TO DO + Allow poll() as a substitute for select(). + Allow nick to be built without all the async IO and gettimeofday() and the like. + Build regression tests for everything on the DONE list. + Finish the manual. + Fix output formatting length problems. + Tagless GC. TO THINK ABOUT + Allow multiple instances of ARC4 or PRNG to run simultaneously (i.e. encapsulated generators)? + Too few array initializers is an error? + Array dimension types or something like them? + Remove as many 32-bit limits as possible + "Better" namespace seperator? + Move ellipses to other side of function formal? + Add a full scope operator? + Add true partial initializers? NOT TO DO + "public namespace" has a somewhat non-intuitive meaning. Fix? Too hard, don't know what to do. + Add array zeroing builtin? Use pattern initializer instead: much better. + * should be right unary operator? Should be, but won't :-). + Comments should not be allowed in interactive mode? Need to for intuition. + Make sure all comments are closed before the reader prints a prompt? Principle of least surprise: want to be able to paste code in. DONE + Build a small test suite. + Null-safe strings. + Move std math functions out of math, or import math. + Implement library autoload mechanism. + Write fixed position (scale=n) math library in nickle ala bc/dc. + Replace nick-in-C code (e.g. gcd.c) with nick library code. + "read" file should be "load" file. + Make sure all blocks and comments are closed when the reader leaves a file. + Finish exception handling. + typedef syntax. + : namespace separator. + Finish twixt handling. + Have '^' call math:pow function. + Better arctan. + Shift operators. + Bitwise operators. + Add log2 function. + XOR builtin. + Deeper typechecking on assignment (of all kinds). + Forward declarations of typenames. + Add file/line numbers to compile errors. + Add a PRNG. + Rename Strings to String. + Pattern-based initializers. + Array decl * syntax. + Add <uninit> support + Remove mutex builtins. + Allow namespaces to be extended. + void type (as unit type). + GNU readline support.
