nativeMaschine: s/unsigned int/ptrdiff_t/g

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@@ -7,6 +7,13 @@
        -> 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 (?)
@@ -30,11 +37,18 @@
        -> 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 +67,9 @@
 
 (m) benchmark for presentation
 
+(l) get rid of missingh
+       -> huge dependency and we just need one function of it
+
 
 (l) ... low priority
 (m) ... medium priority