1 Legend: - means planned/unreleased
3 * means finished/released
5 Following is a list of all planned and implemented features.
6 The topmost notes planned features for the release after the current one.
7 The second is the current state. Followed by any older releases.
10 - MaLa 0.3 (planed features)
12 - ringbuffer for the program
13 - secondary types within the descriptor
14 types: dirty, int, float, mp ...
15 - source refactoring and cleanup
18 - for data (MRU dead queue, whatever) (maybe)
20 - modules/loaders produce macros instead engine->program (--MALARC --COMMANDLINE ...)
21 - hierachical expansion parser (start with '--' then, else if '-..')
22 - accumulate/robust errorchecking (less if()'s compound check)
23 - segv handler instead ENOMEM checking in experimental branch
24 - prereserve objects in freelists/wordtable for errorhandlers
25 - mala_alloc wraper (general fault injection lib)
26 - general identifier naming rules enforcement
27 - better API for parameter-passing in parsers
28 - enhanced mala trace/debugger
29 - mala-states to common strings mala_state_parser substitutes current state?
31 - SEGV handler (setjump after sideeffects, rollback in case of segv, garbage collect, retry)
32 - refactor "--WORLD" lookup
34 - dynamic preprocessor substitutions ({ becomes --BEGIN, } becomes --END) like subst macros
35 - voluntary typesystem with inheritance
36 - --STOP instruction yields MALA_ESTOP
37 - --ESCAPE --UNESCAPE for strings
38 - split --ERROR-FOO to --ERROR FOO (--DEF --ERROR --ERROR_%-1 as default handler)
39 - comma to list key = val1, val2, val3 -> --DEF key --BEGIN val1 val2 val3 --END
46 - Texinfo Programmer doc
47 - Texinfo User doc generated by MaLa
52 - make BUGS part of the testsuite
54 - test libmala by linking with it
55 - superstatic (-ffunction-sections) / dynamic build
57 - getopt compatibility interface
60 - MaLa 0.2 (in progress)
61 Derived from the first hackerlab reference implementation
63 * expansions while pushback_program .. less bucket/string copy issues
64 * refactor stringlist api (no direct CIRCLEQ calls)
65 * define order of expansions
66 * actioninit takes 'parent' char* , brief/help become own actions
67 * new mala_strings shared, buckets, lookup, copy on write
68 * array for common names (instead string lookup)
69 * constant initialized strings (either part, data or descriptor are const)
70 * accumulate/robust errorchecking (less if()'s compound check)
71 * *_dump needs stream handle (instead stderr)
72 * parsers which return SUCCESS or FAILURE are substituted with --NULL
73 * replace --NULL with --PASS
74 * add MALA_REMOVE state which suppresses side-effects (MALA_SIDEEFFECT macro?)
75 (-IF foo --PRINT bar instead --IF foo --BEGIN --PRINT bar --END)
76 + add a garbagge collector tracer ("GC: new $type '%s'" "GC: delete $type '%s'")
77 - garbagge collect actions (gc_depth in in action == gc count of string at instance?)
78 - change engine.program and engine.arguments to --PROGRAM and --ARGUMENTS
80 * prepend unknown words with --DEFAULT-PARSER on mala_engine_run (defaults to --LITERAL)
81 * expansions dont do magic
82 * foo=bar becomes --SETENV foo bar
83 * ! --FOO becomes --NOT --FOO
84 * implement general --BEGIN --END blocks (compile to --BLOCK-nnnn with delayed evaluation)
85 * '_' is used internally as (namespace) delimiter
86 (underscore expansion prevents users from using it)
87 - prefix macros like --LITERAL and --NOT etc. evaluate %1
88 * --BEGIN already selects if it is a macro, expansion or substitution (unnamed macro)
89 - garbagge collect blocks instead self deletion
90 - rename --HERE to --BEFORE-HERE
93 + --SIGNATURE_--MACRO argumentspecs
94 + --RESULT_--MACRO returnspec
95 - --PRINTL prints blocks too
96 - parsers for things generated by expansions
97 - --ONCE macro expands and --DELetes macro
101 - Buildin Help system
102 - general help for modules and mala (--HELP_MALA --HELP_STD etc)
104 * macros for common parsers MALA_SUBSTITUTE_PARSER("FOO","BAR") etc.
106 * mala program install
107 * output to stdout or error to stderr
110 * MaLa 0.1 (was never implemented for glibc)
111 Hackerlab reference implementation, incomatible with future stuff