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@@ -7,11 +7,24 @@
 	-> for gnu classpath absolutely necessary
 	-> estimated effort: unknown
 
+(l) replace signals with "nice traps"?
+	pro -> don't rely on operating system anymore
+	pro -> maybe better ghci behaviour?
+	cons -> at some point, signals are useful for debugging?
+	cons -> better "template" tricks are needed, as we cannot insert more
+	instructions or want to place nop's at production code path
+
 (l) gnu classpath integration
 	-> would be awwwesome
 	-> depends on: exceptions, jni (?)
 	-> estimated effort: unknown
 
+(m) hoopl
+	-> for "frontEnd analysis"
+	-> transition to MIR (Mate IR)?
+
+(h) switch statement (basically lookupswitch insn)
+
 (m) testing: hunit? quickcheck? other?
 	-> we have `make tests' now, but it should be only considered as
 	   high-level test. we need something
@@ -30,11 +43,18 @@
 	-> it's an stupid and ugly hack. we don't want that.
 	-> estimated effort: unknown. research for a solution is needed
 
-(m) hlint
-
 (l) cabal file
 
 (h) so much cleanup...
+	-> define constant for native size stuff
+	-> and much more
+
+(m) enable easy recompiliation of a method
+	-> we need a map where all callers are stored
+	   in order to patch those to the new address
+	-> free old code region. maybe replace it with
+	   some magic values, e.g. which produce a signal
+	   in order to enable easier debugging
 
 (h) get rid of trap.c
 	-> it's C. we don't want that.
@@ -53,6 +73,18 @@
 
 (m) benchmark for presentation
 
+(l) get rid of missingh
+	-> huge dependency and we just need one function of it
+
+(l) get more details what takes time
+	-> use Data.Time.Clock
+	-> seperate analysis, jit, execution, ...
+	-> maybe use ghc profiling? (it doesn't measure native execution, but well)
+
+(l) testing
+	-> specjvm98
+	-> dacapo benchmark suite
+
 
 (l) ... low priority
 (m) ... medium priority