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[sbcl.git] / TODO

diff --git a/TODO b/TODO
index ab13f0c..d33c3e2 100644 (file)
--- a/TODO
+++ b/TODO
@@ -56,13 +56,20 @@ for late 0.7.x:
 =======================================================================
 for 0.9:
 
+[ note: much of the below refers to preparation for merging SB-PCL:FOO
+  and CL:FOO.  However, it turned out to be surprisingly
+  straightforward to do this notional end goal without doing many of
+  the preparatory operations.  That doesn't mean that plenty of the
+  goals below aren't worthwhile, but the motivation is somewhat
+  different. ]
+
 * refactored in preparation for moving CLOS into cold init and merging
        SB-PCL:FOO with CL:FOO (for FOO=CLASS, FOO=CLASS-OF, etc.)
-       ** systematized support for MOP (new regression tests, maybe
-               new SB-MOP package..) to try to make sure things don't
-               get mislaid in the upcoming CLOS restructuring
-       ** extracted type system from SB-KERNEL into new SB-TYPE
-               package
+       ** systematized support for MOP (more regression tests, maybe) 
+               to try to make sure things don't get mislaid in the 
+               upcoming CLOS restructuring
+       ** extracted type system (and maybe CLASSOIDs) from SB-KERNEL 
+               into new SB-TYPE package
        ** reimplemented GENERIC-FUNCTION as a primitive object (or
                maybe made SB-MOP:FUNCALLABLE-STANDARD-OBJECT the
                primitive object, and then let GENERIC-FUNCTIONs
@@ -93,7 +100,6 @@ for 0.9:
 * (maybe) more refactoring in preparation for merging SB-PCL:FOO
        into CL:FOO: reimplemented type system OO dispatch
        (!DEFINE-TYPE-METHOD, etc.) in terms of CLOS OO dispatch
-* merged SB-PCL:FOO into CL:FOO (and similarly CLASS-OF, etc.)
 * added some automatic tests for basic binary compatibility, in hopes
        that it might be practical to maintain binary compatibility
        between minor maintenance releases on the stable branch (but no