1 This is a living document - delete things when done. Avoid discussion.
3 Current version (Cataract Creek)
5 - const fields ... what does that mean? Assign once as initialization?
6 Can be used for array size? What else?
7 - anonymous field - array or struct (or pointer to these)
8 multiple anon struct are allowed if they don't conflict
9 - [] can apply to anon array field
10 - anon struct field gets fields interpolated
12 - anon fields have no name before the :, so
17 - manifest values for arrays and structs [a,b,c]
18 or [.foo=a, .bar=b] or [ [1]=a, [2]=b]
19 That last doesn't parse easily, unless we require tags... not a good idea.
20 [ .[1] = a, .[2] = b ] ?? Maybe.
21 or () to group, [] for index. To (.foo=a) ( [1] = b )
26 - integers, unsigned, bitfield, float, double?
29 - pure, loaded, overloaded, augmented
30 - owned: once, counted, collected
31 - shared or thread-local
33 - array buffer - can be added to and grows.
34 - char, string search, regexp search
36 - allow "do stuff" as a stand-alone statement (scope)
37 - 'use' labels *must* appear in case statements.
39 Next version (Govetts Creek):
40 - functions and procedures
41 - Finalize what a "main" program looks like.
44 - per-field attributes
45 constant, stable, add-only, read-only, mutable, owned, borrowed, dependant, pure
49 - constructors and destructors - or "after" ??
50 - vtables, fat pointers, list of approaches
51 - operators as interface methods
52 - interfaces, inheritance
53 - modules, imports and exports
54 - closures, threads, co-routines, generators
55 - introspection / reflection ?
56 e.g. support serialization
57 find function given a string holding the name
58 measure coverage, adjust based on performance metrics
59 auto-create mock objects
60 Is this just parsing the details in the obj file?
62 - string / slice / strbuf
63 - parsing library - sscanf equiv, regexp, LALR
66 - sockets / http / HTML
67 - parameterised types, and dependant types
68 - message passing primitives
69 - overloading for numbers
71 - ensure list_head type concept can work
73 - pattern matching for destructuring??
76 - iso suffixes for number?
78 - case fall-through or go-to
79 - break/continue or "next","last"