[Brain-list] TODO - list

[Manuel T. <ma...@sp...>]

Hi

The following is a list of stuff left to do for brain-core before the next release.
(plus a few more complicated things that will be done at a later stage)
(Disclaimer: The status percentage is not computed in any accurate way,
it is just a number off the top of my head just to get a picture of what is
going on. ??% means I am not really sure what percentage to assign to it, but
basically means really really unfinished)

Task                                                    Status
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
* Compiler                                              100%
* GC                                                    100%
* Evaluator                                             90%
  (TODO: Hash/Set literals)
* Objects                                               70%
  (TODO: unknown:with-list:, cache objects)
* C++ API                                               ??%
* Finalization                                          ??%
  (Will change after writing new GC)

* Loading of native libs                                0%
* Rewriting of compiler in Brain                        20%
  (which should also try to do optimisations, unlike the 
   simplistic current compiler)
* Bytecode saving/loading                               0%
* Security stuff for running untrusted code             0%
* Serialisation (to XML?)/Persistence                   0%
* Generational Copying GC                               0%
* JIT compiler back-end using GNU lightning             0%
* Brain component architecture (like Javabeans)         0%
* Debugging stuff                                       0%

* Symbol                                                100%
* Char                                                  80%
  (But will be replaced by Unicode Characters, and so
   will have to be rewritten)
* Numbers/Math                                          50%
  (TODO: Trigonometric functions, pow, exp, log ...)
* String                                                80%
  (TODO: Search/replace)
* File/Socket                                           60%
  (TODO: seek/tell, socket opening, maximum blocking delay, buffering)
* Buffer                                                80%
* List                                                  70%
* Exceptions                                            70%
  (TODO: Fix serious bugs, cleaner implementation,
   detecting if we leave a monitor due to exception)
* Thread/Monitor/Port/Generator/Continuations           65%
* Scope control structure object                        80%
* Iterators                                             30%
* Folder                                                0%
* Range                                                 0%
* Unicode/Localisation                                  0%
* Dates                                                 0%
* Process                                               0%
* Hash/Set/Bag                                          0%
* Regular Expressions                                   0%


* Tutorial                                              0%
* Library Reference                                     0%
* C++ API Reference                                     0%
* Hacker's Guide                                        0%


You may notice a lot of ZERO's but do not be alarmed, many of these tasks are minor
tasks (range, process, date, folder etc). If you feel you like any of the above tasks
and want to do them tell me about it. If you feel there are things that belong to
the core of brain that are not mentioned (and are not there already) then again tell
me about it.

I will write a HACKER'S GUIDE after I clean up the internals a bit (do the caching,
remove as many 'friends' and hacks as possible, and other stuff), which may take 2-3 weeks
because right now it's midterm season in my college and I can't seem to find much time right now.

Manuel