[m-dev.] planning for the next release

[Fergus Henderson]

Here's a list of tasks which I think it would
be nice to complete before the next release:

	- fix the bug with quantification and <=>
	- make -DMR_NO_BACKWARDS_COMPAT the default
	- fix the bug with --split-c-files & debug grades
	- fix the bug with --optimize-frames
	- fix the bug with mmake install & --use-subdirs
	- fix problems with compound constraints, i.e.
		:- pred p(T) <= foo(list(T))
	  should at least abort at compile time
	  rather than crash at runtime
	- deal with mmc name clash (Microsoft Management Console)
	- document that interactive queries only
	  work if you use dynamic linking
	- delete tmp* from release tar file
	- test with gcc 2.95 on sparcs
	- investigate/fix a problem Warwick reported
	  with nested modules and intermodule optimization

Here's some other tasks that would also be desirable
but which are not as essential:

	- RTTI for existential types
	- fix bug with existential types & type classes
	- stop GC from tracing entire Mercury stacks
	- fix minor bugs in string__format

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