Some other goals that might be appropriate
to include in such a refactoring:

(1) full 64-bit address/index support for PDL
(2) performance measurements of PDL
(3) specific optimizations where needed

Cheers,
Chris

On Fri, Jan 13, 2012 at 9:12 AM, David Mertens <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Thu, Jan 12, 2012 at 6:27 PM, Craig DeForest <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>> Cool.  2.4.11, here we come! :-)
>>
>> BTW, something we might want to think about is a 2.5 with a refactored, or
>> at least massaged, core.  There are a LOT of archaisms down in the Basic/*
>> code.  There is some merit (and probably speed gain) to be had simply from
>> getting a couple of us to take a pass or two through there and clean out the
>> cruft and grot.
>
>
> This needs to happen. I'm not sure where it fits in the list of priorities,
> but if a group of us are interested, I say we go for it. I will want to be
> involved in this, though I won't be able to work on it until 2.4.10 is
> released. As both you and I are going to be involved in adding Graphics
> modules for 2.4.11, maybe this should wait until after that gets released.
>
> If a few of us decide to go about this, I would suggest we aim for
> collective wisdom and start making use of the IRC channel, which I just
> started using again myself. It's fun!
>
> David

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