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Should just read file and list info, not create dummy scope.  Likewise for whos function.
Should just read file and list info, not create dummy scope.  Likewise for whos function.


=== Maintenance and packaging ===
== Maintenance and packaging ==


==== General code quality ====
=== General code quality ===


* Use C++11 features where possible.
* Use C++11 features where possible.
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* Audit global variables and eliminate them where possible
* Audit global variables and eliminate them where possible


==== Symbol visibility ====
=== Symbol visibility ===


We really should be tagging the functions that we wish to export from shared libraries.
We really should be tagging the functions that we wish to export from shared libraries.


==== Dispatch types for functions ====
=== Dispatch types for functions ===


Search for "classes:" in sources to find the few current examples.
Search for "classes:" in sources to find the few current examples.


==== min/max nargin values ====
=== min/max nargin values ===


Should we do this, and allow the interpreter to automatically error when a function is given too few/many arguments?
Should we do this, and allow the interpreter to automatically error when a function is given too few/many arguments?


==== Toolboxes ====
=== Toolboxes ===


Move some core toolboxes (communications, control systems, image
Move some core toolboxes (communications, control systems, image
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equations package have already been moved to Octave.
equations package have already been moved to Octave.


==== Documentation ====
=== Documentation ===


* Docs for call stack with examples and illustrations
* Docs for call stack with examples and illustrations
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* Improve other Doxygen docs for internals to make it easier for new contributors to understand the Octave code base.
* Improve other Doxygen docs for internals to make it easier for new contributors to understand the Octave code base.


==== Windows distribution ====
=== Windows distribution ===


Eliminate the following msys packages.  Some might be removed
Eliminate the following msys packages.  Some might be removed

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