| See http://trac.cython.org/cython_trac and http://wiki.cython.org/enhancements |
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| -- The Original Pyrex Todo List -- |
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| DONE - Pointer-to-function types. |
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| DONE - Nested declarators. |
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| DONE - Varargs C func defs and calls. |
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| DONE - * and ** args in Python func defs. |
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| DONE - Default argument values. |
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| DONE - Tracebacks. |
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| DONE - Disallow creating char * from Python temporary anywhere |
| (not just on assignment). |
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| DONE - Module and function and class doc strings. |
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| DONE - Predeclare C functions. |
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| DONE - Constant expressions. |
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| DONE - Forward C struct declarations. |
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| DONE - Prefix & operator. |
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| DONE - Get rid of auto string->char coercion and |
| add a c'X' syntax for char literals. |
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| DONE - Cascaded assignments (a = b = c). |
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| DONE - 'include' statement for including other Pyrex files. |
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| DONE - Add command line option for specifying name of generated C file. |
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| DONE - Add 'else' clause to try-except. |
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| DONE - Allow extension types to be declared "public" so they |
| can be accessed from another Pyrex module or a C file. |
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| DONE - Don't try to generate objstruct definition for external |
| extension type declared without suite (treat as though |
| declared with empty suite). |
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| DONE - Implement two-argument form of 'assert' statement. |
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| Const types. |
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| Tuple/list construction: Evaluate & store items one at a time? |
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| Varargs argument traversal. |
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| Use PyDict_SetItemString to build keyword arg dicts? |
| (Or wait until names are interned.) |
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| Intern names. |
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| print >>file |
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| abs() and anything similar. |
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| Semicolon-separated statement lists. |
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| Optional semicolons after C declarations. |
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| Multiple C declarations on one line? |
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| Optimise return without value outside of try-finally. |
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| exec statement. |
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| from ... import statement. |
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| Use iterator protocol for unpacking. |
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| Save & restore exception being handled on function entry/exit. |
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| In-place operators (+=, etc). |
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| Constant declarations. Syntax? |
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| DONE - Some way for C functions to signal Python errors? |
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| Check for lack of return with value in non-void C functions? |
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| Allow 'pass' in struct/union/enum definition. |
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| Make C structs callable as constructors. |
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| DONE - Provide way of specifying C names. |
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| DONE - Public cdefs. |
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| When calling user __dealloc__ func, save & restore exception. |
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| DONE - Forward declaration of extension types. |
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| Complex number parsetuple format? |
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| DONE - long long type |
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| DONE - long double type? |
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| Windows __fooblarg function declaration things. |
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| Generate type, var and func declarations in the same order that |
| they appear in the source file. |
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| Provide a way of declaring a C function as returning a |
| borrowed Python reference. |
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| Provide a way of specifying whether a Python object obtained |
| by casting a pointer should be treated as a new reference |
| or not. |
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| Optimize integer for-loops. |
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| Make sizeof() take types as well as variables. |
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| Allow "unsigned" to be used alone as a type name. |
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| Allow duplicate declarations, at least in extern-from. |
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| Do something about installing proper version of pyrexc |
| script according to platform in setup.py. |
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| DONE - Add "-o filename" command line option to unix/dos versions. |
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| Recognise #line directives? |
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| Catch floating point exceptions? |
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| Check that forward-declared non-external extension types |
| are defined. |
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| Generate type test when casting from one Python type |
| to another. |
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| Generate a Pyrex include file for public declarations |
| as well as a C one. |
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| Syntax for defining indefinite-sized int & float types. |
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| Allow ranges of exception values. |
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| Support "complex double" and "complex float"? |
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| Allow module-level Python variables to be declared extern. |
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| Consider: |
| >cdef extern from "foo.h": |
| > int dosomething() except -1 raise MyException |
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| Properties for Python types. |
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| DONE - Properties for extension types. |
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| Find a way to make classmethod and staticmethod work better. |
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| DONE - Document workarounds for classmethod and staticmethod. |
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| Statically initialised C arrays & structs. |
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| Reduce generation of unused vars and unreachable code? |
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| Support for acquiring and releasing GIL. |
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| Make docstrings of extension type special methods work. |
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| Treat result of getting C attribute of extension type as non-ephemeral. |
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| Make None a reserved identifier. |
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| Teach it about builtin functions that correspond to |
| Python/C API calls. |
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| Teach it about common builtin types. |
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| Option for generating a main() function? |
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| DONE - Allow an extension type to inherit from another type. |
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| Do something about external C functions declared as returning |
| const * types? |
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| Use PyString_FromStringAndSize for string literals? |
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| DONE - C functions as methods of extension types. |
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| What to do about __name__ etc. attributes of a module (they are |
| currently assumed to be built-in names). |
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| Use PyDict_GetItem etc. on module & builtins dicts for speed. |
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| Intern all string literals used as Python strings? |
| [Koshy <jkoshy@freebsd.org>] |
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| Make extension types weak-referenceable. |
| [Matthias Baas <baas@ira.uka.de>] |
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| Make 'pass' work in the body of an extern-from struct |
| or union. |
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| Disallow a filename which results in an illegal identifier when |
| used as a module name. |
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| Use ctypedef names. |
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| Provide an easy way of exposing a set of enum values as Python names. |
| [John J Lee <jjl@pobox.com>] |
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| Prevent user from returning a value from special methods that |
| return an error indicator only. |
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| Use PyObject_TypeCheck instead of PyObject_IsInstance? |
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| Allow * in cimport? [John J Lee <jjl@pobox.com>] |
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| FAQ: Q. Pyrex says my extension type object has no attribute 'rhubarb', but |
| I know it does. |
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| A. Have you declared the type at the point where you're using it? |
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| Eliminate lvalue casts! (Illegal in C++, also disallowed by some C compilers) |
| [Matthias Baas <baas@ira.uka.de>] |
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| Make Python class construction work more like it does in Python. |
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| Give the right module name to Python classes. |
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| Command line switch for full pathnames in backtraces? |
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| Use PyString_FromStringAndSize on string literals containing |
| nulls. |
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| Peephole optimisation? [Vladislav Bulatov <vrbulatov@list.ru>] |
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| Avoid PyArg_ParseTuple call when a function takes no positional args. |
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| Omit incref/decref of arguments that are not assigned to? |
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| Can a faster way of instantiating extension types be found? |
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| Disallow declaring a special method of an extension type with |
| 'cdef' instead of 'def'. |
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| Use PySequence_GetItem instead of PyObject_GetItem when index |
| is an integer. |
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| If a __getitem__ method is declared with an int index, use the |
| sq_item slot instead of the mp_subscript slot. |
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| Provide some way of controlling the argument list passed to |
| an extension type's base __new__ method? |
| [Alain Pointdexter <alainpoint@yahoo.fr>] |
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| Rename __new__ in extension types to __alloc__. |
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| Implement a true __new__ for extension types. |
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| Way to provide constructors for extension types that are not |
| available to Python and can accept C types directly? |
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| Support generators by turning them into extension types? |
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| List comprehensions. |
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| Variable declarations inside inner code blocks? |
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| Initial values when declaring variables? |
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| Do something about __stdcall. |
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| Support class methods in extension types using METH_CLASS flag. |
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| Disallow defaulting types to 'object' in C declarations? |
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| C globals with static initialisers. |
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| Find a way of providing C-only initialisers for extension types. |
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| Metaclasses for extension types? |
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| Make extension types use Py_TPFLAGS_HEAPTYPE so their __module__ |
| will get set dynamically? |
