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Some work has already been done by creating a special version of
GETPATH.C in [.VMS]VMS__GETPATH.C.
There are always enhancements / changes to already existing routines and
data structures which can break old functions (and it happened).
Currently, everything is running from the 'development directory tree'
([PYTHON...]). Access to the library is just 'hacked to make it work'.
Multi-platform support (Alpha / VAX) is unclear.
within the directory tree mentioned above.
Changes to the development environment so that users can make use of the
building instructions without privileges. The 'development directory tree'
([PYTHON...]) should be able to live in a user's subdirectory.
Better navigation between web pages:
It should be possible to go directly from one page to the other (or the
previous one) without returning to the table of contents.
26-DEC-1998 - Work has been started some time ago by using a single HTML
page for each interface routine for the
'vms_lib' and
'vms_sys' modules.
A set of tests for OpenVMS specific extensions should be developed.
Some implementations of gmtime() in the OpenVMS C
run-time library return NULL (to indicate they do not support timezones) which
Python (in [.MODULES]TIMEMODULE.C) cannot cope with. A workaround is in
VMS__GMTIME.C which, however, returns just the local time.