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Red/System Todo-list

This section lists all the remaining features to implement to conform to the specification draft: http://www.red-lang.org/p/documentation.html

• Char! literals as input format for integer! values
• Bind char! literals to byte! datatype
• Support pointers literal values
• Rename string! to c-string!
• Rename "alias-type" keyword to "alias"
• Get-word! syntax for getting function address
• EXIT and RETURN function specific keywords
• Modulo (//) operator
• Add byte! datatype
• Add logic! datatype
• Add TRUE and FALSE keywords
• Add NOT operator
• C-strings indexes syntax and compilation support
• Structs members read & write access: implemented but broken
• Pointers /value syntax support
• Pointer paths with indexes support
• Pointer arithmetic
• Add c-string variables arithmetic
• Add struct variables arithmetic
• Functions call arguments type checking
• Functions return value type checking
• Type casting compilation warnings & errors messages
• Add type inference for functions local variables
• Check for function's two arguments when infix attribute is present
• Redefinition attempt check for reserved keywords
• Add "pointer" as reserved keyword
• Global variables proper initialization checking (should be initialized before used as argument)
• Hex values syntax checking
• Handle all errors in a consistent way

Remaining features to implement (ordered by priority):

• Provide a way to write OS-specific code in user programs

Additional low-level features to implement (ordered by priority):

• cdecl callbacks support
• Add runtime math overflow/underflow errors catching
• PIC code generation support
• Shared library generation support for current file emitters
• Extend #import to support importing values (ex: #import ["libc.so" cdecl [stdin: "stdin" [value: [integer!]]]])