gambas-source-code/TODO

TODO list: always incomplete :-)
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COMPILER

- Compilation error must indicate the column, not only the line.

INTERPRETER

/**** NEIN!
- OPTIONAL arguments should takes any expression.
- Class synonymous.
- Array[x] when x < 0 should return Array[Array.Count - x]
- NEW Collection OF String
- A ConstCopy() function for arrays, and const arrays.
****/

- A stack that can grow dynamically.
- A special syntax to make variable writable once only (for controls variables).
- Add global parameters for each component. Or no, a global configuration repository, to
  tell, for example, which socket the mysql component must use...
- Make objects printable, with a "_print" hidden method or something else.
- Make objects writable and readable to streams.
- Perl regexp with the MATCH operator.
- An expression can begin with NEW.
- Type mismatch error: print the mismatched values.
- Special runtime debugging commands for dumping all the variables for example.
- A new debugging compilation option to only put line number information in the output files.
- NInstr() -> Count the number of patterns.
- If project compilation version < compiler version then => compile all
- Intercept all signals in Application_Signal.
- Catch kill signal to remove temporary files.
- Structure support
- Callback support
- Sorting two or more arrays at the same time.
- A special method named _attach, to be warned when the parent object changes.
- MOD with floats.
- Make the error information associated with the current stack frame.
- Assign() with Eval(), or Object.SetProperty more powerful.

DEVELOPMENT ENVIRONMENT

- Renaming controls in the IDE renames the source code too.
- Loading a "form" component needs calling InitControl on classes that are not
  member of the list of controls.
- Bookmarks in editor.
- Manage Object properties in IDE.
- Put a language code in comments, and hide them as needed by the user.
- Make a visual control clipboard.
- Load/Save in menu editor.
- Specific dependencies in the packager.
- Generates an index control->component to suggest components for missing controls.
- Be able to open a .tar.gz project, and compress it back when the project is closed.
- Ability to merge projects.
- A checkbox in the property sheet to make controls public individually.
- Allow to define the changeable controls of a component.

GUI RELATED STUFF

- Adds automatically the extension to the file in the save file dialog.
- Deleting a currently expanding item in TreeView crashes.
- A Settings property everywhere? Mmmfff... At least for ColumnView, GridView.
- Rewrite the HSplit/VSplit layout, and use a Integer[] or a Float[].
- A MultiContainer property.
- Toolbutton should be able to put their text below and beside.
- TabStrip.TextFont.
- Standard dialog must remember their size.
- Form.KeyPreview
- Control.HasFocus
- GridView.Cell.WordWrap

DESKTOP COMPONENT

- Detect an already running application.

DATABASE COMPONENT

- Add Views support in database component.
- Changeable client Charset in database driver.
- Returns the number of records affected by a query.
- A new database driver model.
- Copy a result line into another one.
- Use SAVEPOINT in postgresql to simulate nested transactions.

NETWORK COMPONENT

- Support for UDP sockets on local paths.

DOCUMENTATION WIKI

- Mass rename command.
- Fix last changes: only those in one language.
- A documentation page to explain the Gambas syntax.

COMPONENTS

- State of gb.corba ?
- Put version number in *.component files, and use it when making dependencies in the IDE.