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@@ -6,14 +6,11 @@ Default parameters, ie:
 You might only allow defaults to be added to the end, or you
 might allow goals to be called with labelled parameters.
 
-Fix: You must use 'all ()' on the command line.
-
 Deleting target files if goals is interrupted, but only if the
-timestamp changes (what about non-*files?).  Also: atomic code.  This
-will delete the target if the code doesn't run to completion.  (make
-doesn't do this, but probably it should).
-
-Implement parallel builds.
+timestamp changes (what about things which are not is-files?).
+Also: atomic code.  This will delete the target if the code
+doesn't run to completion.  (make doesn't do this, but
+probably it should).
 
 Conditional sections (same as "ifeq" etc in make).
 
@@ -23,9 +20,6 @@ Let within functions and goals, eg:
     { .... }
 Unclear if this would be helpful or not.
 
-Implement more make functions, see:
-https://www.gnu.org/software/make/manual/html_node/Functions.html#Functions
-
 Make re-execs itself if the Makefile (or any include) changes, and
 goals should do something similar.  See:
 https://www.gnu.org/software/make/manual/html_node/Remaking-Makefiles.html
@@ -34,3 +28,27 @@ Code should be an expression, eg this ought to work:
 let foo = { echo "hello" }
 and/or anonymous functions:
 let foo = function (arg) { ... }
+
+Infinite loop when you have this goal:
+goal pod2man (page, section) = "docs/%page.%section" : "docs/%page.pod" { ... }
+This is caused by %section matching "pod" so the rule is called
+again, even if the local file docs/%page.pod actually exists.
+
+Implement make-like “eval” function (similar to include directive,
+but it evaluates the output of a function as Goalfile syntax).
+
+Implement make-like “origin” function.  This is easy but it requires
+us to track to the origin of definitions which we do not do at
+the moment.
+
+Some kind of “source” directive.  If goals sees this then
+it automatically sources the parameter (a shell script) into
+every shell command.
+
+Allow code sections to be written in other languages, eg OCaml,
+Python, etc.  The syntax might look like:
+  {#!OCAML
+    ocaml code
+  }
+Also provide better integration, so we can accurately pass predicate
+constructors into these other language sections.