bintools/rcomp/group/TODO.TXT
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for RCOMP resource compiler.
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1. Major but arguably cosmetic:
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Redesign and rewrite command line processing to provide a more
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friendly verb with meaningful qualifiers.
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Call the preprocessor internally and make it possible to do away with
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a batch command framework.
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2. Niggling little fixes:
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-v is TOO verbose.  Provide a log file capability for this and make -v
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simply provide terse status and version messages.
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The current verb produces useless error messages when the expected
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parameters are missing.  This could be done in a much better way.
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Improve the build procedures so that they work first time from the
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command line.  Currently, the command line build fails because of
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the way LEX/YACC source code is generated which then forms part of
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the rest of the build.
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3. Major but of possible strategic importance:
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Generate linkable binary resources.
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Generate linkable object file to satisfy external references to
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resource IDs instead of generating a header file.
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4. Problem fixes
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The whole code is defective in that it misuses assert as a status
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checking mechanism.
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Lots of little defects in the code about array assumptions etc.
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Make Unicode the internal character set of RCOMP, LEX and YACC.
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(You know, during an idle lunchtime)
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5. RCOMP language feature changes
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Review the language with language design experts.
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If there are unsatisfied forward references, the compiler fails to
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report intervening syntax errors and instead complains about
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"link name not found".  Can this be fixed?
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Specifically for version 3.15:
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. Implement actal mapping code for all character set types to unicode.
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