

    comppad

    comppad_name

    comppad_name_fill

    copline

    cop_seqmax

    cryptseen

    cshlen

    cshname

    curcop

    curinterp

    curpad

    curpm

    curstash

    curstname

    dbargs

    DBgv

    DBline

    DBsignal

    DBsingle

    DBsub

    DBtrace

    debstash

    debug

    defgv

    defoutgv

    defstash

    delaymagic

    diehook

    dirty

    doextract

    doswitches

    do_undump

    dowarn

    egid

    encoding

    endav

    envgv

    errgv

    error_count

    errors

    euid

    eval_root

    evalseq

    eval_start

    expect

    fdpid

    filemode

    firstgv

    fold

    forkprocess

    formfeed

    formtarget

    freq

    generation

    gensym

    gid

    hexdigit

    hints

    incgv

    in_eval

    in_my

    inplace

    lastfd

    last_in_gv

    last_lop

    last_lop_op

    lastscream

    laststatval

    laststype

    last_uni

    lex_brackets

    lex_brackstack

    lex_casemods

    lex_casestack

    lex_defer

    lex_dojoin

    lex_expect

    lex_formbrack

    lex_inpat

    lex_inwhat

    lex_op

    lex_repl

    lex_starts

    lex_state

    lex_stuff

    lineary

    linestr

    localizing

    main_cv

    main_root

    mainstack

    main_start

    markstack

    markstack_max

    markstack_ptr

    max_intro_pending

    maxo

    maxscream

    maxsysfd

    min_intro_pending

    minus_a

    minus_c

    minus_F

    minus_l

    minus_n

    minus_p

    multi_close

    multi_end

    multi_open

    multi_start

    na

    nexttoke

    nexttype

    nextval

    nice_chunk

    nice_chunk_size

    No

    no_aelem

    no_dir_func

    no_func

    no_mem

    nomemok

    no_modify

    no_myglob

    no_security

    no_sock_func

    no_symref

    no_usym

    no_wrongref

    nrs

    oldbufptr

    oldname

    oldoldbufptr

    op

    opargs

    op_desc

    op_mask

    op_name

    op_seq

    origalen

    origargc

    origargv

    origenviron

    origfilename

    osname

    padix

    padix_floor

    pad_reset_pending

    patchlevel

    patleave

    perldb

    perl_destruct_level

    pidstatus

    ppaddr

    preambleav

    preambled

    preprocess

    profiledata

    regdummy

    regendp

    regeol

    reginput

    regkind

    reglastparen

    regsize

    regstartp

    restartop

    rs

    rsfp

    rsfp_filters

    runops

    savestack

    savestack_ix

    savestack_max

    sawampersand

    scopestack

    scopestack_ix

    scopestack_max

    screamfirst

    screamnext

    secondgv

    signals

    sig_name

    sig_num

    simple

    sortcop

    sortstash

    splitstr

    stack_base

    stack_max

    stack_sp

    statbuf

    statcache

    statgv

    statname

    statusvalue

    stdingv

    sub_generation

    subline

    subname

    Sv

    sv_arenaroot

    sv_count

    sv_no

    sv_objcount

    sv_root

    sv_undef

    sv_yes

    tainted

    tainting

    timesbuf

    tmps_floor

    tmps_ix

    tmps_max

    tmps_stack

    tokenbuf

    top_env

    toptarget

    uid

    unsafe

    varies

    vtbl_amagic

    vtbl_amagicelem

    vtbl_arylen

    vtbl_bm

    vtbl_dbline

    vtbl_env

    vtbl_envelem

    vtbl_glob

    vtbl_isa

    vtbl_isaelem

    vtbl_mglob

    vtbl_pack

    vtbl_packelem

    vtbl_pos

    vtbl_sig

    vtbl_sigelem

    vtbl_substr

    vtbl_sv

    vtbl_taint

    vtbl_uvar

    vtbl_vec

    warnhook

    warn_nl

    warn_nosemi

    warn_reserved

    warn_uninit

    watchaddr

    watchok

    Xpv

    Yes

* have an --env option for soak to set env variable combinations

* only overwrite generated files if they actually changed

* try to make parts/apicheck.pl automatically find NEED_ #defines

* add support for my_vsnprintf?

* try to perform some core consistency checks:

  - check if 'd' flag in embed.fnc matches with

    supplied documentation

  - check if all public API is documented

* check (during make regen?) if MAX_PERL in PPPort_pm.PL

  needs to be updated

* see if we can implement sv_catpvf() for < 5.004

* MULTICALL ?

* improve apicheck (things like utf8_mg_pos_init() are

  not currently checked)

* more documentation, more tests

* Resolve dependencies in Makefile.PL and remind of

  running 'make regen'