Is there a general list of what will be in Perl 5, and when? I'm
considering Perl for wider use, and more intense applications, but I
crave REAL structures/nested data types. (It would also be neat to
have more object-oriented support.) Every time I've tried to do
any in-depth programming with emulated struct.s, I've always gotten
into a big mess.
Another thing that would be wonderful (though not as critical) would
be a better interface for linking in your own C routines. I've added a
NetISAM+DBM-layer set of calls via "usersub", but I found that the
documentation/interface was such that I had to guess at the appropriate
calls for the more complex interactions with "perl" internal objects.
I'd also put my vote in for a "case" statement like "sh" has. It's
very useful/expressive/concise. In fact, it's one of my favorite things about
the Bourne shell language.
-Eric