Today, Larry Wall posted more or less a Perl 6
timeline, Apocalypse wise. I found this very
interesting and thought it would be
interesting to some Perl monks (at least the
ones who believe they'll see Perl 6 in their
lifetime).
Larry said: "Here's the chapter-by-chapter list of RFCs so you can see the kind of stuff in the later chapters. I'll comment briefly on the undone chapters."
ch01/016.bdb | Keep default Perl free of constraints such as warnings and strict. |
ch01/026.ccb | Named operators versus functions |
ch01/028.acb | Perl should stay Perl. |
ch01/073.adb | All Perl core functions should return objects |
ch01/141.abc | This Is The Last Major Revision |
ch02/005.cdr | Multiline Comments for Perl. |
ch02/009.bf | Highlander Variable Types |
ch02/010.rr | Filehandles should use * as a type prefix if typeglobs are eliminated. |
ch02/034.aaa | Angle brackets should not be used for file globbing |
ch02/038.bdb | Standardise Handling Of Abnormal Numbers Like Infinities And NaNs |
ch02/043.bcb | Integrate BigInts (and BigRats) Support Tightly With The Basic Scalars |
ch02/051.ccr | Angle brackets should accept filenames and lists |
ch02/071.aaa | Legacy Perl $pkg'var should die |
ch02/102.dcr | Inline Comments for Perl. |
ch02/103.rr | Fix $pkg::$var precedence issues with parsing of :: |
ch02/105.aaa | Remove "In string @ must be \@" fatal error |
ch02/109.rr | Less line noise - let's get rid of @% |
ch02/111.aaa | Here Docs Terminators (Was Whitespace and Here Docs) |
ch02/133.bcr | Alternate Syntax for variable names |
ch02/134.bcc | Alternative array and hash slicing |
ch02/139.cfr | Allow Calling Any Function With A Syntax Like s/// |
ch02/161.adb | Everything in Perl becomes an object. |
ch02/162.abb | Heredoc contents |
ch02/175.rr | Add list keyword to force list context (like scalar) |
ch02/192.ddr | Undef values ne value |
ch02/196.bcb | More direct syntax for hashes |
ch02/201.bcr | hash slicing |
ch02/212.rr | Make length(@array) work |
ch02/218.bcc | my Dog $spot is just an assertion |
ch02/222.abb | Interpolation of object method calls |
ch02/226.acc | Selective interpolation in single quotish context. |
ch02/237.adc | hashes should interpolate in double-quoted strings |
ch02/245.rr | Add new empty keyword to DWIM for clearing values |
ch02/251.acr | Interpolation of class method calls |
ch02/252.abb | Interpolation of subroutines |
ch02/263.rr | Add null() keyword and fundamental data type |
ch02/327.dbr | \v for Vertical Tab |
ch02/328.bcr | Single quotes don't interpolate \' and \\ |
ch03/024.rr | Data types: Semi-finite (lazy) lists |
ch03/025.dba | Operators: Multiway comparisons |
ch03/039.rr | Perl should have a print operator |
ch03/045.bbb | || and && should propagate result context to both sides |
ch03/054.cdr | Operators: Polymorphic comparisons |
ch03/081.abb | Lazily evaluated list generation functions |
ch03/082.abb | Arrays: Apply operators element-wise in a list context |
ch03/084.abb | Replace => (stringifying comma) with => (pair constructor) |
ch03/104.ccr | Backtracking |
ch03/138.rr | Eliminate =~ operator. |
ch03/143.dcr | Case ignoring eq and cmp operators |
ch03/170.ccr | Generalize =~ to a special "apply-to" assignment operator |
ch03/283.ccc | tr/// in array context should return a histogram |
ch03/285.acb | Lazy Input / Context-sensitive Input |
ch03/290.bbc | Better english names for -X |
ch03/320.ccc | Allow grouping of -X file tests and add filetest builtin |
ch04/006.acc | Lexical variables made default |
ch04/019.baa | Rename the local operator |
ch04/022.abc | Control flow: Builtin switch statement |
ch04/063.rr | Exception handling syntax |
ch04/064.bdc | New pragma 'scope' to change Perl's default scoping |
ch04/083.aab | Make constants look like variables |
ch04/088.bbc | Omnibus Structured Exception/Error Handling Mechanism |
ch04/089.cdr | Controllable Data Typing |
ch04/106.dbr | Yet another lexical variable proposal: lexical variables made default |
ch04/113.rr | Better constants and constant folding |
ch04/119.bcr | Object neutral error handling via exceptions |
ch04/120.bcr | Implicit counter in for statements, possibly $#. |
ch04/167.bcr | Simplify do BLOCK Syntax |
ch04/173.bcc | Allow multiple loop variables in foreach statements |
ch04/199.abb | Short-circuiting built-in functions and user-defined subroutines |
ch04/209.cdr | Fuller integer support in Perl. |
ch04/262.cdr | Index Attribute |
ch04/279.cdr | my() syntax extensions and attribute declarations |
ch04/297.dcr | Attributes for compiler hints |
ch04/309.adr | Allow keywords in sub prototypes |
ch04/330.acc | Global dynamic variables should remain the default |
ch04/337.bcc | Common attribute system to allow user-defined, extensible attributes |
ch04/340.dcr | with takes a context |
ch04/342.bcr | Pascal-like "with" |
ch05/072.aaa | Variable-length lookbehind. |
ch05/093.abb | Regex: Support for incremental pattern matching |
ch05/110.bbb | counting matches |
ch05/112.acc | Assignment within a regex |
ch05/135.acr | Require explicit m on matches, even with ?? and // as delimiters. |
ch05/144.aaa | Behavior of empty regex should be simple |
ch05/145.acr | Brace-matching for Perl Regular Expressions |
ch05/150.acc | Extend regex syntax to provide for return of a hash of matched subpatterns |
ch05/156.aaa | Replace first match function (?...?) with a flag to the match command. |
ch05/164.ccr | Replace =~, !~, m//, s///, and tr// with match(), subst(), and trade() |
ch05/165.acc | Allow Varibles in tr/// |
ch05/166.abc | Alternative lists and quoting of things |
ch05/191.bdr | smart container slicing |
ch05/197.cdr | Numeric Value Ranges In Regular Expressions |
ch05/198.adr | Boolean Regexes |
ch05/261.dbr | Pattern matching on perl values |
ch05/274.acc | Generalised Additions to Regexs |
ch05/276.aaa | Localising Paren Counts in qr()s. |
ch05/308.dar | Ban Perl hooks into regexes |
ch05/316.bcr | Regex modifier for support of chunk processing and prefix matching |
ch05/317.aaa | Access to optimisation information for regular expressions |
ch05/331.acc | Consolidate the $1 and \1 notations |
ch05/332.abc | Regex: Make /$/ equivalent to /\z/ under the '/s' modifier |
ch05/348.bcc | Regex assertions in plain Perl code |
ch05/360.acb | Allow multiply matched groups in regexes to return a listref of all matches |
ch05/361.abb | Simplifying split() |
ch06/021.abc | Subroutines: Replace wantarray with a generic want function |
ch06/023.bcc | Higher order functions |
ch06/057.abb | Subroutine prototypes and parameters |
ch06/059.bcr | Proposal to utilize * as the prefix to magic subroutines |
ch06/075.dcr | structures and interface definitions |
ch06/107.adr | lvalue subs should receive the rvalue as an argument |
ch06/118.rr | lvalue subs: parameters, explicit assignment, and wantarray() changes |
ch06/128.acc | Subroutines: Extend subroutine contexts to include name parameters and lazy arguments |
ch06/132.acr | Subroutines should be able to return an lvalue |
ch06/149.adr | Lvalue subroutines: implicit and explicit assignment |
ch06/154.bdr | Simple assignment lvalue subs should be on by default |
ch06/160.acc | Function-call named parameters (with compiler optimizations) |
ch06/168.abb | Built-in functions should be functions |
ch06/176.bbb | subroutine / generic entity documentation |
ch06/194.acc | Standardise Function Pre- and Post-Handling |
ch06/271.abc | Subroutines : Pre- and post- handlers for subroutines |
ch06/298.cbc | Make subroutines' prototypes accessible from Perl |
ch06/334.abb | Perl should allow specially attributed subs to be called as C functions |
ch06/344.acr | Elements of @_ should be read-only by default |
ch07/181.rr | Formats out of core / New format syntax |
ch07/230 | Replace format built-in with format function |
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ch08/177 | A Natural Syntax Extension For Chained References |
ch08/241 | Pseudo-hashes must die! |
ch08/242.aaa | No overloading of f($arg) basing on ref($arg) |
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ch09/116 | Efficient numerics with perl |
ch09/117.rr | Perl syntax support for ranges |
ch09/122 | types and structures |
ch09/123 | Builtin: lazy |
ch09/124 | Sort order for any hash |
ch09/136 | Implementation of hash iterators |
ch09/142 | Enhanced Pack/Unpack |
ch09/169.rr | Proposed syntax for matrix element access and slicing. |
ch09/202 | Arrays: Overview of multidimensional array RFCs (RFC 203 through RFC 207) |
ch09/203 | Arrays: Notation for declaring and creating arrays |
ch09/204 | Arrays: Use list reference for multidimensional array access |
ch09/205 | Arrays: New operator ';' for creating array slices |
ch09/206 | Arrays: @#arr for getting the dimensions of an array |
ch09/207 | Arrays: Efficient Array Loops |
ch09/225 | Data: Superpositions |
ch09/231 | Data: Multi-dimensional arrays/hashes and slices |
ch09/247 | pack/unpack C-like enhancements |
ch09/266 | Any scalar can be a hash key |
ch09/268.rr | Keyed arrays |
ch09/273 | Internal representation of Pseudo-hashes using attributes. |
ch09/282 | Open-ended slices |
ch09/341 | unified container theory |
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ch10/008.cd | The AUTOLOAD subroutine should be able to decline a request |
ch10/232 | Replace AUTOLOAD by a more flexible mechanism |
ch10/324 | Extend AUTOLOAD functionality to AUTOGLOB |
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ch11/062 | Wildcards for multiple module imports |
ch11/074 | Proposal to rename import and unimport |
ch11/078 | Improved Module Versioning And Searching |
ch11/233 | Replace Exporter by a better scaling mechanism |
ch11/253 | UNIVERSAL::require() |
ch11/257 | UNIVERSAL::import() |
ch11/289 | Generate module dependencies easily |
ch11/291 | Detecting Perl Core Modules Should Be Easy |
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ch12/032.abb | A method of allowing foreign objects in perl |
ch12/067.abb | Deep Copying, aka, cloning around. |
ch12/092.abb | Extensible Meta-Object Protocol |
ch12/095.acc | Object Classes |
ch12/101.bcc | Apache-like Event and Dispatch Handlers |
ch12/126.aaa | Ensuring Perl's object-oriented future |
ch12/137.bdd | Overview: Perl OO should not be fundamentally changed. |
ch12/147.rr | Split Scalars and Objects/References into Two Types |
ch12/152.bdd | Replace invocant in @_ with self() builtin |
ch12/163.bdd | Objects: Autoaccessors for object data structures |
ch12/171.rr | my Dog $spot should call a constructor implicitly |
ch12/174.bdd | Improved parsing and flexibility of indirect object syntax |
ch12/187.abb | Objects : Mandatory and enhanced second argument to bless |
ch12/188.acc | Objects : Private keys and methods |
ch12/189.abb | Objects : Hierarchical calls to initializers and destructors |
ch12/190.acc | Objects : NEXT pseudoclass for method redispatch |
ch12/193.acc | Objects : Core support for method delegation |
ch12/223.bdd | Objects: use invocant pragma |
ch12/224.bdd | Objects : Rationalizing ref, attribute::reftype, and builtin:blessed |
ch12/244.cdr | Method calls should not suffer from the action on a distance |
ch12/254.abb | Class Collections: Provide the ability to overload classes |
ch12/256.abb | Objects : Native support for multimethods |
ch12/265.abc | Interface polymorphism considered lovely |
ch12/277.bbb | Method calls SHOULD suffer from ambiguity by default |
ch12/307.rr | PRAYER - what gets said when you bless something |
ch12/335.acc | Class Methods Introspection: what methods does this object support? |
ch12/336.bbb | use strict 'objects': a new pragma for using Java-like objects in Perl |
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ch13/020.cd | Overloadable && and || |
ch13/049 | Objects should have builtin stringifying STRING method |
ch13/097 | prototype-based method overloading |
ch13/098 | context-based method overloading |
ch13/108 | Scope of Polymorphic References and Objects |
ch13/115 | Overloadable parentheses for objects |
ch13/159 | True Polymorphic Objects |
ch13/180 | Object Class hooks into printf |
ch13/234 | Data: overloading via the SECOND operand if needed |
ch13/235 | Data: sprintf() with overloaded objects |
ch13/258 | Distinguish packed data from printable strings |
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ch14/015.cf | Stronger typing through tie. |
ch14/200 | Objects: Revamp tie to support extensibility (Massive tie changes) |
ch14/243 | No special UPPERCASE_NAME subroutines |
ch14/319 | Transparently integrate tie |
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ch15/050 | BiDirectional Support in PERL |
ch15/069 | Standardize input record separator (for portability) |
ch15/131 | Internal String Storage to be Opaque |
ch15/294 | Internally, data is stored as UTF8 |
ch15/295 | Normalisation and unicode::exact |
ch15/296 | Getting Data Into Unicode Is Not Our Problem |
ch15/300 | use unicode::representation and no unicode |
ch15/311 | Line Disciplines |
ch15/312 | Unicode Combinatorix |
ch15/322 | Abstract Internals String Interaction |
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ch16/060 | Safe Signals |
ch16/086 | IPC Mailboxes for Threads and Signals |
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ch17/001.ac | Implementation of Threads in Perl |
ch17/027 | Coroutines for Perl |
ch17/031 | Subroutines: Co-routines |
ch17/047 | Universal Asynchronous I/O |
ch17/087 | Timers and Timeouts |
ch17/178 | Lightweight Threads |
ch17/185 | Thread Programming Model |
ch17/293 | MT-Safe Autovariables in perl 5.005 Threading |
ch17/321 | Common Callback API for all AIO calls. |
ch17/345 | Putting an Event Loop in the Core |
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ch18/004.bd | type inference |
ch18/012.af | variable usage warnings |
ch18/018.ad | Immediate subroutines |
ch18/040 | Module Scope Control |
ch18/068 | Eliminate the optional sub for BEGIN etc block declarations |
ch18/070 | Allow exception-based error-reporting. |
ch18/172 | Precompiled Perl scripts. |
ch18/214 | Emit warnings and errors based on unoptimized code |
ch18/264 | Provide a standard module to simplify the creation of source filters |
ch18/314 | A parser is a many-layered thing |
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ch19/114 | Perl resource configuration |
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ch20/184 | Perl should support an interactive mode. |
ch20/292 | Extensions to the perl debugger |
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ch21/035 | A proposed internal base format for perl variables |
ch21/046.rr | Use features of portable, free compilers and libraries |
ch21/061 | Interfaces for linking C objects into perlsubs |
ch21/121 | linkable output mode |
ch21/125 | Components in the Perl Core Should Have Well-Defined APIs and Behavior |
ch21/210 | Data/Binary Dumping and Freezing |
ch21/270 | Replace XS with the Inline module as the standard way to extend Perl. |
ch21/281 | The Perl 6 Development Log |
ch21/301 | Cache byte-compiled programs and modules |
ch21/310 | Ordered bytecode |
ch21/315 | Kick out all ops - libprt |
ch21/318 | Handling environment setting in extension modules |
ch21/323 | Perl's embedding API should be simple |
ch21/326 | Symbols, symbols everywhere |
ch21/338 | shareable bytecode |
ch21/349 | Perl modules should be built with a Perl make program |
ch21/352 | Merge Perl and C#, but have default Main class for scripting. |
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ch23/130 | Transaction-enabled variables for Perl6 |
ch23/227 | Extend the window to turn on taint mode |
ch23/353 | A Sandboxing mechanism for Perl 6 |
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ch24/183 | "=for testing" - Embedded tests |
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ch25/036 | Structured Internal Representation of Filenames |
ch25/099 | Standardize ALL Perl platforms on UNIX epoch |
ch25/100 | Embed full URI support into Perl |
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ch26/011.cf | Examples encoded with =also for|begin|end POD commands |
ch26/044 | Bring Documentation Closer To Whatever It Documents |
ch26/065 | Add change bar functionality to pod |
ch26/079 | The Predefined POD Streams are perl, data, and doc |
ch26/216 | POD should tolerate white space. |
ch26/217 | POD needs a reorder command. |
ch26/280 | Tweak POD's < > |
ch26/286 | Add a "emit pod" runtime option to Perl |
ch26/306 | User-definable POD handling |
ch26/325 | POD and comments handling in perl |
ch26/357 | Perl should use XML for documentation instead of POD |
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ch27/013.aa | The Copyright and Licensing Working Group |
ch27/182 | JART - Just Another Regression Test |
ch27/211 | The Artistic License Must Be Changed |
ch27/219.rr | Perl6's License Should Be a Minor Bugfix of Perl5's License |
ch27/240 | Form a documentation working group to edit, clean, and produce |
ch27/343 | New Perl Mascot |
ch27/346 | Perl6's License Should be (GPL|Artistic-2.0) |
ch27/354 | A Trademark on Perl Should be Acquired in Larry Wall's Name |
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ch28/017.bd | Organization and Rationalization of Perl State Variables |
ch28/030 | STDIN, STDOUT, STDERR, ARGV, and DATA should become scalars |
ch28/033 | Eliminate bareword filehandles. |
ch28/094.rr | Rename @ARGV to @ARGS |
ch28/129 | Replace default filehandle/select with $DEFOUT, $DEFERR, $DEFIN |
ch28/151 | Merge $!, $^E, $@ and $? |
ch28/158 | Regular Expression Special Variables |
ch28/236 | Change the way $SIG{__WARN__} and $SIG{__DIE__} are used |
ch28/284 | Change $SIG{__WARN__} and $SIG{__DIE__} to magic subs |
ch28/299 | @STACK - a modifyable caller() |
ch28/305 | $^C should be true when compiling |
ch28/347 | Remove long-deprecated $* (aka $MULTILINE_MATCHING) |
ch28/355 | Leave $[ alone. |
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ch29/007.ab | Higher resolution time values |
ch29/014.ab | Modify open() to support FileObjects and Extensibility |
ch29/029 | unlink() should be left alone |
ch29/037 | Positional Return Lists Considered Harmful |
ch29/048 | Replace localtime() and gmtime() with date() and utcdate() |
ch29/052.rr | List context return from filesystem functions |
ch29/053 | Built-ins: Merge and generalize index and rindex |
ch29/055 | Compilation: Remove requirement for final true value in require-d and do-ed files |
ch29/056 | Optional 2nd argument to pop() and shift() |
ch29/058 | chomp() changes. |
ch29/076 | Builtin: reduce |
ch29/077 | Suggested isa() operator. |
ch29/090 | Arrays: merge() and unmerge() |
ch29/091 | Arrays: part and flatten |
ch29/127 | Sane resolution to large function returns |
ch29/146 | Remove socket functions from core |
ch29/148 | Arrays: Add reshape() for multi-dimensional array reshaping |
ch29/155 | Remove mathematic and trigonomic functions from core binary |
ch29/157 | Delete dbmopen and dbmclose commands. |
ch29/179 | More functions from set theory to manipulate arrays |
ch29/195 | Retire chop(). |
ch29/208 | crypt() default salt |
ch29/213 | rindex and index should return true/false values |
ch29/215 | More defaulting to $_ |
ch29/220 | wait() and waitpid() should return false on failure |
ch29/221 | system() should return useful values |
ch29/229 | Variable interpolation on demand. |
ch29/239 | IO: Standardization of Perl IO Functions to use Indirect Objects |
ch29/246 | pack/unpack uncontrovercial enhancements |
ch29/248 | enhanced groups in pack/unpack |
ch29/249 | Use pack/unpack for marshalling |
ch29/250 | hooks in pack/unpack |
ch29/255.rr | Fix iteration of nested hashes |
ch29/259 | Builtins : Make use of hashref context for garrulous builtins |
ch29/267 | Eliminate dump() function |
ch29/269.rr | Perl should not abort when a required file yields a false value |
ch29/272 | Arrays: transpose() |
ch29/339 | caller->eval BLOCK |
ch29/351 | Beyond the amnesic eval |
ch29/358 | Keep dump capability. |
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ch30/186 | Standard support for opening i/o handles on scalars and arrays-of-scalars |
ch30/228 | Add memoize into the standard library |
ch30/260 | More modules |
ch30/287 | Improve Perl Persistance |
ch30/288 | First-Class CGI Support |
ch30/333 | Add header and unheader funtions to core distribution |
ch30/350 | Advanced I/O (AIO) |
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ch31/002.cf | Request For New Pragma: Implicit |
ch31/041.rr | Request For New Pragma: Implicit |
ch31/042 | Request For New Pragma: Shell |
ch31/066 | Shell Style Redirection |
ch31/140 | One Should Not Get Away With Ignoring System Call Errors |
ch31/153 | New pragma 'autoload' to load functions and modules on-demand |
ch31/275 | New 'tristate' pragma to allow undef to take on NULL semantics |
ch31/278 | Additions to 'use strict' to fix syntactic ambiguities |
ch31/302 | Unrolling loops and tail recursion |
ch31/303 | Keep use less, but make it work. |
ch31/304 | sort algorithm to be selectable at compile time |
ch31/329 | use syntax |
ch31/356 | Dominant Value Expressions |
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ch33/003.bf | messages.rfc - An RFC to discussing the wisdom of allowing run time error |
ch33/080 | Exception objects and classes for builtins |
ch33/085 | All perl generated errors should have a unique identifier |
ch33/096.rr | A Base Class for Exception Objects |
ch33/238 | length(@ary) deserves a warning |
ch33/313 | Perl 6 should support I18N and L10N |
ch33/359 | Improvement needed in error messages (both internal errors and die function). |
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As Larry said in that mail: "I hope this all paints a rosier bike-shed, er, picture for you."
Liz
Edited by Chady -- fixed the ®
Edit by tye, replace PRE with TABLE
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